Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

Papers
(The TQCC of Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)
ArticleCitations
Editorial Board169
Response to the letter to the Editor regarding the article “Vaccine versus infection - COVID-19-related loss of training time in elite athletes”50
Performance effects of functional knee brace removal and prolonged use in healthy male athlete: Lower extremity power, acceleration, speed, and agility44
Exercise in cancer care for people with lung cancer: A narrative synthesis40
Classification of myo-connective tissue injuries for severity grading and return to play prediction: A scoping review39
The financial cost of injuries and their association with team success in professional men's cricket39
When puberty strikes: Longitudinal changes in cutting kinematics in 172 high-school female athletes37
Reply to letter to the editor regarding “Representation of women in sport sciences research, publications, and editorial leadership positions: Are we moving forward?”33
Brain endurance training improves shot speed and accuracy in grassroots padel players33
Representation of women in sport sciences research, publications, and editorial leadership positions: are we moving forward?33
Editorial Board33
With life there is motion. Activity biomarkers signal important health and performance outcomes33
Biophysical characterization of the tennis serve: A systematic scoping review with evidence gap map32
“Is it fun and does it enhance my performance?” – Key implementation considerations for injury prevention programs in youth handball29
Editorial Board28
The effects of exercise programs on sleep architecture in obstructive sleep apnea: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials28
King-Devick testing and concussion recovery time in collegiate athletes27
External workload patterns of injured elite Rugby League players before and after return to play26
Calcaneal ultrasound attenuation as a predictor of bone density: Does the region of interest or loading influence the repeatability of measurement?26
Longitudinal changes in domains of physical activity during the transition from elementary school to high school in the U.S.26
Electrochemical aptamer-based sensors: a platform technology supporting seconds-resolved, real-time molecular monitoring in the living body25
The use of melatonin for sleep disturbance following traumatic brain injury: A systematic review25
Low cost high impact solutions to monitor recruit responses to military training24
From endotoxins to the microbiome and more in heat stress responses: lessons we have learned and future perspectives24
Within- and between-session test-retest reliability of pressure pain threshold in individuals with lateral elbow tendinopathy23
Examination of the feasibility and acceptability of a culturally-tailored physical activity intervention for Arab-Australian women23
Reproductive health and stress fracture risk: a wearables solution23
Effect of a field-based, plyometric protocol on cardiovascular, perceptual and performance responses during short sprinting in healthy active adults22
Other physical and functional markers of bone stress injury22
THE EFFECT OF TELE-YOGA ON PHYSICAL FITNESS AND MENTAL HEALTH OF IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC21
Reliability and construct validity of the L-change of direction test in male elite wheelchair basketball athletes21
Risk factors for ACL, hamstring strain, and hip/groin injuries in elite Australian female footballers: A prospective study.21
Acute exercise-induced changes in learning-related biomarkers and word learning success20
Long-term outcome following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: preliminary results of a 25-year prospective study20
A systematic review investigating the effects of implementing game-based approaches in school-based Physical Education and Sport among Primary school children20
Prospective 2-year biomechanical analysis during rehabilitation of a severe knee injury in an elite gymnast: a case study20
The diagnostic performance of the Low Energy Availability in Females Questionnaire (LEAF-Q) in a mixed-sport cohort19
Runners with chronic mid-portion Achilles tendinopathy have greater Triceps surae intracortical inhibition than healthy controls19
Leveraging physical activity to engage men in mental health promotion: Informing future directions for lifestyle interventions19
Cam morphology is associated with early hip OA features in young adult football players with and without hip and groin pain19
Light to vigorous exercise up-regulates TERT gene expression and telomerase in numerous tissues18
Exploration of daily load measures using wearable technology in people with Achilles tendinopathy: A multiple case study18
