Frontiers in Sports and Active Living | October 2023

Developmental activities of elite junior hockey players: an analysis of early sport specialization

The early specialization path remains a popular trajectory among coaches, parents, and athletes in Canadian ice hockey.

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living | October 2023

Body composition in male lifelong trained strength, sprint and endurance athletes and healthy age-matched controls

Lifelong competitive sport participation leads to lower prevalence of sarcopenic obesity than a recreationally active lifestyle.

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport | October 2023

Predicting future stars: probability and performance corridors for elite swimmers.

Based on race times from 131 nations, the present benchmarks provide valid international normative values to predict success chances at peak performance age and guide young swimmers along their talent pathway.

Sports Medicine | October 2023

The Effects of Strength, Plyometric and Combined Training on Strength, Power and Speed Characteristics in High-Level, Highly Trained Male Youth Soccer Players: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Based on prediction intervals, there is a good level of certainty that future strength, plyometric and combined training in this population would lead to positive improvements in vertical and horizontal power and sprint acceleration.

Sports Medicine | October 2023

Instrumented Mouthguards in Elite-Level Men’s and Women’s Rugby Union: The Incidence and Propensity of Head Acceleration Events in Matches

This study quantifies HAE exposures in elite rugby union players using iMGs. Most contact events in rugby union resulted in lower-magnitude HAEs, while higher-magnitude HAEs were comparatively rare.”