Biology of Sport

Article	Citations
A comparison in knee flexor and extensor strength following ACL reconstruction in international, male soccer players receiving patellar tendon or hamstrings grafts	514
Relationships between training dose and record power outputs in professional road cyclists: insights and threats to validity	75
Does the Paleo diet affect an athlete’s health and sport performance?	72
Laboratory-based determinants of simulated time trial performance in cyclists	57
Analysis of mental and physical fatigue over the course of a professional English Premier League season in outfield players	54
A comparison of running and contact loads in U18 and U20 international rugby union competition	51
A novel multifactorial hamstring screening protocol: association with hamstring muscle injuries in professional football (soccer) – a prospective cohort study	48
Different pitch configurations constrain the external and internal loads of young professional soccer players during transition games	45
Data-driven classification of playing styles and match outcome prediction in UEFA Champions League teams	44
A comprehensive assessment of caffeine’s effects on components of countermovement jump performance	39
How do muscle injuries relate to return-to-performance metrics in male elite football players?	39
Relative age effect across the talent identification process of youth female soccer players in the United States: Influence of birth year, position, biological maturation, and skill level	39
The effectiveness of differential learning in small-sided soccer games for skill development in U20 amateur male players	39
Caffeine supplementation improves physical performance without affecting fatigue level: a double-blind crossover study	38
Are EFI data valuable? Evidence from the 2022 FIFA World Cup group stage	37
Comparison of the external load of professional goalkeepers in different weekly training sessions	35
Movement patterns and player load: insights from professional padel	34
Core training and performance: a systematic review with meta-analysis	34
Application of acute pre-exercise partial-body cryotherapy promotes jump performance, salivary-amylase and athlete readiness	34
Association between polymorphism rs6295 of HTR1A serotonin receptor gene and personality traits among athletes of combat sport	33
A new conceptual framework for managing hamstring injury risk in soccer – implementing a data-informed approach: a narrative review	31
Effects of daily use of intermittent pneumatic compression in competitive handball players: A randomized controlled trial	30
Return to performance: machine learning insights into how absence time following muscle injuries affects match running performance in LaLiga soccer players	30
Small-sided games in amateur players: rule modification with mini-goals to induce lower external load responses	29
Ten-minute warm-up in hot climate best assists thermal comfort, muscular power output, and fatigue, during soccer-specific repeated-sprint ability	29

Intra-unit reliability and movement variability of submission grappling external load as measured by torso mounted accelerometery	27
Effects of a cardiopulmonary rehabilitation programme on submaximal exercise in Tunisian patients with long-COVID19: A randomized clinical trial	26
Load distribution across weekly microcycles according to match schedule in a team competing in the Australian national A-League Women’s soccer competition	26
Weekly external load distribution in football teams of different competitive levels	26
International matches elicit stable mechanical workload in high-level female ice hockey	26
Are fluctuations in physical performance affected by contextual factors in women’s handball matches? An analysis using five-minute fixed phases	25
Influence of contextual factors on most demanding scenarios in under-19 professional soccer players	25
Blood flow restriction as a post-exercise recovery strategy: A systematic review of the current status of the literature	24
Comparison of the worst-case scenarios between training and competition weeks for each playing position in an elite football season	23
The effect of two sessions of combined jump and sprint training per week on fitness parameters in soccer players. A randomized controlled trial	23
Different time course recovery of muscle oedema within the quadriceps femoris and functional performance after single- vs multi-joint exercises	23
A professional assessment of training plans for muscle hypertrophy and maximal strength developed by generative artificial intelligence	22
Kinetics of skin temperature in lower limbs of professional soccer athletes	20
The impact of caffeine-mediated gut microbiota regulation on the athletic performance of football players	20
Reliability, interrelationships, and minimal detectable changes in strength and power metrics among well-trained rugby sevens players	20
Interaction effects between possession status and percentage: insights from modeling match-running performance across possession status in male soccer	20
Impact of defensive team variables on goals conceded in the first division of the Spanish soccer league: a 10-year study	20
The associations between physical-test performance and match performance in women’s rugby sevens players	19
