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REVIEW  BODY COMPOSITION, NUTRITION AND SUPPLEMENTATION

The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness 2025 Apr 23

Coronary artery calcium in athletes: friend or foe?

Johan SVENSSON *, Jonatan FRIDOLFSSON, Mats BÖRJESSON

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR  

The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness 2025 Apr 23

Runner’s toenail: how does marathon training lead to runner’s toenail injuries?

Angelo V. VASILIADIS *, Vasileios GIOVANOULIS

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ORIGINAL ARTICLE  EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOMECHANICS

The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness 2025 Apr 23

Acute effects of overload strength training on vertical jump performance in young female volleyball players

Ignazio LEALE, Guglielmo PILLITTERI, Valerio GIUSTINO *, Orazio SCARPA, Provvidenza CATALDO, Manuel GÓMEZ-LÓPEZ, Giuseppe BATTAGLIA

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ORIGINAL ARTICLE  BODY COMPOSITION, NUTRITION AND SUPPLEMENTATION

The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness 2025 Apr 23

Effects of sports drinks with different molecular weight carbohydrates on rehydration during endurance exercise: a comparative study

Qiushi TAN, Zhiguang ZHAO, Aiqi YU, Mai XIANG, Qi HAN, Jingyi ZHU, Xuemei SUI, Qirong WANG *

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ORIGINAL ARTICLE  BODY COMPOSITION, NUTRITION AND SUPPLEMENTATION

The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness 2025 Apr 23

The effect of short-term different diet modifications on postexercise metabolism following a sprint interval exercise

Dilek SEYIDOGLU, Gorkem A. BALCI, Hakan AS, Ozgur OZKAYA, Gulbin RUDARLI *

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR  

The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness 2025 Apr 15

Lovebird beak sign of medial meniscus flap lesion on transverse MRI view

Vasileios GIOVANOULIS *, Angelo V. VASILIADIS, Az-Eddine DJEBARA, Nicolas PUJOL

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ORIGINAL ARTICLE  EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOMECHANICS

The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness 2025 Apr 15

Composite and inter-individual force and neuromuscular responses to a handgrip hold to failure anchored to a moderate perceptual intensity

Minyoung KWAK *, Pasquale J. SUCCI, Brian BENITEZ, Clara J. MITCHINSON, Haley C. BERGSTROM

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ORIGINAL ARTICLE  SPORT INJURIES AND REHABILITATION

The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness 2025 Mar 28

Differences in landing biomechanics between adolescent athletes with anterior knee pain and healthy controls

Inje LEE, Sunghe HA *

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ORIGINAL ARTICLE  SPORT INJURIES AND REHABILITATION

The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness 2025 Mar 28

Knee strength difference between lower limbs and jump performance in athletes with patellar tendinopathy and healthy controls

Diego RUFFINO *, Matías ALFONSO, Federico VILLALBA, Javier ASINARI, Peter MALLIARAS

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ORIGINAL ARTICLE  EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOMECHANICS

The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness 2025 Mar 28

Enhancing change of direction speed in young soccer players through running technique training

Marek VRABLANSKÝ, Filip SKALA, Tomáš VENCÚRIK *

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ORIGINAL ARTICLE  EPIDEMIOLOGY AND CLINICAL MEDICINE

The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness 2025 Mar 25

Comparison between balance performance among female basketball players and non-basketball players in Saudi Arabia: a cross-sectional study

Alaa M. ALBISHI *

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ORIGINAL ARTICLE  EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOMECHANICS

The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness 2025 Mar 25

Prediction of thruster maximum load using clean and jerk one-repetition maximum: influence of gender and experience in CrossFit athletes

Alejandro OLIVER-LÓPEZ *, Tom BRANDT, Annette SCHMIDT, Rafael SABIDO

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ORIGINAL ARTICLE  EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOMECHANICS

The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness 2025 Mar 25

No effect of menstrual cycle on maximum dynamic strength in upper and lower body in strength-trained females: a six-arm cross-over study

Christoph ZINNER *, Philipp WIRGES, Stephan GEISLER, Eduard ISENMANN

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ORIGINAL ARTICLE  EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOMECHANICS

The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness 2025 Mar 25

Gender differences in three-dimensional pelvic behavior during maximal sprint running

Kazuki OTA *, Takuya YOSHIDA, Hirohiko MAEMURA, Satoru TANIGAWA

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ORIGINAL ARTICLE  SPORT INJURIES AND REHABILITATION

The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness 2025 Mar 25

The impact of asymmetrical loading on tibial characteristics and bone strength in high-impact athletes

Reece J. SCOTT *, Craig SALE, Ruth JAMES, Cleveland T. BARNETT, Ian VARLEY

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ORIGINAL ARTICLE  EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOMECHANICS

The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness 2025 Mar 25

Acute effects of electrical muscle stimulation on energy metabolism during weight-bearing exercise in young-female: a crossover randomized controlled trial

Juseong LEE, Seung W. SHIN, Junghoon KIM *

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REVIEW  SPORT CARDIOLOGY

The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness 2025 Mar 21

Italian guidelines for competitive sport eligibility (COCIS): what are the new indications in the updated 2023 version for the evaluation of athletes with arrhythmias?