Characterising Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Injury Situations in the Women’s Australian Football League (AFLW)17
Characteristics of elite cricket fast bowlers who do and do not sustain a lumbar bone stress injury: Multifactorial analysis over 4 years17
Reviewing the use of participatory methods and approaches to tailor health promotion programs to men: a systematic review protocol17
Sex differences in knee-related symptoms, psychological factors and quality of life in runners who have had knee surgery17
The need to screen for anaemia in female populations17
Knee muscle strength in runners who have had knee surgery: differences between limbs and associations with functional performance17
Using the international classification of functioning to characterise tibialis posterior tendinopathy17
Reliability of human Achilles tendon stiffness measures using freehand 3-d ultrasound16
Greater hip muscle strength is associated with better quality of life in football players with symptomatic acetabular dysplasia15
Strategies to prevent and manage running-related knee injuries: A systematic review of randomised controlled trials15
Telehealth-delivered group-based education and exercise-therapy for knee osteoarthritis: A randomised clinical trial interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic15
The prevalence of tendinopathy in a professional Australian netball team: a Pilot study15
The joint effect of BMI and physical activity (PA) on diabetes in 2.3 million adults15
ACL injury occurrence in the Australian High Performance Sports System: a 5-year retrospective analysis15
Placebo gait retraining for use in knee osteoarthritis clinical trials does not change surrogate knee load measures: A randomized pilot study14
Failure to meet expectations of sport or recreation following total hip arthroplasty is associated with younger age, high BMI, and poor general health14
Community participation in the design and development of a physical activity and psychosocial program for Indigenous girls: Processes, experiences and lessons learnt14
Is running good or bad for your knees and hips? A systematic review and meta-analysis14
How to test quadriceps strength in the clinic – is the one-leg rise test an accurate measure in people following ACL reconstruction?14
Lumbar bone stress injuries in elite Australian cricket players: A comprehensive case series14
Does distal phalanx pinch strength correlate to buttoning speed in female adults?14
Monitoring mental health and wellness as a strategy for injury surveillance in sub-elite female hockey players14
Prescriptive considerations and outcomes of High-Intensity Multimodal Training:13
Trends and determinants of organised sports participation in immigrant and Australian children: A nine-year follow-up13
Is the tackle technique associated with peak head inertial kinematics in elite female rugby league players?13
The immediate effects of isometric knee extensor strengthening on knee extensor force control13
Effective Therapeutic Exercises for Early Return to Play in Male Athletes with Chronic Groin Pain: Systematic Review13
The Impact of Dietary Factors on the Sleep of Athletically Trained Populations: A Systematic Review13
The impact of high intensity resistance training on low back pain disability: a systematic review and meta-analysis13
The effectiveness of heel raises in managing Haglund deformity pain in figure skaters13
The effect of match location and travel modality on physical performance in A-League association football matches13
Thigh muscle strength is not meaningfully linked to long-term self-reported knee outcomes after ACL reconstruction13
The intergenerational effects of parental physical activity on offspring brain and cognitive development: a scoping review13
Guest Editorial13
Cognitive load and fatigue in high performance tennis - Current understanding and training application by Australian tennis coaches13
Sink or Swim: Systematic Review on Shoulder Injury Risk Factors in Competitive Swimmers – Part A12
Culture, experiences, gender and sexual harassment for sport and exercise medicine/physiotherapy practitioners working in elite Australian sport12
Evaluating the feasibility of a Pre-Exercise Screening System for Young People12
Transitioning from traditional running shoes to barefoot running: probability of success and predictors of failure12
Essential EMG signals for modelling ACL forces: An ablation study12
Strength Training Recommendations for ONGoing management of plantar heel pain (STRONG): a modified Delphi study12
Hormone therapy and exercise as interventions for post-menopausal women with greater trochanteric pain syndrome. A randomised clinical trial12