An ecological investigation of average and peak external load intensities of basketball skills and game-based training drills	19
Reference values for collective tactical behaviours based on positional data in professional football matches: a systematic review	19
Training periodization for a world-class 400 meters individual medley swimmer	19
Association of the IL1A and IL6 polymorphisms with posttraining changes in body mass, composition, and biochemical parameters in Caucasian women	19
More injury stoppage time in women compared to men in elite level football tournaments: Retrospective comparison of match injuries in 2018 FIFA Men’s World Cup and 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup	19
Warm-up optimization in amateur male soccer players: A comparison of small-sided games and traditional warm-up routines on physical fitness qualities	19
Effects of melatonin ingestion on physical performance and biochemical responses following exhaustive running exercise in soccer players	19
Optimal velocity loss threshold for inducing post activation potentiation in track and field athletes	19
More details, less variability? A crossover design study on the impact of information granularity on ChatGPT’s training program stability	19
Match demands and physical qualities of female athletes in Australian football, rugby union, rugby sevens, and rugby league: a scoping review	19
Acute effects of beetroot juice vs. creatine supplementation on maximal strength, autonomic regulation, and muscle oxygenation during incremental resistance exercise	18
Late-stage rehabilitation effects do not differ between quadriceps and hamstring tendon autograft after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a multicentre propensity score-matched case-control	18
Physical qualities and body composition predictors of running performance in national level women’s official soccer matches	18
Impact of movement tempo on bar velocity and time under tension in resistance exercises with different external loads	18
Exploring the potential synergistic pharmacological and psychological effects of caffeine on exercise performance: a placebo-balanced study	17
Longitudinal cohort study on subsequent injury risk in professional football players in the Qatar Stars League: a probabilistic approach using basic learning	17
An overview and prediction of 100 mm performance over 40 years during the Athletics World Championships	17
Comparison of the effects of different foam rolling durations on knee extensors function	17
The role of artificial intelligence in sports training: opportunities, challenges and future applications for competitive swimming	17
‘Setting the Benchmark’ Part 4: Contextualising the Match Demands of Teams at the FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia and New Zealand 2023	17
Multivariate analysis of teams’ physical performances in official football matches in LaLiga 2023–24	17
Reaching higher, landing harder: classifying individualized jump intensity zones and ground impact forces in professional male and female volleyball matches	17
Guidelines for performing systematic reviews in sports science	17
Disentangling the dynamic interplay between muscle damage and energetics in male boxers during a short training block	17
Validity of a low-cost friction encoder for measuring velocity, force and power in flywheel exercise devices	17
Reciprocal relationships between sleep quality, mental health and the quality of life in elite athletes: A pilot study	16
A novel combination of genomic loci in ITGB2, COL5A1 and VEGFA associated with anterior cruciate ligament rupture susceptibility: insights from Australian, Polish, Swedish, and South African cohort	16
Enhancing physical performance with ischemic preconditioning: a systematic review and meta-analysis of moderators and performance outcomes	16
Monitoring physical match performance relative to peak locomotor demands: implications for training professional soccer players	16
The effect of physical exercise during competitions and in simulated conditions on hormonal-neurophysiological relationships in kickboxers	16
Effects of eccentric- and concentric-based plyometric programmes on strength, speed and tensiomyography parameters of female athletes	16
Female football players’ key physical qualities: playing-position specific comparison between national-team selected and non-selected players	15

Internal and external load during 8 v 8, 5 v 5 and 3 v 3 in Chinese elite youth male football players	15
Applications of near-infrared spectroscopy in “anaerobic” diagnostics – SmO 2 kinetics reflect PCr dephosphorylation and correlate with maximal lactate accumulation and maximal pedalling rate	15
Effects of squatting with elastic bands or conventional resistance - training equipment at different effort levels in post-exercise intraocular pressure of healthy men	15
Match running performance is influenced by possession and team formation in an English Premier League team	15
Hamstring muscle fibre typology is not associated with hamstring strain injury history or performance in amateur male soccer players: a retrospective magnetic resonance spectroscopy study	15
Fatigue score as a promising complementing training monitoring tool: a pilot study in elite rugby sevens players	15
Running demands and activity profile of men’s rugby sevens: a tournament scenario	15
