British Journal of Sports Medicine

Article	Citations
World Health Organization 2020 guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour	4398
Physical inactivity is associated with a higher risk for severe COVID-19 outcomes: a study in 48 440 adult patients	453
Physical inactivity and non-communicable disease burden in low-income, middle-income and high-income countries	264
Sleep and the athlete: narrative review and 2021 expert consensus recommendations	210
Consensus statement on concussion in sport: the 6th International Conference on Concussion in Sport–Amsterdam, October 2022	207
Do smartphone applications and activity trackers increase physical activity in adults? Systematic review, meta-analysis and metaregression	179
Joint associations of accelerometer-measured physical activity and sedentary time with all-cause mortality: a harmonised meta-analysis in more than 44 000 middle-aged and older individuals	173
Cardiorespiratory considerations for return-to-play in elite athletes after COVID-19 infection: a practical guide for sport and exercise medicine physicians	160
International Olympic Committee (IOC) Sport Mental Health Assessment Tool 1 (SMHAT-1) and Sport Mental Health Recognition Tool 1 (SMHRT-1): towards better support of athletes’ mental health	159
Implementing the 27 PRISMA 2020 Statement items for systematic reviews in the sport and exercise medicine, musculoskeletal rehabilitation and sports science fields: the PERSiST (implementing Prisma in	157
Effectiveness of physical activity interventions for improving depression, anxiety and distress: an overview of systematic reviews	156
UEFA expert group statement on nutrition in elite football. Current evidence to inform practical recommendations and guide future research	115
Physical activity and the risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection, severe COVID-19 illness and COVID-19 related mortality in South Korea: a nationwide cohort study	115
Sleep and physical activity in relation to all-cause, cardiovascular disease and cancer mortality risk	115
Physical activity as a protective factor for dementia and Alzheimer’s disease: systematic review, meta-analysis and quality assessment of cohort and case–control studies	99
Anterior cruciate ligament injury: towards a gendered environmental approach	97
Injury rates decreased in men’s professional football: an 18-year prospective cohort study of almost 12 000 injuries sustained during 1.8 million hours of play	96
The Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) and National Eating Disorders Collaboration (NEDC) position statement on disordered eating in high performance sport	88
Successful return to professional men’s football (soccer) competition after the COVID-19 shutdown: a cohort study in the German Bundesliga	86
Exercise as medicine for depressive symptoms? A systematic review and meta-analysis with meta-regression	86
How does occupational physical activity influence health? An umbrella review of 23 health outcomes across 158 observational studies	80
Muscle-strengthening activities are associated with lower risk and mortality in major non-communicable diseases: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies	79
Mental health management of elite athletes during COVID-19: a narrative review and recommendations	79
Hamstring injury rates have increased during recent seasons and now constitute 24% of all injuries in men’s professional football: the UEFA Elite Club Injury Study from 2001/02 to 2021/22	78
A CHecklist for statistical Assessment of Medical Papers (the CHAMP statement): explanation and elaboration	78

Customary physical activity and odds of depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 111 prospective cohort studies	77
Aetiology and incidence of sudden cardiac arrest and death in young competitive athletes in the USA: a 4-year prospective study	77
2023 International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) consensus statement on Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (REDs)	76
Levels of domain-specific physical activity at work, in the household, for travel and for leisure among 327 789 adults from 104 countries	76
Arthroscopic partial meniscectomy for a degenerative meniscus tear: a 5 year follow-up of the placebo-surgery controlled FIDELITY (Finnish Degenerative Meniscus Lesion Study) trial	75
How does hormone transition in transgender women change body composition, muscle strength and haemoglobin? Systematic review with a focus on the implications for sport participation	74
Effects of wearing a cloth face mask on performance, physiological and perceptual responses during a graded treadmill running exercise test	71
Resuming professional football (soccer) during the COVID-19 pandemic in a country with high infection rates: a prospective cohort study	68
Joint association between accelerometry-measured daily combination of time spent in physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep and all-cause mortality: a pooled analysis of six prospective cohor	67