Luigi SCIARRA, Antonio SCARÀ *, Alessandro BIFFI, Silvia CASTELLETTI, Domenico CORRADO, Antonio DELLO RUSSO, Franco GIADA, Giuseppe INAMA, Loira LEONI, Viviana MAESTRINI, Zefferino PALAMÀ, Peter SCHWARTZ, Andrea SPAMPINATO, Paolo ZEPPILLI, Alessandro ZORZI, Pietro DELISE

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ORIGINAL ARTICLE  OTHER AREAS

The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness 2025 Mar 21

Anti-doping rules violations in modern Olympic games

Ramananda NINGTHOUJAM *

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ORIGINAL ARTICLE  EPIDEMIOLOGY AND CLINICAL MEDICINE

The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness 2025 Mar 21

Effects of an exercise-based rehabilitation program in patients with minor ischemic non-disabling stroke or transient ischemic attack

Erica BRUGIN, Stefano PALERMI *, Valentina PESCATORE, Silvia COMPAGNO, Carlo ZANELLA, Marco VECCHIATO, Ruggero MARIN, Renata VOLPATO, Marzia SARTO, Maela MASATO, Andrea DEMECO, Aurora PANICO, Alessandro BIFFI, Franco GIADA

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ORIGINAL ARTICLE  EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOMECHANICS

The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness 2025 Mar 18

Exploring submission finishes in the Ultimate Fighting Championship™: a comprehensive analysis

Mohamad Y. FARES *, Jack MAO, Ryan STADLER, Peter BOUFADEL, Mohammad DAHER, Matthew ROSENTHAL, Jad LAWAND, Adam Z. KHAN, Joseph A. ABBOUD

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR  

The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness 2025 Mar 18

Vastus lateralis stiffness in roller speed skate athletes evaluated with sonoelastography. When sport meets health

Giulia BONGIORNO, Benedetta ZAMPA, Luca MICELI *

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EDITORIAL  Free access

The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness 2025 Mar 17

Introductory remarks by the Editor in Chief

Antonio PELLICCIA *

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ORIGINAL ARTICLE  EPIDEMIOLOGY AND CLINICAL MEDICINE

The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness 2025 Mar 17

Visuospatial abilities and cardiorespiratory fitness in amateur sport climbers: a cross-sectional study with healthy controls

Małgorzata PISKUNOWICZ *, Agnieszka SKOPOWSKA

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ORIGINAL ARTICLE  EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOMECHANICS

The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness 2025 Mar 17

Optimal wake-up time for short-term peak performance in the morning

Akiko HONDA *, Hidenori KONDO, Taiga MATSUDA

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ORIGINAL ARTICLE  EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOMECHANICS

The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness 2025 Mar 17

Pelvic list strength test as an indicator of sprint running performance

Ryu NAGAHARA *, Kazunori YOSHIZUKA, Kento YONETA

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ORIGINAL ARTICLE  EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOMECHANICS

The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness 2025 Mar 17

Handgrip strength and asymmetry are associated with lower-body muscle power in older women

Ty B. PALMER *

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ORIGINAL ARTICLE  EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOMECHANICS

The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness 2025 Mar 17

Influence of various types of muscle contractions on subsequent bench press volume

Mohammad IZADI *, Guglielmo PILLITTERI, Ewan THOMAS, Giuseppe BATTAGLIA, Antonino BIANCO, Marianna BELLAFIORE

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ORIGINAL ARTICLE  BODY COMPOSITION, NUTRITION AND SUPPLEMENTATION

The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness 2025 Mar 17

Sclerostin and bone mass in pubertal girls: different associations between athletes and non-athletes

Jaak JÜRIMÄE *, Liina REMMEL, Anna-Liisa TAMM, Vallo TILLMANN

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ORIGINAL ARTICLE  EPIDEMIOLOGY AND CLINICAL MEDICINE

The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness 2025 Mar 17

Training with electrical muscle stimulation: a novel method to improve Body Mass Index, lipid profile, growth hormone, and cortisol in overweight subjects

