Women's & Youth Athletics

Coach- and Peer-Created Motivational Climate Profiles in Youth Sport: Associations With Enjoyment and Intentions to Continue.

Dietary Practices Among Slovenian Athletes: A Comprehensive Assessment of Energy, Macronutrient, and Micronutrient Intake and Adherence to Sport-Specific Dietary Strategies.

Does Lifelong Sports Participation Protect Against Sarcopenia? Prevalence, Diagnostic Criteria, and Sport-Specific Muscle Outcomes in Masters and Former Elite Athletes: A Scoping Review

Effects of low-dose iron supplementation on iron status, safety outcomes and gut microbiota in female soccer players: a randomized controlled study

Characterizing multidimensional worst-case scenarios in elite youth basketball: effects of time window and playing position

The relationship between lower extremity post-activation performance enhancement and body morphology, physiological development, and kinetics in adolescent athletes: a key factor analysis

Effects of a Mindfulness Intervention on Volleyball-Specific Performance: A Randomized Trial.

Indicadores do talento esportivo em escolares do sexo feminino praticantes de voleibol

Tapering and Peaking in the Weight Lifting Sports: A Systematic Review of Athletes' Self-Reported Strategies.

Functional movement patterns and bilateral asymmetry in badminton athletes: A Functional Movement Screen analysis at the Malang Regional Training Center

Methodology for determining model characteristics based on the study of weight and height indicators of highly qualified women wrestlers

Fertility Preservation and Assisted Reproduction Among Athletes: An Online Survey.

Association between Somatotype Characteristics and Changes in Body Fat Percentage Following Exercise Intervention Among Overweight Adults

Researchers put 42 overweight and obese adults into one of two 12-week exercise weight-loss programs, grouping them by body type (somatotype) using the Heath-Carter method and tracking body fat with bioelectrical impedance. Neither body type nor which program people did significantly affected changes in body fat percentage, and there was no interaction between the two.

Run Smart, Run Strong: Exploring the Role of Physiotherapy in Running Load Management and Injury Prevention Among Recreational Runners

This narrative review pulled together six randomized trials on recreational runners to see whether physiotherapy-style exercise and smarter training-load management reduce running injuries and improve performance. It reported that a multi-component exercise programme cut overall and overuse running injuries, HIIT and plyometrics improved power, sprint speed and agility, while isolated hip/core or ankle/foot drills produced only small biomechanical changes with no clear clinical benefit.

Preferences of Female Triathletes and Their Coaches for Education on REDs: A Qualitative Study

Researchers interviewed 12 female triathletes and 8 coaches about how they learn about Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (REDs) and what education formats they prefer. Both groups were keen to learn more, but the sport's ingrained 'leaner is faster' culture and reluctance to change training habits were seen as barriers; participants favoured podcasts mixing expert content with real athletes' stories.

Reproductive Disorders among Female Athletes: Causes, Pathomechanism, and Treatment Approaches – A Literature Review

The Role of Training Age and Sport Specialization in Achieved Selection Tier in Adolescent Handball Talents.

The impact of menstrual cycle phase and BMI on mitochondrial dysfunction in PMOS endometrium.

Oral Contraceptive Use Has Protective Effect Against Ankle Sprains in Women.

Researchers used a large US insurance database (2010-2023) to compare women aged 15-50 who had an ankle sprain with matched women who didn't, checking whether they had been prescribed oral contraceptive pills in the year beforehand. Women on oral contraceptives had significantly lower odds of ankle sprain, though the abstract's detailed numbers are cut off and this design can only show an association, not cause and effect.

Epidemiology of Musculoskeletal Injuries In Female Wrestling

This review pooled ten studies to map how often female wrestlers get hurt and where. Injury rates ranged from about 4.3 per 1000 training hours to 16.8 per 1000 athlete-exposures, with arms and legs accounting for most injuries (shoulder/upper arm leading among extremity injuries); upper-limb injuries dominated in youth wrestlers while lower-limb injuries dominated in elite athletes, and most injuries were mild joint or muscle problems.