How can global physical activity surveillance adapt to evolving physical activity guidelines? Needs, challenges and future directions	67
Single leg vertical jump performance identifies knee function deficits at return to sport after ACL reconstruction in male athletes	66
Prevalence and frequency of menstrual cycle symptoms are associated with availability to train and compete: a study of 6812 exercising women recruited using the Strava exercise app	64
GRANADA consensus on analytical approaches to assess associations with accelerometer-determined physical behaviours (physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep) in epidemiological studies	63
Intra-articular saline injection is as effective as corticosteroids, platelet-rich plasma and hyaluronic acid for hip osteoarthritis pain: a systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised c	62
Effectiveness of progressive tendon-loading exercise therapy in patients with patellar tendinopathy: a randomised clinical trial	61
Effectiveness of treatments for acute and subacute mechanical non-specific low back pain: a systematic review with network meta-analysis	60
Knee extensor muscle weakness is a risk factor for the development of knee osteoarthritis: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis including 46 819 men and women	60
Effectiveness of exercises by telerehabilitation on pain, physical function and quality of life in people with physical disabilities: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials with GRADE rec	56
Clinical patterns, recovery time and prolonged impact of COVID-19 illness in international athletes: the UK experience	55
Is extensive cardiopulmonary screening useful in athletes with previous asymptomatic or mild SARS-CoV-2 infection?	55
Trends in match injury risk in professional male rugby union: a 16-season review of 10 851 match injuries in the English Premiership (2002–2019): the Professional Rugby Injury Surveillance Project	54
Comparative effectiveness of physical exercise interventions for chronic non-specific neck pain: a systematic review with network meta-analysis of 40 randomised controlled trials	53
Treatment after ACL injury: Panther Symposium ACL Treatment Consensus Group	52
Effects of physical education interventions on cognition and academic performance outcomes in children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis	52
Physical activity and risk of infection, severity and mortality of COVID-19: a systematic review and non-linear dose–response meta-analysis of data from 1 853 610 adults	52
Reallocation of time between device-measured movement behaviours and risk of incident cardiovascular disease	51
Single leg hop for distance symmetry masks lower limb biomechanics: time to discuss hop distance as decision criterion for return to sport after ACL reconstruction?	51
Cardiorespiratory fitness and mortality from all causes, cardiovascular disease and cancer: dose–response meta-analysis of cohort studies	51
High rate of second ACL injury following ACL reconstruction in male professional footballers: an updated longitudinal analysis from 118 players in the UEFA Elite Club Injury Study	50
Mental health after paediatric concussion: a systematic review and meta-analysis	50
Differences in sport-related concussion for female and male athletes in comparable collegiate sports: a study from the NCAA-DoD Concussion Assessment, Research and Education (CARE) Consortium	50
Prevalence and clinical implications of persistent or exertional cardiopulmonary symptoms following SARS-CoV-2 infection in 3597 collegiate athletes: a study from the Outcomes Registry for Cardiac Con	49
Risk factors for knee osteoarthritis after traumatic knee injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials and cohort studies for the OPTIKNEE Consensus	48
Youth running consensus statement: minimising risk of injury and illness in youth runners	48
Return to sport for North American professional sport leagues in the context of COVID-19	47
Unique diagnostic signatures of concussion in the saliva of male athletes: the Study of Concussion in Rugby Union through MicroRNAs (SCRUM)	47
Strong, steady and straight: UK consensus statement on physical activity and exercise for osteoporosis	47
Dutch multidisciplinary guideline on Achilles tendinopathy	47
Recommendations for determining the validity of consumer wearable and smartphone step count: expert statement and checklist of the INTERLIVE network	46
Recommendations for determining the validity of consumer wearable heart rate devices: expert statement and checklist of the INTERLIVE Network	46
SARS-CoV-2 transmission during rugby league matches: do players become infected after participating with SARS-CoV-2 positive players?	46
Hydration and cooling in elite athletes: relationship with performance, body mass loss and body temperatures during the Doha 2019 IAAF World Athletics Championships	41
Autologous stem cell therapy in knee osteoarthritis: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials	41
