Topic
Sports and exercise medicine
The physiology and evidence of training, recovery, and exercise as medicine.
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Articles in this topic (13)
- Load, Do Not Rest: Why Active Loading Became the Standard for Tendinopathy
For most people with tendinopathy, the evidence now favors progressive tendon loading over rest. Controlled trials and recent syntheses show that structured...
- Caffeine as an Ergogenic Aid: How to Read the ISSN Position Stand
The 2021 International Society of Sports Nutrition (ISSN) position stand places caffeine's most consistent, moderate-to-large benefit in aerobic endurance, at doses...
- Carbon Monoxide Rebreathing: Diagnostic Tool or Doping Method?
The same gas can measure your blood or manipulate it, and the difference comes down to dose and repetition. A single, controlled breath of carbon monoxide (CO),...
- Creatine Monohydrate: What Does the ISSN Position Stand Actually Conclude?
The short answerThe 2017 International Society of Sports Nutrition (ISSN) position stand, led by Richard B. Kreider and published in the Journal of the...
- Exercise for Depression and Anxiety: What Does the BJSM Umbrella Review Show?
The short answerThe 2023 umbrella review published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine by Singh and colleagues gathered 97 systematic reviews, spanning 1,039...
- How a Physical-Activity Guideline Is Built: Reading the 2026 ACSM Resistance-Training Update
A physical-activity guideline is built by grading the strength of evidence, not by tallying expert opinion. The 2026 American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM)...
- How to Read an Ergogenic-Aid Claim: The Short Evidence-Backed List
Sports scientists grade an ergogenic-aid claim by the quality of the evidence behind it, not by the confidence of the label. When that filter is applied honestly,...
- Physical Activity as a Vital Sign: What Clinical Measurement Actually Means
Treating physical activity as a vital sign means recording how much a person moves as a standardized, routine clinical measurement, the same category of data as...
- Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (REDs): Why Fueling Is a Medical Issue
Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport, or REDs, is the medical condition that develops when an athlete does not take in enough energy to cover both daily living and...
- Sport Concussion: What the Current International Consensus Says
The current international reference point for sport concussion is the sixth Consensus Statement on Concussion in Sport, produced after the Amsterdam conference of...
- The Physiology of Training Adaptation: Why Rest Is Where You Get Stronger
Here is the part that surprises most people: exercise does not make you stronger. It makes you temporarily weaker. A hard session drains fuel stores, disturbs...
- The Weekend Warrior Question: Does Concentrated Activity Count?
The short answer that the recent evidence supports is reassuring for people with packed schedules. When researchers match the total amount of weekly activity,...
- What the WADA Prohibited List Is, and How It Changes Each Year
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Prohibited List is the single, globally binding document that names which substances and methods are banned in sport, and when....