Biological maturation may contribute to difference in neutrophil mobilization and IL-8 responses following repeated sprint exercise in athletes: a quasi-experimental study

Workload, maturation, and injury risk in youth football: A machine learning approach

Technical-locomotor proficiency gaps in youth badminton beginners: serve, net-drop, smash, and footwork

The Effects of Plyometric and Ladder Drill Training on Agility Performance in Boxing

Gender-based differences in physical fitness profiles of sepak takraw athletes: A multivariate and machine learning analysis

Awareness of Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport Among Russian Coaches Working with Athletes of Various Levels in Athletics and Short-Track Speed Skating

6-week Integrated Strength and Conditioning Program with Soccer Training Effect on 30m Sprint and Explosive Strength Performance in Youth Soccer Players

Early-season changes in concentric-only, long and short stretch–shortening cycle jump performance in highly trained youth basketball players

The effect of rapid expansion and contraction composite training on dynamic posture control and landing biomechanics of athletes with chronic ankle instability

Training load monitoring in taekwondo: athlete-reported and coach-planned ratings of perceived exertion and the role of session duration

Effects of antidepressant administration on physical performance and perceived exertion in athletes: systematic review and meta-analysis.

Vegetarian diets in female athletes: performance, health outcomes, and the implementation gap.

Effects of a four-week ladder drill training program on dribbling performance in u-14 youth soccer players: a quasi-experimental study

Practical Experience of Coaches in Organizing Athletes’ Training During the Wartime Period

Athlete-specific force asymmetry monitoring in collegiate volleyball: a prospective observational cohort

Analysis of physical fitness indicators of 10–12-year-old female pole dancers at the stage of preliminary basic training

Features of the dynamics of functional fitness indicators of volleyball players aged 18-20 in the preparatory period of the annual macrocycle under the influence of the experimental program of building the training process

Menstrual Cycle Effects on Performance Parameters in Female Football Players: A Systematic Review.

Tracking Recovery in Motion: Longitudinal, Multi-Contextual Monitoring of Return-to-Play in Collegiate Basketball.

Researchers followed one female college basketball player through her return to play after ACL reconstruction, tracking jump force-plate tests, on-court limb loading with wearable sensors, and psychological questionnaires against her own pre-injury baseline. Jump height came back within seven weeks of starting return-to-play, but left-right asymmetries in force and on-court loading lingered even though she reported high confidence, and loading variability persisted after clinical clearance.

Current Evidence and Practical Considerations for Adaptogen Use in Exercise Recovery, Training Adaptation, and Exercise Performance in Athletes: A Narrative Review.

This narrative review gathered existing research on "adaptogen" supplements — ashwagandha, ginseng (Panax), Rhodiola rosea, and Cordyceps — and their potential effects on recovery, training adaptation, and performance in trained athletes. The authors report that a small number of varied studies hint at some benefits, with ashwagandha having the most consistent evidence, while the other three remain preliminary; overall the evidence is too thin and inconsistent to set dosing or efficacy recommendations, and female athletes are underrepresented.

Effects of high-intensity interval cross training and classical training on physical and sprint performance in male junior sprinters

Exploring the associations between physical fitness components and physical activity during gameplay in Special Olympics Unified Cup athletes

Analysis of The Differences Between Training Matches and International Competitions for Elite Chinese U15 Female Table Tennis Players

The Effect of Training Using Fitlight on Developing Complex Reaction Speed and Receiving Skill Performance In Volleyball Players

Different mucosal immunity and hormonal responses to routine physical training in the follicular and the luteal phases of elite female athletes.

Researchers tracked 25 elite female athletes through routine team training sessions in both the follicular and luteal phases of their menstrual cycle, measuring immune and hormone markers in saliva before and after each session. Training lowered SIgA, lactoferrin, and cortisol and raised alpha-amylase in both phases equally, though at rest lactoferrin and progesterone were higher in the luteal phase and the testosterone-to-cortisol ratio was higher in the follicular phase.

The Influence of Menstrual Cycle Phase on Recovery Measures and Performance: A Case Study From Ski Jumping.

Researchers tracked one world-class female ski jumper across her menstrual cycle, logging symptoms, resting heart rate, heart rate variability, and wind-adjusted jump performance. Symptoms were worst in the last two days of the cycle, resting heart rate was slightly higher and HRV slightly different in the premenstrual phase, and performance shifted in opposite directions on the normal hill versus large hill during that phase.

Traditional and Band-Assisted Nordic Hamstring Training Improves Knee Flexor Strength and Hip Range of Motion

Longitudinal Changes in Phase Angle and Its Association with Body Composition in Adolescent Athletes

Prevalence of Capitellar Osteochondritis Dissecans and Medial Epicondylar Abnormalities in Female Youth Baseball Players: A Large-Scale Ultrasonographic Screening Study

Anticipatory Cortisol Regulation During Competition in Elite Female Field Hockey Players.