‘You pretty much know straight away:’ Lessons learned from player experiences of rugby-related spinal cord injuries in Australian rugby union12
Long-Term Durability of Restorative Neurostimulation for Chronic Mechanical Low Back Pain – Two-Year Pivotal Trial Results12
Removing maturational influences from female youth swimming: the application of corrective adjustment procedures12
A Case-Control Study of Tackle Based Head Impact Event (HIE) Risk Factors from the first three-seasons of the National Rugby League Women’s Competition12
The effect of ankle supports on lower limb biomechanics during functional tasks: A systematic review with meta-analysis11
The immediate effects of joint loading activities on knee and hip cartilage: a systematic review and meta-analysis11
Unilateral tests of explosive hip extension and horizontal force production: reliability and associations with sprinting performance11
Use of Post-Exercise Recovery Strategies in Team and Individual Sports11
Thrust-back: a new technique to augment gains in power and power endurance11
Novices versus experts: a blinded study of inter-rater reliability of sport-related concussion video signs in the national rugby league11
Individuals with musculoskeletal disease who take a greater number of daily steps may have improved quality of life, decreased pain, less disability and improved function11
Hop tests predict future symptoms, function and return to sport after ACL injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis11
Reliability, validity, and predictability of screening methods for noncontact anterior cruciate ligament injury- A systematic review11
Developing Type 1 Diabetes Resources to Upskill and Support Community Sport Coaches10
What´s new in JSAMS 2023?10
Mental health correlates of athletic shame and guilt among elite-level youth athletes in Turkey10
A controlled early-exercise rehabilitation program commencing within 48 hours of a Sports-Related Concussion improves recovery in UK student-athletes: A prospective cohort study10
Hip strength and dynamic balance are lower in people with unilateral knee osteoarthritis compared to their non-affected limb and healthy controls: a cross-sectional study10
Are we failing athletes with recurrent groin pain by focusing on group-level biomechanical analysis of their movement strategies?10
The impact of concussion on school performance in Australian children: a population-based matched cohort study10
Letter to “The ‘training load’ construct: Why it is appropriate and scientific”: Authors' reply10
Does the application of blood flow restriction during walking exercise influence the accuracy of indirect calorimetry?10
Recovery of spatio-temporal gait and functional parameters following unilateral eccentric exercise-induced muscle damage in the hamstrings10
A systematic review of mobile phone applications for concussion10
Self-reported injuries in 2440 women and girls playing community Australian football: a cross-sectional study10
Risk factors for the development of Superior Labrum Anterior to Posterior (SLAP) tears in physically demanding occupations: a systematic review and meta-analysis10
“I don’t have confidence in my knee”: Knee self-efficacy impacting female adolescent athletes following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction10
Editorial Board10
Dose–response relationship between leisure-time physical activity and biomarkers of inflammation and oxidative stress in overweight/obese populations10
Environmental factors associated with non-infective acute respiratory illness in athletes: A systematic review by a subgroup of the IOC consensus group on “acute respiratory illness in the athlete”10
The mental health of elite-level coaches: A systematic scoping review10
Exposure to risk factors for the development of lower limb osteoarthritis during Army infantry training10
No sport for old players. A longitudinal study of aging effects on match performance in elite soccer9
Relevance by content and for methodological reasons: Neck Strength, Childhood Fitness and Maximal Lactate Steady State in Swimmers9
Longitudinal association of movement behaviour and motor competence in childhood: A structural equation model, compositional, and isotemporal substitution analysis9
Editorial Board9
Absence of dietary control precludes solid conclusions for sport nutrition trials9
Posterior deltoid shoulder tightness and greater contralateral lower limb muscle strength are associated with swimmers' shoulder pain9
Nutrition factors associated with rib stress injury history in elite rowers9
Fifteen minutes of high intensity running can impair performance on concussion testing; Implications for on-field diagnosis in sport9