Non-occupational physical activity and risk of cardiovascular disease, cancer and mortality outcomes: a dose–response meta-analysis of large prospective studies	41
Effect of gender affirming hormones on athletic performance in transwomen and transmen: implications for sporting organisations and legislators	41
Injury incidence and burden in a youth elite football academy: a four-season prospective study of 551 players aged from under 9 to under 19 years	40
OPTIKNEE 2022: consensus recommendations to optimise knee health after traumatic knee injury to prevent osteoarthritis	40
If exercise is medicine, why don’t we know the dose? An overview of systematic reviews assessing reporting quality of exercise interventions in health and disease	40
Management of plantar heel pain: a best practice guide informed by a systematic review, expert clinical reasoning and patient values	40
Hamstring injury patterns in professional male football (soccer): a systematic video analysis of 52 cases	40

Risk of atrial fibrillation in athletes: a systematic review and meta-analysis	39
CHecklist for statistical Assessment of Medical Papers: the CHAMP statement	39
Para sport translation of the IOC consensus on recording and reporting of data for injury and illness in sport	39
Time-efficient intervention to improve older adolescents’ cardiorespiratory fitness: findings from the ‘Burn 2 Learn’ cluster randomised controlled trial	38
Clinical recovery from concussion–return to school and sport: a systematic review and meta-analysis	38
Self-reported sports injuries and later-life health status in 3357 retired Olympians from 131 countries: a cross-sectional survey among those competing in the games between London 1948 and PyeongChang	38
Small steps, strong shield: directly measured, moderate physical activity in 65 361 adults is associated with significant protective effects from severe COVID-19 outcomes	38
Benefits outweigh the risks: a consensus statement on the risks of physical activity for people living with long-term conditions	38
Return to sport decisions after an acute lateral ankle sprain injury: introducing the PAASS framework—an international multidisciplinary consensus	37
Under-representation of female athletes in research informing influential concussion consensus and position statements: an evidence review and synthesis	37
Ready for impact? A validity and feasibility study of instrumented mouthguards (iMGs)	37
Pre-flight exercise and bone metabolism predict unloading-induced bone loss due to spaceflight	37
Rehabilitation after anterior cruciate ligament and meniscal injuries: a best-evidence synthesis of systematic reviews for the OPTIKNEE consensus	37
Aspetar clinical practice guideline on rehabilitation after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction	36
School-based interventions modestly increase physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness but are least effective for youth who need them most: an individual participant pooled analysis of 20 contr	36
Lower step rate is associated with a higher risk of bone stress injury: a prospective study of collegiate cross country runners	35
Concussion in para sport: the first position statement of the Concussion in Para Sport (CIPS) Group	35
Defining a research agenda for youth sport specialisation in the USA: the AMSSM Youth Early Sport Specialization Summit	34
Teeter-totter effect: a new mechanism to understand shoe-related improvements in long-distance running	34
Estimating the global economic benefits of physically active populations over 30 years (2020–2050)	34
Does load management using the acute:chronic workload ratio prevent health problems? A cluster randomised trial of 482 elite youth footballers of both sexes	33
Injury patterns differ with age in male youth football: a four-season prospective study of 1111 time-loss injuries in an elite national academy	33
Health wearable devices for weight and BMI reduction in individuals with overweight/obesity and chronic comorbidities: systematic review and network meta-analysis	33
Rest and exercise early after sport-related concussion: a systematic review and meta-analysis	33
What is the risk of recurrent concussion in children and adolescents aged 5–18 years? A systematic review and meta-analysis	33
Physical activity self-reports: past or future?	32
Prevention strategies to reduce future impact of low back pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis	32
Prevalence of impaired physiological function consistent with Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S): an Australian elite and pre-elite cohort	32
Symptom cluster is associated with prolonged return-to-play in symptomatic athletes with acute respiratory illness (including COVID-19): a cross-sectional study—AWARE study I	32
Introducing the Sport Concussion Assessment Tool 6 (SCAT6)	32
Exercise-induced laryngeal obstruction (EILO) in athletes: a narrative review by a subgroup of the IOC Consensus on ‘acute respiratory illness in the athlete’	32
