Publications by authors named "K McGawley"
Background: Most sex comparisons in endurance sports have been derived from performance-matched groups of female and male athletes competing over similar distances within summer sports. Corresponding analyses of sex differences in winter endurance sports have not previously been conducted. In the Olympic Winter Games (OWG), the endurance sports include cross-country skiing (XCS), biathlon (BIA), Nordic combined (NC), ski mountaineering (SkiMo) and long-track speed skating (SpSk).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe International Olympic Committee's (IOC) consensus statement on 'methods for recording and reporting of epidemiological data on injury and illness in sport' recommended standardising methods to advance data collection and reporting consistency. However, additional aspects need to be considered when these methods are applied to specific sports settings. Therefore, we have developed a snow sports-specific extension of the IOC statement to promote the harmonisation of injury and illness registration methods among athletes of all levels and categories in the different disciplines governed by the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS), which is also applicable to other related snow sports such as biathlon, ski mountaineering, and to some extent, para snow sports.
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- This study focused on analyzing how highly-trained cross-country skiers' bodies respond metabolically to exercise by using metabolic phenotyping techniques.
- The research involved 23 skiers who underwent an exercise test, with blood samples taken before and after the test to identify differences in blood metabolites that may relate to performance and health.
- Results indicated that specific blood metabolites could effectively distinguish between athletes based on their peak lactate levels, performance in sprint skiing, and the frequency of illness episodes over the study period.