The New Challenge of Sports Nutrition: Accepting Insect Food as Dietary Supplements in Professional Athletes.

Background: The dietary supplements market is growing, and their use is increasing among professional athletes. Recently, several new protein supplements have been placed in the marketplace, including energy bars enriched with insect flour. Edible insects, which are rich in protein content, have been promoted as the food of the future and athletes could be a reference sample for their continued emphasis on higher protein demand.

Reliability and Criterion Validity of the Smartphone Inclinometer Application to Quantify Cervical Spine Mobility.

Study Design: In this observational study, we compare fluid inclinometer and smartphone measures to analyze active cervical range of motion (ACROM) in healthy individuals.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the reliability and the criterion validity of a smartphone application to analyze head movements.

Summary Of Background Data: Recent studies on the reliability and the validity of customized smartphone applications to measure ACROM show good results for frontal and lateral planes' movement analysis, but poor results for the transverse plane.