Exercise interventions in lateral elbow tendinopathy have better outcomes than passive interventions, but the effects are small: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 2123 subjects in 30 trials	32
Selected issues in sport-related concussion (SRC|mild traumatic brain injury) for the team physician: a consensus statement	31
New sports, COVID-19 and the heat: sports injuries and illnesses in the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics	31
Wrist-worn accelerometers: recommending ~1.0 mg as the minimum clinically important difference (MCID) in daily average acceleration for inactive adults	31
Subacromial decompression versus diagnostic arthroscopy for shoulder impingement: a 5-year follow-up of a randomised, placebo surgery controlled clinical trial	31
Prevention strategies and modifiable risk factors for sport-related concussions and head impacts: a systematic review and meta-analysis	31
Association of physical activity with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in 7666 adults with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM): more physical activity is better	31
Injury incidence, severity and profile in Olympic combat sports: a comparative analysis of 7712 athlete exposures from three consecutive Olympic Games	31
Optimising outcomes of exercise and corticosteroid injection in patients with subacromial pain (impingement) syndrome: a factorial randomised trial	30
Low cardiorespiratory and mitochondrial fitness as risk factors in viral infections: implications for COVID-19	30
Examining later-in-life health risks associated with sport-related concussion and repetitive head impacts: a systematic review of case-control and cohort studies	30
Exercise prehabilitation during neoadjuvant chemotherapy may enhance tumour regression in oesophageal cancer: results from a prospective non-randomised trial	30
IOC consensus statement on recommendations and regulations for sport events in the heat	30
Acute and post-acute COVID-19 presentations in athletes: a systematic review and meta-analysis	29
Physical activity, sedentary time and breast cancer risk: a Mendelian randomisation study	29
Methods matter: instrumental variable analysis may be a complementary approach to intention-to-treat analysis and as treated analysis when analysing data from sports injury trials	29
Football-specific extension of the IOC consensus statement: methods for recording and reporting of epidemiological data on injury and illness in sport 2020	29
Olympic competition climbing: the beginning of a new era—a narrative review	29
European fitness landscape for children and adolescents: updated reference values, fitness maps and country rankings based on nearly 8 million test results from 34 countries gathered by the FitBack ne	29
Improving concussion education: consensus from the NCAA-Department of Defense Mind Matters Research & Education Grand Challenge	29
It is time for consensus on ‘consensus statements’	29
Adherence to aerobic and muscle-strengthening activities guidelines: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 3.3 million participants across 32 countries	29
FIFA Sudden Death Registry (FIFA-SDR): a prospective, observational study of sudden death in worldwide football from 2014 to 2018	29
Social distancing and COVID-19: an unprecedented active transport public health opportunity	28
Injury epidemiology in professional ballet: a five-season prospective study of 1596 medical attention injuries and 543 time-loss injuries	28
ACL reconstruction for all is not cost-effective after acute ACL rupture	28
Multi-strategy intervention increases school implementation and maintenance of a mandatory physical activity policy: outcomes of a cluster randomised controlled trial	28
Can high-intensity interval training improve mental health outcomes in the general population and those with physical illnesses? A systematic review and meta-analysis	27
Is early activity resumption after paediatric concussion safe and does it reduce symptom burden at 2 weeks post injury? The Pediatric Concussion Assessment of Rest and Exertion (PedCARE) multicentre r	27
Physical activity, diet quality and all-cause cardiovascular disease and cancer mortality: a prospective study of 346 627 UK Biobank participants	27
Arthroscopic Bankart versus open Latarjet as a primary operative treatment for traumatic anteroinferior instability in young males: a randomised controlled trial with 2-year follow-up	27
Injury characteristics in male youth athletics: a five-season prospective study in a full-time sports academy	27
A 4-year study of hamstring injury outcomes in elite track and field using the British Athletics rehabilitation approach	27
i-CONTENT tool for assessing therapeutic quality of exercise programs employed in randomised clinical trials	27
Social determinants of health are associated with physical therapy use: a systematic review	27
Let’s talk about sex (and gender) after ACL injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis of self-reported activity and knee-related outcomes	26
