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Food Provision at the Olympic Games in the New Millennium: A Meta-narrative Review
Background and objectiveThe objective of this meta-narrative review was to identify, organise and map the literature on food provision and nutrition...
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Effect of 6-week combined training on salivary cortisol levels, total Olympic lifting performance and anxiety levels in elite male Olympic weightlifters
BackgroundWeightlifting is one of the Olympic sports. Stress and anxiety are highly prevalent in sports and higher stress and anxiety levels seem to...
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Swedish Olympic athletes report one injury insurance claim every second year: a 22-year insurance registry-based cohort study
PurposeTo describe injury incidence, time trends in injury incidence, and injury characteristics among Swedish Olympic athletes over 22 years based...
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Body composition assessment in a large cohort of Olympic athletes with different training loads: possible reference values for fat mass and fat-free mass domains
AimsTo assess body composition by means of BOD POD in the large cohort of Italian Olympic athletes of many sport disciplines (studied at the same...
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Depressive symptoms among Olympic athletes during the Covid-19 pandemic
ObjectivesThe aim of this study was to analyze athlete-specific psychological strain among Olympic athletes following the postponement of the Tokyo...
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A Cross-Sectional Study of Retired Great British Olympians (Berlin 1936–Sochi 2014): Olympic Career Injuries, Joint Health in Later Life, and Reasons for Retirement from Olympic Sport
BackgroundThe relationship between Olympic career sport injury and the long-term musculoskeletal health of the elite athlete remains unclear. This...
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Evaluation of pre-Games effects of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on Japanese population-level physical activity: a time-series analysis
BackgroundThe Olympic Games represent an opportunity to create a ‘physical activity legacy’ that promotes physical activity at the population level...
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Medical care provision at the venue of the weightlifting event of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games
PurposeThis study aimed to investigate the medical care provided at the venue of the weightlifting event of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
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Analysis of Anti-Do** Rule Violations That Have Impacted Medal Results at the Summer Olympic Games 1968–2012
IntroductionSince 2004, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) store all samples collected at summer Olympic Games (OG) for retrospective...
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Do** practices in international weightlifting: analysis of sanctioned athletes/support personnel from 2008 to 2019 and retesting of samples from the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games
BackgroundThe pervasiveness of do** and findings of anti-do** corruption threaten weightlifting’s position at the 2024 Olympic Games. Analysing...
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Influence of the quality of the opponent on physical, technical, and tactical performance of elite female soccer players in international competitions
PurposeSoccer is a complex sport that depends on several physical performance and technical-tactical factors. Therefore, we aimed to: i) analyze the...
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Development and implementation of an injury and illness surveillance system for team USA
BackgroundThe purpose of this report is to provide insight and details regarding the development and implementation of an injury and illness...
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Promotion of health-enhancing physical activity in the sport sector: a study among representatives of 536 sports organisations from 36 European countries
BackgroundIt is a common belief that most sports clubs and organisations are primarily focused on elite sports while placing less emphasis on the...
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Imaging-detected bone stress injuries at the Tokyo 2020 summer Olympics: epidemiology, injury onset, and competition withdrawal rate
BackgroundPrevention and early detection of injuries are essential in optimising sport participation and performance. The aim of this study is to...
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The Tokyo Olympic Games and the Risk of COVID-19
Purpose of ReviewWe reviewed the occurrence of outbreaks at past Olympics and discuss the threat of the COVID-19 pandemic at the Tokyo Games.
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Mental Health in Elite Athletes: A Systematic Review of Suicidal Behaviour as Compared to the General Population
Background and ObjectivePrevious systematic reviews on mental health in athletes have found athletes to be at a potentially increased risk for mental...
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Technology Innovation and Guardrails in Elite Sport: The Future is Now
A growing number of companies are develo** or using wearable sensor technologies that can monitor, analyse and transmit data from humans in real...
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Preliminary experience of an international orthopaedic registry: the ESSKA Paediatric Anterior Cruciate Ligament Initiative (PAMI) registry
Paediatric and adolescent ACL injuries are an emerging health burden, increasing at a higher rate than in adults. They compromise quality of life,...