Mental Health Effects as a Consequence of Early Sports Specialization in College Athletes: A Multicenter Study.

Interpretable multimodal machine learning for injury risk stratification in adolescent athletes: integrating kinematic, physiological, and load data with SHAP/LIME explainability.

Effects of a block-based training approach on the morphometric parameters of rowers during the specialized basic training stage

Acute caffeine supplementation and resistance exercise performance in female participants: a systematic review and three-level meta-analysis.

Body Composition Differences Among Individual, Team, and Combat Sport Athletes Enrolled in a Spanish Sports Technification Program

Construction of a Zigzag Running Test to Measure Specific Anaerobic Capacity in Youth Football Players

Competition and training load of high-level competitive non-motorised surface water sports athletes: a scoping review of athlete monitoring methodology.

Early Horizontal Deceleration Ability Across Multiple Steps and Approach Speeds in Multidirectional Team Sport Athletes

Effect of 6-Weeks of SAQ Training on the Speed and Agility Parameters of U-18 Female Soccer Players

Eight-Week Vitamin D<sub>3</sub> Supplementation at 4000 IU/Day Was Not Associated with Further Improvements in Speed or Power Performance in Professional Female Soccer Players: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Effects of muscle warm-up phases on proprioception, vertical jump, agility, and balance in elite adolescent soccer players: a repeated-measures experimental study.

Evaluation of Physical Development in Male Athletes of the Binh Phuoc Vovinam Team after One Training Cycle

Systemic Concentrations of Cartilage Oligomeric Matrix Protein, Neo-Epitope of MMP-derived Type III Collagen fragment, and Propeptide of Type IV Collagen are Greater in Those at Risk of Post-Traumatic Osteoarthritis in Comparison to Matched Controls

Researchers compared blood markers of joint tissue turnover in 38 young adults who had a knee injury 1-7 years earlier against 38 matched uninjured people. Three markers (COMP, and type III and type IV collagen fragments) were higher in the previously injured group, and a combined three-marker panel could distinguish injured from uninjured people with acceptable accuracy (AUC around 0.73-0.77).

Effects of Acute Caffeine Supplementation on Physical, Sport-Specific, Physiological, Perceptual, and Cognitive Outcomes in Female Team-Sport Athletes: A Three-Level Meta-Analysis.

Researchers pooled 26 randomized placebo-controlled crossover trials to see how a single dose of caffeine affects female team-sport athletes across physical, sport-specific, physiological, perceptual, and cognitive outcomes. Caffeine produced small improvements in physical performance (repeated sprints, agility, speed, anaerobic power, jumping) and reduced perceived exertion, while raising heart rate; effects on sport-specific skills and cognition were unclear, and no dose, timing, or formulation stood out as better.

Physical Activity Monitor Outputs Are Not Compatible With Current Recommendations in Wheelchair Users With Paraplegia

Researchers pooled wearable-sensor data from 60 wheelchair users with paraplegia to see how device-recorded moderate-to-vigorous activity minutes line up with official physical activity guidelines. Participants averaged about 177 minutes/week of device-detected moderate-to-vigorous activity, yet the analysis suggested roughly 519 minutes/week would be needed to reach the recommended overall activity level, because devices also capture everyday lifestyle movement rather than just deliberate exercise.

Daily physical activity patterns across the menstrual cycle in eumenorrheic female athletes: an accelerometry-based study.

Researchers tracked 20 female athletes with regular, hormonally verified menstrual cycles for one full cycle using wrist accelerometers, measuring how much time they spent at each activity intensity and their estimated energy expenditure across seven cycle phases. Sedentary, light, and moderate activity didn't change across the cycle, but time in vigorous and higher intensities — and energy expenditure — dipped significantly during the ovulatory phase.

Screening and Management of Menstrual Cycle Disorders in Women Athletes by Sports Physicians: The HYPOFIT Study.

Researchers surveyed 129 sports physicians in France about how they screen for and manage menstrual cycle problems in female athletes. Only about half routinely asked about current menstrual status and just a third consistently checked cycle regularity; bone density scans were often skipped, and most doctors reported difficulty managing these issues and wanted standardized screening tools.

Power in the flow: how menstrual experiences shape women's strength training performance

Study exploring how women's lived menstrual experiences shape their strength-training performance and training behaviour.

Effects of menstrual cycle phases on athletic performance and related physiological outcomes: a systematic review of studies using high methodological standards

Systematic review, restricted to high-methodological-standard studies, examining whether menstrual cycle phase affects athletic performance and related physiological outcomes.