PURPOSE Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction is commonly performed in athletes, with the goal of return to sports activities. Unfortunately, this operation may fail, and the rates of either reinjuring an ACL-reconstructed knee or sustaining an ACL rupture to the contralateral knee range from 3% to 49%. One problem that exists is a lack of information and consensus regarding the appro...

Exercise scientists teach that since muscle glycogen utilisation occurs at high rates (during high-intensity exercise in carbohydrate-adapted athletes), all athletes must be advised to ingest large amounts of carbohydrate before and during exercise. 2 But this does not seem entirely logical. Why, for example, should athletes involved in prolonged submaximal exercise—probably the most common for...

Microfracture is frequently used for articular cartilage repair in athletes. This study aimed to define the strength and weaknesses of this minimally invasive cartilage repair technique in the athletic population in an effort to optimize indications, functional outcome, and athletic participation after microfracture in the athlete's knee. A systematic analysis of original studies using microfra...

Many authors have approached the topic of sport talent, developing at present time like one most controversial contents in methodology training theory. There are dissimilar models, starting from different dimensions that characterize selection, for it is necessary to give a look this thematic one, peculiar perspective each sport, their context, fellows and normed teaching programs ages study ob...