Reply to the Letter to the Editor concerning “Posterior deltoid shoulder tightness and greater contralateral lower limb muscle strength are associated with swimmers' shoulder pain”9
Physical characteristics of different professional rugby union competition levels9
Editorial Board9
Two "hot topics" addressed and one article about "unknown territory"9
Editorial Board9
Colourful articles to be highlighted9
The association between removing and reintroducing man-made jumps in terrain parks and severe alpine skiing and snowboarding injuries9
Advancing athlete development: How Percentile Comparison Methods (PCMs) can identify youth developmental profiles9
Pelvic floor disorders stop women exercising9
An artificial intelligence tool misclassifies sport science journals as predatory9
From theory to practice: operationalizing a climate vulnerability for sport organizations framework for heat hazards among US High schools9
Effect of Yi Jin Jing exercise plus Elastic Band Resistance exercise on overall bone mineral density in postmenopausal women9
Editorial Board9
Time measurement validity and reliability of the 4 × 10-m shuttle run test in adult population: The ADULT-FIT project9
Impaired corticospinal tract in chronic ankle instability: A diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging (NODDI) study at 7.0 Tesla9
Do altered biomechanics after knee surgery for a traumatic injury increase the risk of osteoarthritis? A systematic review of longitudinal studies8
Non-operative treatment for ACL rupture, rehabilitation and Cross bracing protocol, have unacceptably high failure rates relative to surgical stabilisation for return to pivoting sports.8
Interposition Patches for Massive and Irreparable Rotator Cuff Tears: Helpful or Not? A Prospective Study of 164 Consecutive Interposition Polytetrafluoroethylene Patch Repairs8
Effects of exercise training on cancer patients undergoing neoadjuvant treatment: A systematic review8
Acute psycho-physiological responses to perceptually regulated hypoxic and normoxic interval walks in overweight-to-obese adults8
Patellar tendinopathy: a systematic review of diagnostic accuracy studies8
Hip crepitus severity is associated with psychological features and pain in football players with hip/groin pain: A cross-sectional analysis of 184 footballers.8
The impact of anti-inflammatory dietary interventions on health-related quality of life in adults with chronic diseases8
“I’m breaking my back for this sport.” A qualitative thematic analysis of elite athletes’ lived experience of persisting low back pain8
The detection of health problems in Australian Youth Olympic divers using the OSTRC-H2 questionnaire as a surveillance tool8
Altered brain activation during shoulder movements in patients with multidirectional instability of the glenohumeral joint: A case-control fMRI study8
More is not always better: Association between hip range of motion and symptom severity in patients with femoroacetabular impingement syndrome.8
Comparison of Two Rehabilitation Programs for Multidirectional Instability of the Shoulder: 52-week outcomes of a randomised controlled trial8
Fast or slow start? The role of running strategies in triathlon8
Familial Predisposition to Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries in Australian Rules Footballers8
Increasing neck extension strength may reduce concussion risk in adolescent athletes8
Changes in lateral hip muscle size and quality in football players with hip/groin pain: A 2-3 year follow-up descriptive study8
A qualitative study of breast protective equipment in women’s contact and combat sports8
Informing Extreme Heat Policy Development in Long Distance Running8
Breast injuries and breast protective equipment in Australian Women’s Rugby union8
Proportion and Characteristics of Low Energy Availability in Elite Female Dancers at Jakarta X Dance School8
Effects of sociodemographic and player characteristics on baseline cognitive performance in 1000 rugby players: A retrospective 8-year follow-up study8
Noisy Knees: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Knee Crepitus Prevalence and Association with Clinical Outcomes8
Feeling Good versus Feeling Better After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: Data from the New Zealand ACL Registry8
Heat training protocols: are intermittent or continuous cycling protocols more beneficial for inducing a greater thermoregulatory response in females?8
The effects of three different training modalities and intensities on arterial stiffness and blood pressure completed weekly throughout pregnancy: A longitudinal randomised cross-over trial8
Can athletic footwear design features reduce anterior cruciate ligament forces during single-leg landing in young females?8