The effect of α-lactalbumin consumption on sleep quality and quantity in female rugby union athletes: a field-based study	15
Application of arbitrary and individualized load quantification strategies over the weekly microcycle in professional soccer players	15
Contextualized acceleration and deceleration profiles of elite soccer players during English Premier League match-play. The effect of possession, positional demands and opponent ranking	14
A comparison of morning priming exercise using traditional-set and cluster-set configurations on afternoon explosive performance	14
Perception and application of flywheel training by professional soccer practitioners	14
Do small-sided games prepare players for the worst-case scenarios of match play in elite young soccer players?	14
Fitness and fatness in children and adolescents: investigating their role in the association between physical activity and cardiometabolic health	14
Effects of linear versus curvilinear sprint training on multidirectional speed in young soccer players: a randomized parallel-group trial	14
The influence of menstrual cycle phase on neuromuscular performance and subjective perception of effort in elite football players	14
Do all matches require the same effort? Influence of contextual factors on physical demands during official female handball competitions	14
Establishing reference values for tensiomyography-derived parameters in soccer players: insights from a systematic review, meta-analysis and meta-regression	13
Effectiveness of the Functional Movement Screen for assessment of injury risk occurrence in football players	13
Effect of alterations in whole-body cryotherapy (WBC) exposure on post-match recovery markers in elite Premier League soccer players	13
Genetic prediction of lower limb isometric strength changes after 12 weeks of resistance training	13
Reproducibility and quality of hypertrophy-related training plans generated by GPT-4 and Google Gemini as evaluated by coaching experts	13
Knee isokinetic strength benchmarks in athletes across sports categories and performance levels	13
Injury incidence, burden and associated risk factors in walking football players	13
Genetic profile of sports climbing athletes from three different ethnicities	13
Effects of 24 weeks of collagen supplementation in active adults: Impact on body composition, neuromuscular and cardiorespiratory fitness	13
The effects of training type and area size variations on the physiological and session rating of perceived exertion responses during male judo matches	13
Physiological responses after two different Crossfit workouts	13
Twenty-four weeks of combined exercise training prevents metabolic syndrome progression in adult women: evidence from a randomized controlled trial	13
Mind, body, and shuttle: multidimensional benchmarks for talent identification in male youth badminton	13
Physical activity shifts gut microbiota structure in aged subjects with overweight/obesity and metabolic syndrome	13
Effects of re-warm-up protocols on the physical performance of soccer players: A systematic review with meta-analysis	12
Hamstring muscle architecture and myotonometer measurements in elite professional football players with a prior strained hamstring	12
Key performance indicators of offensive transitions in elite women’s football: a machine learning and explainability approach	12
Relationships between training load and wellbeing measures across a full season: a study of Turkish national youth wrestlers	12
Sodium bicarbonate and beta-alanine supplementation: Is combining both better than either alone? A systematic review and meta-analysis	12
Top-class women’s soccer performance: peak demands and distribution of the match activities relative to maximal intensities during official matches	12
Recreational soccer and basketball improve anthropometric, body composition and health-related outcomes in overweight and obese young adults: A randomized multi-arm study	12
Exercise intensity and reliability during recreational team handball training for 50–77-year-old unexperienced women	12
Effectiveness of short vs. long-distance sprint training on sprinting and agility performance in young soccer players	12
Contextualised high-intensity running profiles of elite football players with reference to general and specialised tactical roles	12
Utilisation of performance markers to establish the effectiveness of cold-water immersion as a recovery modality in elite football.	11
Repeated sprint training induces prolonged residual fatigue compared to other high-intensity interval training modalities in middle-distance runners	11
FIFA World Cup 2022: What can we learn from the inspiring Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games held in COVID-19 times?	11
Relationships between weekly changes in salivary hormonal responses and load measures during the pre-season phase in professional male basketball players	11
Comparison of running and accelerometry variables based on match outcome, match location and quality of opponent in elite professional soccer players. A five-season study	11
The relationship between internal and external loads as a tool to monitor physical fitness status of team sport athletes: a systematic review	11
