OBJECTIVE To evaluate the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of pubalgia in patients from a Sports Medicine Center. METHODS Data analysis from medical records of patients with athletic pubalgia attended to from January 2007 to January 2015. The diagnosis was made by an experienced hip surgeon, complemented with pelvic X-ray, abdominal wall ultrasound, and magnetic resonance imaging ...

CONTEXT Many anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury prevention training programs have been published, but few have assessed the effects of training on both ACL injury rates and athletic performance tests. OBJECTIVE To determine if ACL injury prevention programs have a positive influence on both injury rates and athletic performance tests in female athletes. DATA SOURCES In August 2011, a s...

The use of strength training designed to increase underlying strength and power qualities in elite athletes in an attempt to improve athletic performance is commonplace. Although the extent to which strength and power are important to sports performance may vary depending on the activity, the associations between these qualities and performance have been well documented in the literature. The p...

The purpose of this review is to examine vitamin D in the context of sport nutrition and its potential role in optimizing athletic performance. Vitamin D receptors (VDR) and vitamin D response elements (VDREs) are located in almost every tissue within the human body including skeletal muscle. The hormonally-active form of vitamin D, 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D, has been shown to play critical roles...

Running and jumping are important movements for the success of athletes. Researchers in biomechanics, motor control, and sports science often use computer modeling and simulation to study the optimal performances of these movements. Simulation techniques have not been widely applied to actually assessing and improving athletic performance, although the potential for this application exists. In ...

The longitudinal progression of athletic records has been described by best fit curves which can be used to extrapolate future athletic performances. Any subsequent significant deviations from these curves would suggest compelling evidence of cataclysmic changes introduced into the sport. We evaluated recent elite swim performances to determine if bias can be identified within competitive swimm...