Set distance time trials for predicting maximal aerobic speed in female Australian Rules Footballers7
A Systematic Temporal Analysis of the Morphology of Tendon Healing at the Tendon-Bone Interface Post Rotator Cuff Repair as assessed by shearwave elastography ultrasound.7
The development and validation of a questionnaire to assess relative energy deficiency in sport (RED-S) knowledge7
Early physical activity after concussion is associated with sleep quality but not dizziness among adolescent athletes7
Corrective Adjustment Procedures as a strategy to remove Relative Age Effects: Validation across male and female age-group long jumping7
Low prevalence of cardiac abnormalities in competitive athletes at return-to-play after COVID-197
Association of handgrip strength with all-cause mortality: a nationally longitudinal cohort study in China7
Duties and Responsibilities of Scientists7
Statistical modelling of goalkicking performance in the Australian Football League7
Adverse effects of unilateral transfemoral amputation on para-alpine sit skiers and mitigation methods7
Hamstring and knee injuries are associated with isometric hip and trunk muscle strength in elite Australian Rules and Rugby League players7
Categorising head and neck impacts in cricket from video7
Adolescent athlete low back pain diagnoses, characteristics, and management: A retrospective chart review7
A comparison of cortocisteroid injection Vs Fascial Hydrodissection technique to treat Superior Cluuneal Nerve Impingement7
The effects of three types of balance training programs on measures of balance and muscle power in prepubertal children: A randomized controlled trial7
Higher parental stress is significantly related to longer clinical recovery times in concussed children: A mixed-methods study7
Mitigating against relative age effects in youth Track & Field: Validating corrective adjustment procedures across multiple events7
Physical literacy predicts the physical activity and sedentary behaviours of youth7
Do hip and groin muscle strength and symptoms change throughout a football season in professional male football players? A prospective cohort study with repeated measures7
Proprioceptive abilities improve in expert skiers and snowboarders from early-season to mid-season7
An unusual case of marathon-related exercise associated collapse: Case report and some considerations for medical care at endurance mass participation events7
Being a top swimmer during the early career is not a prerequisite for success: A study on sprinter strokes7
Menstrual cycle and nutrition health trends in the AFLW Talent Pathway7
Is pre-season physical screening a waste of time? Just ask the coaches7
Investigating the Relevant Risk Factors of Athlete Sleep Disorders. A Systematic Review7
The effect of team formation on defensive performance in Australian football7
Effects of an mHealth physical activity intervention to prevent osteoporosis in premenopausal women. A randomized controlled trial7
Promotion of Para athlete well-being in South Africa (the PROPEL studies): Profiles and prevalence of psychological distress7
Amenorrhea and oligomenorrhea risk related to exercise training volume and intensity: Findings from 3705 participants recruited via the STRAVA™ exercise application7
Editorial Board7
What exercise programme is the most appropriate to mitigate anterior cruciate ligament injury risk in football (soccer) players? A systematic review and network meta-analysis7
Assessment of knee function using inertial measurement units 6-12 months following ACLR7
The association of physical activity during pregnancy with birthweight extremes: A scoping review6
The “enshittification” of online information services obligates rigorous management of scientific journals6
Examining initial post-concussion dizziness and postural stability as predictors of time to symptom resolution6
Maximal hip muscle strength and rate of torque development 6–30 months after hip arthroscopy for femoroacetabular impingement syndrome: A cross-sectional study6
Clinical guidelines are silent on the recommendation of physical activity and exercise therapy for low back pain: A systematic review6
Prevalence of disordered eating and its relationship with rapid weight loss amongst male and female combat sport competitors: A prospective study6
Pelvic floor disorders in exercising women: impact on participation, symptom disclosure and screening6
Maintenance of internal load despite a stepwise reduction in external load during moderate intensity heart rate clamped cycling with acute graded normobaric hypoxia in males6
Hamstring injuries in England and Wales elite men's domestic cricket from 2010 to 20196
Do exercises for patellofemoral pain reflect common injury mechanisms? A systematic review6