Physiological, technical, and time-motion responses according to small-sided game formats and pitch size variations in adolescent male soccer players: effects of biological maturity status	11
Effects of low-volume court-based sprint interval training on aerobic capacity and sport-specific endurance performance in competitive tennis players	11
Effects of free play or artificial rules on young soccer players’ individual tactical behaviour: a one-by-one analysis	11
Practices of strength and conditioning coaches in professional sports: a systematic review	11
Physical fitness in professional padel: performance differences according to players’ gender and playing side position	11
A novel application of entropy analysis for assessing changes in movement variability during cumulative tackles in young elite rugby league players	11
Different sizes of position games and official matches in youth professional soccer player	11
Association of the GALNTL6 polymorphism with muscle strength in Japanese athletes	11
Crucial workload variables in female-male elite Brazilian Beach Handball: An exploratory factor analysis	10
Effects of mental fatigue on the psychophysiological responses, kinematic profiles, and technical performance in different small-sided soccer games	10
Rethinking knee injury prevention strategies: joint-by-joint training approach paradigm versus traditional focused knee strengthening	10
Inflammatory cytokines and metabolic responses to high-intensity intermittent training: effect of the exercise intensity	10
Effect of different eccentric tempos on hypertrophy and strength of the lower limbs	10
Exploring sex differences in blood-based biomarkers following exhaustive exercise using bioinformatics analysis	10
Resistance priming strategies in professional Spanish soccer: A survey study into the practices and perceptions of strength and conditioning coaches	10
Influence of game and quarter results on external peak demands during games in under-18 years, male basketball players	10
Validity and reproducibility of match-derived ratios of selected external and internal load parameters in soccer players: A simple way to monitor physical fitness?	10
The effect of combining HIIT and dry-land training on strength, technique, and 100-m butterfly swimming performance in age-group swimmers: a randomized controlled trial	10
Creatine and creatinine quantification in olympic athletes: dried blood spot analysis pilot study	10
Effects of post-tetanic potentiation induced by whole-body electrostimulation and post-activation potentiation on maximum isometric strength	10
Effects of different ischemic pressures on bar velocity during the bench press exercise: A randomized crossover trial	10
Are decorin gene variants associated with anterior cruciate ligament rupture susceptibility?	10
The relationships between distances covered above generic and relative speed thresholds by male soccer players in English Premier League matches across two competitive seasons. The effects of position	10
Biological maturity but not relative age biases exist in female international youth soccer players relative to the general population	10
The acute leukocyte and cytokine response of older adults to resistance exercise in normobaric hypoxia	10
Possession or position games: What is the key in soccer?	10
The mediating effect of force and velocity changes on power output enhancement in bench press throw after submaximal isometric conditioning activity in trained males	10
Can OpenCap deliver valid and reliable kinematic data for motion analysis? A systematic review and three-level meta-analysis	10
Peak match sprinting speed during soccer matches: analysing the pre- and post-peak speed dynamics	9
Establishing reference values for the match running performances of thirteen specific positional roles at UEFA Euro 2024	9
Effect of plyometric training based on the integral reactive strength index of national-level jumpers and sprinters. A randomized crossover trial	9
Injury incidence and risk factors in youth soccer players: a systematic literature review. Part I: epidemiological analysis	9
Recreational 3 × 3 basketball elicits higher heart rate, enjoyment, and physical activity intensities but lower blood lactate and perceived exertion compared to HIIT in active young adults	9

Do conditioning focused various-sided training games prepare elite youth male soccer players for the demands of competition?	9
Body composition adaptations to lower-body plyometric training: a systematic review and meta-analysis	9
Effective playing time affects physical match performance in soccer: An analysis according to playing position	9
Mpox in sports: A comprehensive framework for anticipatory planning and risk mitigation in football based on lessons from COVID-19	9
Testing distance characteristics and reference values for ice-hockey straight sprint speed and acceleration. A systematic review and meta-analyses.	9
Brain-derived neurotrophic factor gene polymorphism rs6265 and elite athlete status in four independent populations	9
Ages at peak height velocity in male soccer players 11–16 years: relationships with skeletal age and comparisons among longitudinal studies	9
Accumulative weekly load in a professional football team: with special reference to match playing time and game position	9
