Continuous Glucose Monitoring Underreports Blood Glucose During a Simulated Ultraendurance Run in Eumenorrheic Female Runners.

Purpose: Continuous-glucose-monitoring (CGM) sensors provide near-real-time glucose data and have been introduced commercially as a tool to inform nutrition decisions. The aim of this pilot study was to explore how factors such as the menstrual phase, extended running duration, and carbohydrates affect CGM outcomes among trained eumenorrheic females in an outdoor simulated ultraendurance running event.

Methods: Twelve experienced female ultrarunners (age 39 [6] y) participated in this crossover study.

Shape-model scaled gait models can neglect segment markers without consequential change to inverse kinematics results.

Inverse Kinematics (IK) is an optimisation to estimate joint angles from motion capture data, where marker trajectories and weighting strategies determine the outcome. Skin-mounted markers are subject to Soft Tissue Artefact (STA), particularly thigh markers. Our first aim was to test the effect of neglecting thigh markers on IK results across different markersets.

Injury incidence within male elite New Zealand cricket from the early T20 era: 2009-2015.

Objectives: This study aimed to describe the injury epidemiology of domestic and international level male New Zealand cricketers from seasons 2009-2010 to 2014-2015 across all match formats given the increasing popularity of T20 cricket.

Methods: Match exposure and injury surveillance data collected prospectively by New Zealand Cricket was analysed using international consensus recommendations for injury surveillance and reporting in cricket. Relationships between playing level, role and injury were statistically analysed.

The effects of strength vs. plyometric training on sprinting kinetics in post peak height velocity (PHV) female athletes.

Speed is a crucial factor for overall athletic development. While researchers have shown strength and plyometric training to improve sprinting speed in some adult and youth populations, no studies have compared the effects of strength and plyometric training on sprinting speed in young females. Fifty-two young females were divided into three groups and trained for 7 weeks, twice a week; strength training (n = 16, age 13.

Shape model constrained scaling improves repeatability of gait data.

Decisions made by gait researchers in the generation of kinematic or musculoskeletal models are a potential source of variation between researchers, leading to variable model outcomes. Statistical shape models can accurately predict bone geometry and have the potential to improve the repeatability of clinical gait analysis. The purpose of this study was to determine if using a shape model to scale segment length and joint centre locations would improve repeatability of kinematic and kinetic gait data, compared to linear scaling methods.

Force-velocity profile changes with forearm wearable resistance during standing start sprinting.

Horizontal force-velocity (F-V) profiling is a strategy to assess athletes' individual performance capabilities during sprinting. This study investigated the acute changes in F-V profiles during sprinting of fourteen collegiate male sprinters with a mean 100-m sprint time of 11.40 ± 0.