APPLIED SPORT SCIENCES
Open Access
Commercially available compression garments or electrical stimulation do not enhance recovery following a sprint competition in elite cross-country skiers
Andrew David Govus, Erik Petrus Andersson, Oliver Michael Shannon, Holly Provis, Mathilda Karlsson & Kerry McGawley
Hot hands, cold feet? Investigating effects of interacting constraints on place kicking performance at the 2015 Rugby Union World Cup
Chris Pocock, Neil E. Bezodis, Keith Davids & Jamie S. North
Key determinants of time to 5 m in different ventral swimming start techniques
Ricardo Peterson Silveira, Pro Stergiou, Pedro Figueiredo, Flávio de S. Castro, Larry Katz & Darren J. Stefanyshyn
BIOMECHANICS AND MOTOR CONTROL
Differences in step characteristics and linear kinematics between rugby players and sprinters during initial sprint acceleration
James J. Wild, Ian N. Bezodis, Jamie S. North & Neil E. Bezodis
Foot posture alteration and recovery following a full marathon run
Mako Fukano, Takayuki Inami, Kento Nakagawa, Takaya Narita & Shigeo Iso
Larger strength losses and muscle activation deficits in plantar flexors induced by backward downhill in reference to distance-matched forward uphill treadmill walk
Olivier Girard, Sébastien Banzet, Nathalie Koulmann, Mounir Chennaoui, Catherine Drogou, Hakim Chalabi & Sébastien Racinais
PHYSIOLOGY AND NUTRITION
Adding omega-3 fatty acids to a protein-based supplement during pre-season training results in reduced muscle soreness and the better maintenance of explosive power in professional Rugby Union players
Katherine Elizabeth Black, Oliver C. Witard, Dane Baker, Philip Healey, Victoria Lewis, Francisco Tavares, Sam Christensen, Tom Pease & Brett Smith
Physiological comparison of intensity-controlled, isocaloric intermittent and continuous exercise
Adrien Combes, Jeanne Dekerle, Valérie Bougault & Frédéric N. Daussin
An unexpected world population variation of MCT1 polymorphism 1470T > A involved in lactate transport
Federico Onali, Carla M. Calò, Myosotis Massidda, Miguel M. Álvarez-Álvarez & Maria Esther Esteban
PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES
Consensus statement on placebo effects in sports and exercise: The need for conceptual clarity, methodological rigour, and the elucidation of neurobiological mechanisms
Christopher Beedie, Fabrizio Benedetti, Diletta Barbiani, Eleanora Camerone, Emma Cohen, Damian Coleman, Arran Davis, Charlotte Elsworth-Edelsten, Elliott Flowers, Abby Foad, Simon Harvey, Florentina Hettinga, Philip Hurst, Andrew Lane, Jacob Lindheimer, John Raglin, Bart Roelands, Lieke Schiphof-Godart & Attila Szabo
Oxygen consumption, rate of perceived exertion and enjoyment in high-intensity interval eccentric cycling
Marcin Lipski, Chris R. Abbiss & Kazunori Nosaka
Alternative assessment of knee joint muscle balance of soccer players through total work-based hamstring: quadriceps ratios
Felipe Minozzo, Pedro Lopez, Carlos Leonardo Figueiredo Machado, Eurico Nestor Wilhelm, Rafael Grazioli & Ronei Silveira Pinto
Prevalence of urinary incontinence in high-impact sports athletes and their association with knowledge, attitude and practice about this dysfunction
Amanda Maria Brito Cardoso, Cláudia Regina Oliveira de Paiva Lima & Caroline Wanderley Souto Ferreira