Normative cardiorespiratory values in Italian first-division male soccer players: effects of age, playing position and season phase	9
Analysing substitutions in recent World Cups and European Championships in male and female elite football – influence of new substitution rules	8
Large-scale sporting events during the COVID-19 pandemic: insights from the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar with an analysis of patterns of COVID-19 metrics	8
Effects of changing the head coach on soccer team’s performance: A systematic review	8
Effect of goalkeepers’ offensive participation on team performance in the women Spanish La Liga: a multinomial logistic regression analysis	8
Genetic characteristics of competitive swimmers: a review	8
The effect of virtual and augmented reality training on soccer players: a systematic review of cognitive-motor performance	8
Monitoring training load in youth soccer players: effects of a six-week preparatory training program and the associations between external and internal loads	8
Do players in Spanish professional soccer leagues maintain match running performance until the end of the match? A 5-minute interval analysis by match participation	8
Eccentric overload differences between loads and training variables on flywheel training	8
Pupil dynamics reveal preparatory processes in the generation of pro-saccades and anti-saccades in open skill sports athletes	8
Unlocking dynamics of goal-scoring: the showdown between direct and indirect transition goals across football leagues	8
Relationship between aerobic fitness and metabolic power metrics in elite male soccer players	8
One hour of internal precooling with cold water/menthol enhances cycling performance in a heat/wet stress environment: A pilot study	8
Injury incidence and risk factors in youth soccer players: a systematic literature review. Part II: Intrinsic and extrinsic risk factors	8
The positional demands of explosive actions in elite soccer: Comparison of English Premier League and French Ligue 1	8
Acute effects of foam rolling and dynamic stretching on angle-specific change of direction ability, flexibility and reactive strength in male basketball players	8
Aging reimagined: Bridging clinical modulation and scientific breakthroughs	8
Body size, maturation and motor performance in young soccer players: relationship to technical actions in small-sided games	7
Effect of training load on sleep parameters and biochemical fatigue markers in elite swimmers	7
Is muscle stiffness a determinant for range of motion in the leg muscles?	7
The effects of varying inertial loadings on power variables in the flywheel romanian deadlift exercise	7
Global disease burden attributed to low physical activity in 204 countries and territories from 1990 to 2019: Insights from the Global Burden of Disease 2019 Study	7
Recovery following the extra-time period of soccer: practitioner perspectives and applied practices	7
Players’ performance during worst-case scenarios in professional soccer matches: a systematic review	7
Training elite youth soccer players: area per player in small-sided games to replicate the match demands	7
Comparison of acute and prolonged effects of short-term foam rolling and vibration foam rolling on the properties of knee extensors	7
Why do parents sign their children up for soccer in the United States?	7
Management of proximal rectus femoris injuries – do we know what we’re doing?: A systematic review	7
Fractures in professional footballers: 7-years data from 106 team seasons in the Middle East	7
Effects of plyometric training performed on different surfaces and with different types of footwear on the neuromuscular performance of team-sport athletes: A systematic review	7
Multi-phase, multi-ethnic GWAS uncovers putative loci in predisposition to elite sprint and power performance, health and disease	7
Effects of playing 1 vs 3 matches in a one-week period on physical performance in young soccer players	7
Effects of plyometric jump training on soccer player’s balance: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized-controlled trials	7
Seasonal changes and variability of physical match demands in a highly trained female soccer team	7
The load-velocity relationship in the jump squat exercise	7
High fat diet improves metabolic flexibility during progressive exercise to exhaustion (VO 2 max testing) and during 5km running time trials	7
Hamstring muscle injury is preceded by a short period of higher running demands in professional football players	6
Contextualised peak periods of play in English Premier League matches	6
Genetic markers and predictive model for individual differences in countermovement jump enhancement after resistance training	6
Effects of pitch size on soccer players’ physiological, physical, technical, and tactical responses during small-sided games: a meta-analytical comparison	6
Reference levels of mean and peak anaerobic power for male and female long-track speed skaters	6
Variability of internal and external loads and technical/tactical outcomes during small-sided soccer games: a systematic review	6
„Brain doping” substances: prohibited or not in sports?	6
Neuromechanical effects and predictive profiling of sprint priming strategies in elite youth sprinters	6
Association between internal training load and muscle injuries in Brazilian professional soccer players	6
