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IOC Consensus Statement: Dietary Supplements and the High-Performance Athlete

Ronald J. Maughan, Louise M. Burke, Jiri Dvorak, D. Enette Larson-Meyer, Peter Peeling, Stuart M. Phillips, Eric S. Rawson, Neil P. Walsh, Ina Garthe, Hans Geyer, Romain Meeusen, Luc van Loon, Susan M. Shirreffs, Lawrence L. Spriet, Mark Stuart, Alan Vernec, Kevin Currell, Vidya M. Ali, Richard G.M. Budgett, Arne Ljungqvist, Margo Mountjoy, Yannis Pitsiladis, Torbjørn Soligard, Uğur Erdener, and Lars Engebretsen

similar prevalence is likely in many other countries. Athletes describe a range of different reasons for their supplement choices ( Fennell, 2004 ), and products that fit the description of “supplement” can target various roles within the athlete’s performance plan. These include the maintenance of good

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Influence of Torque and Cadence on Power Output Production in Cyclists

Peter Leo, Manuel Mateo-March, Pedro L. Valenzuela, Xabier Muriel, Alexis Gandía-Soriano, Andrea Giorgi, Mikel Zabala, David Barranco-Gil, Iñigo Mujika, Jesús G. Pallarés, and Alejandro Lucia

Measuring power output (PO) under field conditions (ie, during racing and training) with mobile power meters provides new opportunities to investigate the performance requirements of cycling. 1 – 3 Indeed, PO has proven to be an important metric for determining race demands and for characterizing

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Evening Caffeine Did Not Improve 100-m Swimming Time Trials Performed 60 Min Post-Ingestion or the Next Morning After Sleep

Josh W. Newbury, Bryan Saunders, and Lewis A. Gough

Competitive performances at a young age are critical to the sporting careers of swimmers ( Monteiro et al., 2018 ), attracting adolescents to the use of nutritional ergogenic aids despite previous discouragement ( Desbrow et al., 2014 ; Garthe & Maughan, 2018 ). Of these, caffeine (CAF) is the

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Higher- Versus Lower-Intensity Strength-Training Taper: Effects on Neuromuscular Performance

Hayden J. Pritchard, Matthew J. Barnes, Robin J. Stewart, Justin W. Keogh, and Michael R. McGuigan

The primary objective of a taper is to minimize fatigue from training and allow for expression of improved fitness in order to maximize performance at a specific time point. 1 , 2 Reductions in training load typically define the taper, achieved primarily through alterations in training volume but

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The Effects of Overt Head Movements on Physical Performance After Positive Versus Negative Self-Talk

Javier Horcajo, Borja Paredes, Guillermo Higuero, Pablo Briñol, and Richard E. Petty

found that what athletes say to themselves through self-talk influences their performance in sports settings. For example, self-talk has been shown to affect the learning of sport skills, the performance of sport accuracy tasks, the performance of tasks that involve strength and power, the performance

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Getting Angry When Playing Tennis: Gender Differences and Impact on Performance

Maria Grazia Monaci and Francesca Veronesi

in turn may trigger aggressive behaviors linked to feelings of anger more frequently than in other disciplines. With these premises, the aim of the present study was to investigate gender differences in anger experience, expression and control and the anger-performance relationship in tennis players

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Talent Identification in Youth Basketball: Talent Scouts’ Perceptions of the Key Attributes for Athlete Development

Paul Larkin, Madison Sanford, Scott Talpey, Adam D. Gorman, and Matthew J. Reeves

Talent identification processes are commonly employed in the sporting domain with the aim of developing future elite-level performers. However, the process is complex with coaches and talent scouts using a variety of physiological, technical, tactical, psychological, and performance assessments to

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Efficacy of Cold Water Immersion Prior to Endurance Cycling or Running to Increase Performance: A Critically Appraised Topic

Connor A. Burton and Christine A. Lauber

endurance performance in hot, humid environments. Consequently, as the peripheral vasculature vasodilates in an effort to move heat out of the body, there is a lack of blood in the central part of the body. This physiologic reaction results in an increased heart rate and a simultaneous reduction in stroke

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Erratum. Match Running Performance in Australian Football Is Related to Muscle Fiber Typology

International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance

TO OUR READERS: An error appeared in the ahead-of-print version of the following article: Hopwood HJ, Bellinger PM, Compton HR, Bourne MN, Derave W, Lievens E, Kennedy B, Minahan CL. Match Running Performance in Australian Football Is Related to Muscle Fiber Typology. Int J Sports Physiol Perform

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Erratum. Match Running Performance in Australian Football Is Related to Muscle Fiber Typology

International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance

TO OUR READERS: An error appeared in the following article: Hopwood HJ, Bellinger PM, Compton HR, Bourne MN, Derave W, Lievens E, Kennedy B, Minahan CL. Match running performance in Australian Football is related to muscle fiber typology. Int J Sports Physiol Perform . 2023