Predictive modeling of the ratings of perceived exertion during training and competition in professional soccer players6
Isometric fascicle behaviour of the biceps femoris long head muscle during Nordic hamstring exercise variations6
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Hamstrings passive and active shear modulus: Implications of conventional static stretching and warmup6
Prevalence of low energy availability in 25 New Zealand elite female rowers – A cross sectional study6
The effects of visual feedback disruption on postural control with chronic ankle instability6
Comparison of incidence, prevalence, severity and profile of health problems between male and female elite youth judokas: A 30-week prospective cohort study of 154 athletes6
Implementing menstrual cycle tracking: A pilot concept mapping study investigating considerations of coaches, support staff, and female athletes6
The relationship between menorrhagia, iron deficiency, and anaemia in recreationally active females: An exploratory population based screening study6
Is adherence to 24-Hour Movement Guidelines associated with a higher academic achievement among adolescent males and females?6
Vestibular performance in high-level soccer and ice hockey players: Sport-specific norm values and implications6
Distribution of concurrent training sessions does not impact endurance adaptation6
Is the pink ball still under review? Cricket umpires’ perceptions of the pink ball for day/night matches6
Associations between time zone changes, travel distance and performance: A retrospective analysis of 2013–2020 National Hockey League Data6
Maintaining soldier musculoskeletal health using personalised digital humans, wearables and/or computer vision6
Prevalence of urinary incontinence among elite athletes of both sexes6
Mental fatigue impairs repeated sprint and jump performance in team sport athletes6
Epidemiology and management of ankle sprain injuries over seven seasons in an elite professional ballet company6
Heading during the season and its potential impact on brain structure and neurocognitive performance in high-level male football players: An observational study6
Towards more valid simulations of slopestyle and big air jumps: Aerodynamics during in-run and flight phase6
Editorial Board6
Validity of the Active Australia Survey in an Australian cardiac rehabilitation population6
Factors associated with overuse injury in cyclists: A systematic review6
Despite maintaining a high daily training availability, a quarter of athletes start the season injured and three quarters experience injury in an Australian State Academy of Sport5
The relation between sprint power and road time trial performance in elite para-cyclists5
Is the use of the coefficient of variation a valid way to assess the swimming intra-cycle velocity fluctuation?5
Acute and subacute clinical markers after sport-related concussion in rugby union players5
In-competition injuries and performance success in combined events during major international athletics championships5
Muscular strength across the life course: The tracking and trajectory patterns of muscular strength between childhood and mid-adulthood in an Australian cohort5
The effect of ankle supports on lower limb biomechanics during functional tasks: A systematic review with meta-analysis5
Tackle and ball carrier demands of rugby league: a seven-year league-wide study including over 1,000,000 tackle events5
Expansion of cognitive testing for off-field concussion screening in elite rugby players: A cohort study5
The influence of stride width on kinematic and kinetics in high school and professional baseball pitchers: A propensity-matched biomechanical evaluation5
Estimating the cost of sports injuries: A scoping review5
Clinical updates on the effects of high intensity interval training (HIIT) exercise in people diagnosed with cancer. A systematic review and meta-analysis5
The two other highlighted papers of this issue: Efficacy of NSAID use in athletes; historical trends in Australian Football data5
Sport science is a global field of research: Issue resolved, or perhaps not?5
Trends and determinants of organised sports participation in immigrant and Australian children: A nine-year follow-up5
Thigh muscle activation patterns and dynamic knee valgus at peak ground reaction force during drop jump landings: Reliability, youth competitive alpine skiing-specific reference values and relation to5
Reply to: “The ‘training load’ construct: Why it is appropriate and scientific”5
Editorial Board5
An isometric neck strengthening program does not improve neck strength in elite women's football-code athletes: A randomised controlled trial5
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