Relationships between physical fitness and match running demands during a futsal congested-weeks training camp	6
The isometric horizontal push test correlates with jumping and sprinting performance among athletes and recreationally active controls	6
Characterizing microcycles’ workload when combining two days structure within single training sessions during congested fixtures in an elite male soccer team	6
Effects of intensified training and tapering periods using different exercise modalities on judo-specific physical test performances	6
Acceleration-speed profiles in LaLiga: the influence of initial running speed and differences between positional roles in elite football players	6
Transfer of strength training to running mechanics, energetics, and efficiency	6
Effects of Eurycoma longifolia Jack supplementation on eccentric leg press exercise-induced muscle damage in rugby players	6
The relationship between the 1200 m shuttle test and 40 m sprint test performance and distances covered in English Premier League matches: A retrospective two season study	6
Unveiling the gap: technical-tactical performance differences between main and qualifying draws in professional padel	6
Typical weekly physical periodization in French academy soccer teams: a survey	5
‘Setting the Benchmark’ Part 2: Contextualising the Physical Demands of Teams in the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022	5
Analysis of goal scoring patterns in the UEFA Women’s EURO 2022	5
Analysis of sleep quality and quantity during a half-season in world-class handball players	5
Nutrition as a missing piece in the development of youth male soccer players: a scoping review and future directions	5
Does a linear position transducer placed on a stick and belt provide sufficient validity and reliability of countermovement jump performance outcomes?	5
Core body temperature responses during competitive sporting events: a narrative review	5
Reliability and validity of a modified Illinois change-of-direction test with ball dribbling speed in young soccer players	5
Inter-limb asymmetry across multiple soccer tasks varies with maturity status in young players: a cross-sectional study	5
Match running performance is similar in lower and higher competitive standards of Spanish professional soccer accounting for effective playing time	5
N-Lactoyl amino acids as metabolic biomarkers differentiating low and high exercise response	5
Do small samples bias the correlation between strength and jump performance? Multivariate insights into age and sex amidst strength saturation: an analysis of 1,544 participants from different sports	5
Technical-tactical performance of Spanish female basketball players in first division (2013–2022): effects of match outcome, location, and playing position	5
Effect of team quality on offensive playing style and ball possessions development during the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup	5
Relationship between aerobic performance and match running performance in elite soccer players including playing position and contextual factors	5
Heavier loads in flywheel exercise induce greater post-activation performance enhancement in countermovement jumps compared to heavy Smith machine squats in males	5
Physiological responses of small-sided vs. regular games in youth volleyball players	5
Comparison of training and match load between metabolic and running speed metrics of professional Spanish soccer players by playing position	5
Can physical exercise modify intestinal integrity and gut microbiota composition? A systematic review of in vivo studies	5
Effects of velocity loss with blood flow restriction in full squat on strength gains, neuromuscular adaptations, and muscle hypertrophy	5
Current practices in physical fitness assessment and monitoring among coaches of individual and team sports: a survey in Portugal, Spain, and Romania	5
Effects of unilateral vs. bilateral resistance training interventions on measures of strength, jump, linear and change of direction speed: a systematic review and meta-analysis	5
Resisted sprint training with partner towing improves explosive force and sprint performance in young soccer players- a pilot study	5
Reliability, criterion-concurrent validity, and construct-discriminant validity of a head-marking version of the taekwondo anaerobic intermittent kick test	5
Test-retest reliability of isometric mid-thigh pull maximum strength assessment: a systematic review	5
Interchangeability of external player load variables from different athlete tracking systems in English Premier League soccer players	5
Higher evening metabolic responses contribute to diurnal variation of self-paced cycling performance	5
Estimated annual increments in stature and weight among soccer players 11–18 years	5
Acute effects of exercise-induced muscle damage on sprint and change of direction performance: A systematic review and metaanalysis	5
Investigation of the involvement of platelet-activating factor in the control of hypertension by aerobic training. A randomized controlled trial	5
The mean and peak physical demands during transitional play and high pressure activities in elite football	5
The ALDH2 rs671 polymorphism is associated with athletic status and muscle strength in a Japanese population	5