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Original research

• Periodic health evaluation in athletes competing in Tokyo 2020: from SARS-CoV-2 to Olympic medals (29 November, 2023)

  Maria Rosaria Squeo, Sara Monosilio, Alessandro Gismondi, Marco Perrone, Emanuele Gregorace, Erika Lemme, Giuseppe Di Gioia, Ruggiero Mango, Silvia Prosperi, Antonio Spataro, Viviana Maestrini, Barbara Di Giacinto, Antonio Pelliccia
• Are reallocations of time between physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep associated with low back pain? A compositional data analysis (24 November, 2023)

  Kaja Kastelic, Nejc Šarabon, Ty Stanford, Dorothea Dumuid, Željko Pedišić
• Skating on thin ice? Mental health and well-being in women’s ice hockey (20 November, 2023)

  Hanna Johansson, Julia S Malmborg, Johan Ekengren, John Lind, Andreas Ivarsson
• Sport specialisation and performance-enhancing substance use by young athletes (15 November, 2023)

  Michael McNaughton, Danielle L Hunt, Michael O'Brien, Dai Sugimoto, William P Meehan, Patricia Miller, Andrea Stracciolini
• Changes in head staff members in male elite-level football teams are associated with increased hamstring injury burden for that season: the UEFA Elite Club Injury Study (15 November, 2023)

  Jan Ekstrand, Wart Van Zoest, Håkan Gauffin
• Physical inactivity 5–8 years after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction is associated with knee-related self-efficacy and psychological readiness to return to sport (14 November, 2023)

  Maja Stigert, Farshad Ashnai, Roland Thomeé, Eric Hamrin Senorski, Susanne Beischer
• Flat flexible school shoes for adolescents with patellofemoral pain: a randomised, assessor-blinded, parallel-group feasibility trial (8 November, 2023)

  Natalie Mazzella, Aaron Fox, Danielle Trowell, Natalie Saunders, Bill Vicenzino, Jason Bonacci
• Performing Nordic hamstring strength testing with additional weight affects the maximal eccentric force measured: do not compare apples to oranges (8 November, 2023)

  Roar Amundsen, Merete Møller, Roald Bahr
• Does injury risk increase when youth athletes start to study at a sports high school? (3 November, 2023)

  Linda Ekenros, Cecilia Fridén, Philip von Rosen
• Personal factors and baseline function in patients undergoing non-operative management for chronic hip-related groin pain: a cross-sectional study (3 November, 2023)

  Rebecca D DeMargel, Karen Steger-May, Simon Haroutounian, Patricia Zorn, Abby Cheng, John C Clohisy, Marcie Harris-Hayes
• Prepare to fail or failing to prepare? Acute performance after the 11+ with and without strength exercises (2 November, 2023)

  Varg Ringdal Støvland, Roar Amundsen, Gøran Paulsen, Torstein Dalen-Lorentsen
• Cardiovascular risk and systemic inflammation in male professional rugby: a cross-sectional study (1 November, 2023)

  Clíodhna McHugh, Karen Hind, Aine Kelly, Ursula Fearon, Meagan Wasfy, Achilleas Floudas, Zsuzsanna Barad, Kathryn Dane, Gareth Farrell, Fiona Wilson
• X as a proxy for tackle safety culture? Sentiment analysis of social media posts on red-carded and yellow-carded tackles during the 2019 Rugby World Cup (25 October, 2023)

  Firdows Alexander, Ross Tucker, Ben Jones, Sharief Hendricks
• Body dissatisfaction, disordered eating and exercise behaviours: associations with symptoms of REDs in male and female athletes (24 October, 2023)

  Birna Vardardottir, Anna Sigridur Olafsdottir, Sigridur Lara Gudmundsdottir
• Epidemiology of injuries in elite Women’s Artistic Gymnastics: a retrospective analysis of six seasons (19 October, 2023)

  Séréna Charpy, Pierre Billard, Pierre-Eddy Dandrieux, Joris Chapon, Pascal Edouard
• Cognitive and biomarker responses in healthy older adults to a 18-hole golf round and different walking types: a randomised cross-over study (12 October, 2023)

  Julia Kettinen, Heikki Tikkanen, Mikko Hiltunen, Andrew Murray, Nils Horn, William R Taylor, Mika Venojärvi
• Injury incidence in male elite youth football players is associated with preceding levels and changes in training load (6 October, 2023)

  Tania Nilsson, Mats Börjesson, Matilda Lundblad, Andreas Ivarsson, Dan Fransson