Sports Science that Matters

Implement evidence-based performance coaching and athlete health management with the most influential sports science articles

Health monitoring & Injuries surveillance

2016 Consensus statement on return to sport from the First World Congress in Sports Physical Therapy, Bern

Descriptive Epidemiology of Non-Time-Loss Injuries in Collegiate and High School Student-Athletes

Development and validation of a new method for the registration of overuse injuries in sports injury epidemiology: the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Centre (OSTRC) Overuse Injury Questionnaire

Implementation of the 2017 Berlin Concussion in Sport Group Consensus Statement in contact and collision sports: a joint position statement from 11 national and international sports organisations

Injuries impair the chance of successful performance by sportspeople: a systematic review

Matching the choice of injury/illness definition to study setting, purpose and design: One size does not fit all!

Measuring sports injuries on the pitch: a guide to use in practice

Prospective monitoring of health problems among recreational runners preparing for a half marathon

The Injury/Illness Performance Project (IIPP): A Novel Epidemiological Approach for Recording the Consequences of Sports Injuries and Illnesses

The Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center questionnaire on health problems: a new approach to prospective monitoring of illness and injury in elite athletes

Nutrition & Hydration

Periodized Nutrition for Athletes

Practical Issues in Evidence-Based Use of Performance Supplements: Supplement Interactions, Repeated Use and Individual Responses

Other

In the Age of Technology, Occam’s Razor Still Applies

Sports Policy Factors Leading to International Sporting Success – An International Comparative Study

Testing & Screening Tools

Fitness testing of tennis players: How valuable is it?

Implementation of the 2017 Berlin Concussion in Sport Group Consensus Statement in contact and collision sports: a joint position statement from 11 national and international sports organisations

Magnitudes matter more than Beetroot Juice – Calculating the Smallest Worthwile Change

RPE and Velocity Relationships for the Back Squat, Bench Press, and Deadlift in Powerlifters

The Development and Validation of a Functional Assessment Tool for the Upper Extremity in the Overhead Athlete

Why screening tests to predict injury do not work – and probably never will : a critical review

Wellness & Fatigue Monitoring

Is heart rate a convenient tool to monitor over-reaching? A systematic review of the literature

Mental Fatigue Impairs Soccer-Specific Physical and Technical Performance

Monitoring Athletes Through Self-Report: Factors Influencing Implementation

Monitoring the athlete training response: subjective self-reported measures trump commonly used objective measures: a systematic review

Pre-training perceived wellness impacts training output in Australian football players

Workload Management

A New Approach to Monitoring Exercise Training

Accumulated workloads and the acute:chronic workload ratio relate to injury risk in elite youth football players

Calculating acute:chronic workload ratios using exponentially weighted moving averages provides a more sensitive indicator of injury likelihood than rolling averages

How much is too much? (Part 1) International Olympic Committee consensus statement on load in sport and risk of injury

How much is too much? (Part 2) International Olympic Committee consensus statement on load in sport and risk of illness

Monitoring fitness, fatigue and running performance during a pre-season training camp in elite football players

Monitoring player fitness, fatigue status and running performance during an in-season training camp in elite Gaelic football

RPE and Velocity Relationships for the Back Squat, Bench Press, and Deadlift in Powerlifters

Subjective well-being and training load predict in-season injury and illness risk

The training-injury prevention paradox: should athletes be training smarter and harder?

The validity of retrospective session-rating of perceived exertion to quantify training load in youth athletes.

Training Load and Fatigue Marker Associations with Injury and Illness: A Systematic Review of Longitudinal Studies

Training Monitoring for Resistance Exercise: Theory and Applications

Wellbeing perception and the impact on external training output among elite soccer players.

Workload profiles prior to injury in professional soccer players

Youth Athletes

Caring for the young athlete: past, present and future

Drop-out Rate and Drop-out Reasons Among Promising Norwegian Track and Field Athletes A 25 Year Study

Sports Specialization and Intensive Training in Young Athletes