Elnaz RIYAHI, Jalil REISI *, Sayyed M. MARANDI, Milad ABDOLLAHI

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ORIGINAL ARTICLE  SPORT INJURIES AND REHABILITATION

The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness 2025 Mar 17

Acute effects of handheld percussive massage therapy on various posterior shoulder soft tissue areas in healthy young males

Takaki IMAI *, Takashi NAGAMATSU, Yushin YOSHIZATO, Kodai MIYARA, Megumi SUMIZONO, Masatoshi NAKAMURA

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ORIGINAL ARTICLE  EPIDEMIOLOGY AND CLINICAL MEDICINE

The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness 2025 Mar 17

Football referee’s dilemma: negotiation between motor and cognitive tasks

Semra OGUZ *, Nilufer KESKIN DILBAY, Hilal B. CAN, Mehmet INCEER, Suleyman F. HANGUN, Zubeyir SARI, Mine G. POLAT

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ORIGINAL ARTICLE  EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOMECHANICS

The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness 2025 Mar 17

A standard operating procedure proposal for the warm-up of sit and reach test in young adults

Luca PETRIGNA *, Bruno TROVATO, Federico ROGGIO, Marta ZANGHÌ, Martina SORTINO, Alessandra AMATO, Giuseppe MUSUMECI

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR  

The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness 2025 Mar 13

Elite athletes technical skills and strength in run, roller speed skating and ice speed skating performances

Giulia BONGIORNO, Giulio SISTI, Francesca DAL MAS, Helena BIANCUZZI, Francesco G. MINISINI, Luca MICELI *

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ORIGINAL ARTICLE  SPORT INJURIES AND REHABILITATION

The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness 2025 Mar 13

Y-Balance Test performance for predicting plantar fasciitis in male recreational marathon runners: a prospective cohort study

Daxin LI, Donghui TANG *, Yangli LIU, Yangya FENG, Cheng PENG

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ORIGINAL ARTICLE  EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOMECHANICS

The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness 2025 Mar 06

Characteristics of trunk and pelvic kinematics during batting motion in baseball players with low back pain history

Kanta KITABAYASHI *, Akihiro TAMURA, Masami SAITO, Yusuke NISHIDA

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REVIEW  EPIDEMIOLOGY AND CLINICAL MEDICINEOpen access

The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness 2025 Mar 06

Caribbean and Latin dance: evidence about health in professional and non-professional dancers

Fabrizio LIGUORI, Patrizia CALELLA *

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EDITORIAL  

The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness 2025 Feb 13

Introduction by the President of the Italian Society of Sport Cardiology

Giampiero PATRIZI *

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ORIGINAL ARTICLE  EPIDEMIOLOGY AND CLINICAL MEDICINE

The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness 2025 Feb 11

Pretraining warm-ups and localized pain may be associated with CrossFit-related injuries: nationwide cross-sectional study

Ohad SEGAL, Shay MINDLIN, Yuval GLICK, Shai SHEMESH, Ran ATZMON, Michael DREXLER, Ronen BLECHER *

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ORIGINAL ARTICLE  EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOMECHANICS

The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness 2025 Jan 16

Adjusting the Yo-Yo IRT-1 equation to estimate VO2max of sub-elite football referees: a gender-comparative study

Lucia VENTURA, Gianluca MARTINEZ, Marco MORRONE, Anna BOI, Martina MELONI, Fabrizio PERRONI, Matthew G. DONADU, Franca DERIU *, Andrea MANCA

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ORIGINAL ARTICLE  SPORT INJURIES AND REHABILITATION

The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness 2025 Jan 16

Development and validation of a sport-specific shoulder score questionnaire for functional fitness and weightlifting athletes

Maria A. BERNSTORFF *, Lisa SCHWAKE, Norman SCHUMANN, Ole SOMBERG, Silvia HUFNAGEL, Maximilian WENZEL, Thomas SCHILDHAUER, Matthias KÖNIGSHAUSEN

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ORIGINAL ARTICLE  SPORT INJURIES AND REHABILITATION

The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness 2024 Nov 11

Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of a revised Italian Anterior Knee Pain Scale version

Alessio P. SAUCHELLI *, Jacopo E. ROCCHI, Sebastiano NUTARELLI, Riccardo CIATTI, Lorenzo RUM

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The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness 2021 Oct 05

Effects of sprint interval training on maximal oxygen uptake in athletes: a meta-analysis

Qun YANG, Duanying LI, Hezhi XIE, Hongshen JI, Junbing LU, Jiaxin HE, Ziqing QIN, Jian SUN *

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