Competing against COVID-19: have we forgotten about student-athletes’ mental health?	26
Female and male US Olympic athletes live 5 years longer than their general population counterparts: a study of 8124 former US Olympians	26
Maximising the impact of global and national physical activity guidelines: the critical role of communication strategies	26
Prehospital management of exertional heat stroke at sports competitions: International Olympic Committee Adverse Weather Impact Expert Working Group for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020	26
Call to increase statistical collaboration in sports science, sport and exercise medicine and sports physiotherapy	26
Prevalence of lower airway dysfunction in athletes: a systematic review and meta-analysis by a subgroup of the IOC consensus group on ‘acute respiratory illness in the athlete’	26
Exercise training and resting blood pressure: a large-scale pairwise and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials	25
International consensus statement: methods for recording and reporting of epidemiological data on injuries and illnesses in golf	25
Illness and injury among Norwegian Para athletes over five consecutive Paralympic Summer and Winter Games cycles: prevailing high illness burden on the road from 2012 to 2020	25
Diagnostic evaluation and cardiopulmonary exercise test findings in young athletes with persistent symptoms following COVID-19	25
Asia-Pacific Consensus Statement on integrated 24-hour activity guidelines for children and adolescents	25
Prevalence and risk factors for back pain in sports: a systematic review with meta-analysis	25
Time for mental healthcare guidelines for recreational sports: a call to action	24

Comparative effectiveness of exercise, antidepressants and their combination in treating non-severe depression: a systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials	24
Successful 10-second one-legged stance performance predicts survival in middle-aged and older individuals	24
Effects of exercise training on the cognitive function of older adults with different types of dementia: a systematic review and meta-analysis	24
Long-term quality of life, work limitation, physical activity, economic cost and disease burden following ACL and meniscal injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis for the OPTIKNEE consensus	24
Getting tough on concussion: how welfare-driven law change may improve player safety—a Rugby Union experience	24
Do physical activity interventions combining self-monitoring with other components provide an additional benefit compared with self-monitoring alone? A systematic review and meta-analysis	23
Pushing for change: a qualitative study of the experiences of elite athletes during pregnancy	23
Efficacy of heel lifts versus calf muscle eccentric exercise for mid-portion Achilles tendinopathy (HEALTHY): a randomised trial	23
Incidence and prevalence of hamstring injuries in field-based team sports: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 5952 injuries from over 7 million exposure hours	23
Treating low back pain in athletes: a systematic review with meta-analysis	23
Do exercise-based prevention programmes reduce non-contact musculoskeletal injuries in football (soccer)? A systematic review and meta-analysis with 13 355 athletes and more than 1 million exposure ho	23
Is cardiac involvement prevalent in highly trained athletes after SARS-CoV-2 infection? A cardiac magnetic resonance study using sex-matched and age-matched controls	23
High genetic contribution to anterior cruciate ligament rupture: Heritability ~69%	23
Does the Spraino low-friction shoe patch prevent lateral ankle sprain injury in indoor sports? A pilot randomised controlled trial with 510 participants with previous ankle injuries	23
Comparative efficacy of exercise therapy and oral non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and paracetamol for knee or hip osteoarthritis: a network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials	22
Sports medicine leaders working with government and public health to plan a ‘return-to-sport’ during the COVID-19 pandemic: the UK’s collaborative five-stage model for elite sport	22
Effectiveness of exercise via telehealth for chronic disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis of exercise interventions delivered via videoconferencing	22
Epidemiology of injuries in Olympic-style karate competitions: systematic review and meta-analysis	22
Does sex affect second ACL injury risk? A systematic review with meta-analysis	22
Infographic. Stay physically active during COVID-19 with exercise as medicine	22
Athlete mental health: future directions	21
Making the case for ‘physical activity security’: the 2020 WHO guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour from a Global South perspective	21
Multidisciplinary, biopsychosocial factors contributing to return to running and running related stress urinary incontinence in postpartum women	21
Sports injuries and illnesses at the Lausanne 2020 Youth Olympic Winter Games: a prospective study of 1783 athletes from 79 countries	21
