INTRODUCTION Athletes—and lots of non-athletes—gulp vitamin pills in tremendous quantities, but most experts tell us that only a small number of athletes will notice any benefit of vitamin supplements on their health or sport performance. Is it O.K. to take vitamin supplements as an insurance policy, in case your diet does not supply sufficient vitamins? Can bad things happen if you take too ma...

The ACTN3 R577X polymorphism (rs1815739) is a strong candidate to influence elite athletic performance. Yet, controversy exists in the literature owing to between-studies differences in the ethnic background and sample size of the cohorts, the latter being usually low, which makes comparisons difficult. In this case:control genetic study we determined the association between elite athletic stat...

Many athletes, coaches, and support staff are taking an increasingly scientific approach to both designing and monitoring training programs. Appropriate load monitoring can aid in determining whether an athlete is adapting to a training program and in minimizing the risk of developing non-functional overreaching, illness, and/or injury. In order to gain an understanding of the training load and...

BACKGROUND The European Association of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation (EACPR) recommends cardiovascular evaluation of middle-aged individuals engaged in sport activities. However, very few data exist concerning the impact of such position stand. We assessed the implications on workload, yield and economic costs of this preventive strategy. METHODS Individuals aged 35-65 years en...

Female athletes are at least as at risk as other women for eating disorders (EDs) and at risk for the female athlete triad (i.e., inadequate energy availability, menstrual disorders, and osteoporosis). This study investigated whether two evidence-based programs appear promising for future study if modified to address the unique needs of female athletes. Athletes were randomly assigned to athlet...

In this study, it was aimed to examine the relationship between mindfulness in sports and happiness levels of students receiving education. The research group consisted 78 women (31.6%) 169 men (68.4%) studying at Bitlis Eren University Bachelor program Physical Education Sports (114 people) Ziya High School (133 people). It consists 247 athletes. Relational screening model used research. “Pers...

ABSTRACT: When an athlete suffers a sudden cardiac death, particularly while participating in a sport being viewed by thousands of spectators, it is a rare and catastrophic event that generates a great deal of discussion among the general public and medical community. Many cardiovascular conditions can predispose an athlete to such an event. The most common causes of sudden cardiac death in ath...

'Coaching Boys into Men' is an evidence-based dating violence prevention program for coaches to implement with male athletes. A common adaptation of this program is delivery by domestic violence and sexual violence prevention advocates instead of coaches. We explored how this implementer adaptation may influence athlete uptake of program messages and outcomes. Randomly, one school received the ...