Applied Sports Science Weekly Digest #382

Cognitive appraisals linking dispositional mindfulness to athletes’ emotions: a multi-states theory approach

“The results highlight the impact of mindful awareness, refocusing, and cognitive appraisals on athletes’ emotional and psychobiosocial experiences.”

Optimizing active recovery strategies for finger flexor fatigue

“The results show that easy climbing or intermittent isolated forearm contractions should not be used as AR strategies to maintain subsequent performance in comparison to walking, indicating that using the same muscle group for AR should be avoided between exhaustive isometric contractions.“

Do physical or imaging changes explain the effectiveness of progressive tendon loading exercises? A causal mediation analysis of athletes with patellar tendinopathy

“The beneficial effect of PTLE on patellar tendinopathy was not mediated by changes in physical properties, tendon thickness or degree of neovascularization.”

Does eccentric strength training add sarcomeres in series and subtract sarcomeres in parallel?

“The first in vivo measurements of serial sarcomere number in human muscles before and after eccentric strength training have just been published and the results will interest anyone involved with sport or health.”

How CoachMePlus Can Be Used By Everyone

“In today’s high-performance world, data-driven approaches are revolutionizing the way we train, monitor, and optimize physical performance across various fields.”