Injury and illness epidemiology in professional Asian football: lower general incidence and burden but higher ACL and hamstring injury burden compared with Europe	21
Nine typical injury patterns in German professional male football (soccer): a systematic visual video analysis of 345 match injuries	21
Cardiopulmonary capacity and muscle strength in transgender women on long-term gender-affirming hormone therapy: a cross-sectional study	21
Sport and exercise medicine/physiotherapy publishing has a gender/sex equity problem: we need action now!	21
Acute evaluation of sport-related concussion and implications for the Sport Concussion Assessment Tool (SCAT6) for adults, adolescents and children: a systematic review	21
Methods, challenges and benefits of a health monitoring programme for Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic athletes: the road from London 2012 to Tokyo 2020	21
Health-promoting behaviours and concussion history are associated with cognitive function, mood-related symptoms and emotional–behavioural dyscontrol in former NFL players: an NFL-LONG Study	21
Disability, the communication of physical activity and sedentary behaviour, and ableism: a call for inclusive messages	21
Association between thermal responses, medical events, performance, heat acclimation and health status in male and female elite athletes during the 2019 Doha World Athletics Championships	20
Methods matter: clinical prediction models will benefit sports medicine practice, but only if they are properly developed and validated	20
Are web-based personally tailored physical activity videos more effective than personally tailored text-based interventions? Results from the three-arm randomised controlled TaylorActive trial	20
The relationship between rowing-related low back pain and rowing biomechanics: a systematic review	20
There is no ‘Swiss Army Knife’ of thermal indices: the importance of considering ‘why?’ and ‘for whom?’ when modelling heat stress in sport	20
Train at home, but not alone: a randomised controlled multicentre trial assessing the effects of live-streamed tele-exercise during COVID-19-related lockdowns	20
What tests and measures accurately diagnose persisting post-concussive symptoms in children, adolescents and adults following sport-related concussion? A systematic review	20
Return to play with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: are we moving too fast? A critical review	19
Patients use fewer analgesics following supervised exercise therapy and patient education: an observational study of 16 499 patients with knee or hip osteoarthritis	19
Clinician approach to cardiopulmonary exercise testing for exercise prescription in patients at risk of and with cardiovascular disease	19
Youth sports in the wake of COVID-19: a call for change	19
Comparative effectiveness of treatments for patellofemoral pain: a living systematic review with network meta-analysis	19
SARS-CoV-2 infection and return to play in junior competitive athletes: is systematic cardiac screening needed?	19
Risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission from on-field player contacts in amateur, youth and professional football (soccer)	19
Olympic Games in COVID-19 times: lessons learned with special focus on the upcoming FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022	19
Long-term leisure-time physical activity and risk of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality: dose–response associations in a prospective cohort study of 210 327 Taiwanese adults	19
When progressing training loads, what are the considerations for healthy and injured athletes?	19
Correction:Serum androgen levels and their relation to performance in track and field: mass spectrometry results from 2127 observations in male and female elite athletes	19
Consensus statements that fail to recognise dissent are flawed by design: a narrative review with 10 suggested improvements	19
Body checking in non-elite adolescent ice hockey leagues: it is never too late for policy change aiming to protect the health of adolescents	19
Targeted interventions and their effect on recovery in children, adolescents and adults who have sustained a sport-related concussion: a systematic review	19
Reframing return-to-sport postpartum: the 6 Rs framework	19
The relationships between rugby union, and health and well-being: a scoping review	19
Do physical interventions improve outcomes following concussion: a systematic review and meta-analysis?	19
Tennis-specific extension of the International Olympic Committee consensus statement: methods for recording and reporting of epidemiological data on injury and illness in sport 2020	19
Association of physical activity with risk of hepatobiliary diseases in China: a prospective cohort study of 0.5 million people	19
Injury prevention knowledge, beliefs and strategies in elite female footballers at the FIFA Women’s World Cup France 2019	19
