The 2020 Tokyo Olympics were unique not just for taking place during the COVID-19 pandemic but for being the first athletic event to measure and broadcast competitors' heart rates as world-class archers took a shot at Olympic ...
Feb 16, 2023
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In a recent study, researchers reviewed magnetic resonance images (MRI) of muscle injuries experienced by athletes during the Tokyo Olympic Games and found that when muscle injuries were characterized by torn fibers extending ...
Jan 18, 2023
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The popularity of circus arts is increasing around the world, however knowledge about injuries and illness in performers is lacking.
Jan 18, 2023
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Several new sports and disciplines introduced at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, such as BMX freestyle, karate, and skateboarding, were associated with some of the highest injury rates for competitors, finds research published online ...
Dec 13, 2022
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Despite progress in gender equality in sport, 'structural sexism' is alive and well in the scheduling of major mixed-sex sporting fixtures, with women's match finals invariably considered the 'warm-up event' for men's, argue ...
Aug 30, 2022
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Intravenous (IV) nutrition, which used to be considered a treatment of "last resort," is threatening to become the norm for competitive athletes, despite no scientific evidence that it works or that it is safe, warn experts ...
Aug 16, 2022
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In a recently published review article in Cell, researchers Jon Lundberg and Eddie Weitzberg at the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology at Karolinska Institutet summarize research in nitric oxide (NO) with a focus on ...
Aug 5, 2022
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With the Winter Olympics only just behind us it's important to note that the moment of winning on the international athletics stage, glorious as it may be, is only the final scene. A snapshot that represents years of hard ...
Mar 30, 2022
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The stereotype of action sports as the domain of the young and the cool is long out of date. The demographics of these sports—surfing, skateboarding, snowboarding, climbing, mountain biking—have been expanding to include ...
Feb 11, 2022
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The Olympics are supposed to be a fun, family-friendly spectacle. But two years into the pandemic and amid a nationwide mental health crisis, the 2022 Winter Olympics have, at times, been painful to watch.
Feb 10, 2022
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