Review of the scientific rationale, development and validation of the International Olympic Committee Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport Clinical Assessment Tool: V.2 (IOC REDs CAT2)—by a subgroup of	19
‘Fat but powerful’ paradox: association of muscle power and adiposity markers with all-cause mortality in older adults from the EXERNET multicentre study	19
Primary surgery versus primary rehabilitation for treating anterior cruciate ligament injuries: a living systematic review and meta-analysis	18
Socioeconomic factors and outcomes from exercise-related sudden cardiac arrest in high school student-athletes in the USA	18
Incidence, prevalence and risk factors for low back pain in adolescent athletes: a systematic review and meta-analysis	18
Moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity from young adulthood to middle age and metabolic disease: a 30-year population-based cohort study	18
Position statement: IOC framework on fairness, inclusion and non-discrimination on the basis of gender identity and sex variations	18
Workplace physical activity promotion: why so many failures and few successes? The need for new thinking	18
Its not all about sprinting: mechanisms of acute hamstring strain injuries in professional male rugby union—a systematic visual video analysis	18
'You’re the best liar in the world’: a grounded theory study of rowing athletes’ experience of low back pain	18
Injuries and illnesses among competitive Norwegian rhythmic gymnasts during preseason: a prospective cohort study of prevalence, incidence and risk factors	18
Meaningful thresholds for patient-reported outcomes following interventions for anterior cruciate ligament tear or traumatic meniscus injury: a systematic review for the OPTIKNEE consensus	18
Are questionable research practices facilitating new discoveries in sport and exercise medicine? The proportion of supported hypotheses is implausibly high	18
Trail running injury risk factors: a living systematic review	17
Effects of high-intensity interval training (HIIT) and sprint interval training (SIT) on fat oxidation during exercise: a systematic review and meta-analysis	17
Cost-effectiveness of full endoscopic versus open discectomy for sciatica	17
Evidence of ACL healing on MRI following ACL rupture treated with rehabilitation alone may be associated with better patient-reported outcomes: a second	17
Physical activity is good for older adults—but is programme implementation being overlooked? A systematic review of intervention studies that reported frameworks or measures of implementation	16
Impact of COVID-19 on the physical activity, quality of life and mental health of adolescent athletes: a 2-year evaluation of over 17 000 athletes	16
Injury incidence rates in women’s football: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective injury surveillance studies	16
Prevalence and incidence of injuries in para athletes: a systematic review with meta-analysis and GRADE recommendations	16
Effect of mindfulness-based programmes on elite athlete mental health: a systematic review and meta-analysis	16
Effective engagement of survivors of harassment and abuse in sport in athlete safeguarding initiatives: a review and a conceptual framework	16
Privileging the privileged: the public health focus on leisure time physical activity has contributed to widening socioeconomic inequalities in health	16
Diagnostic accuracy and reliability of sideline concussion evaluation: a prospective, case-controlled study in college athletes comparing newer tools and established tests	16
Resistance training prescription for muscle strength and hypertrophy in healthy adults: a systematic review and Bayesian network meta-analysis	16
An intervention to optimise coach-created motivational climates and reduce athlete willingness to dope (CoachMADE): a three-country cluster randomised controlled trial	16
Is it too early to condemn early sport specialisation?	16
Introducing the Sport Concussion Office Assessment Tool 6 (SCOAT6)	15
Postpandemic hybrid work: opportunities and challenges for physical activity and public health	15
Use of the Sport Concussion Assessment Tool 5 (SCAT5) in professional hockey, part 2: which components differentiate concussed and non-concussed players?	15
Role of biomarkers and emerging technologies in defining and assessing neurobiological recovery after sport-related concussion: a systematic review	15
Methods for epidemiological studies in competitive cycling: an extension of the IOC consensus statement on methods for recording and reporting of epidemiological data on injury and illness in sport 20	15
Can β2-agonists have an ergogenic effect on strength, sprint or power performance? Systematic review and meta-analysis of RCTs	15
Primary, secondary and tertiary prevention of Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (REDs): a narrative review by a subgroup of the IOC consensus on REDs	15
Acute respiratory illness and return to sport: a systematic review and meta-analysis by a subgroup of the IOC consensus on ‘acute respiratory illness in the athlete’	15