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Exercise-Induced Bronchoconstriction in Elite Swimming: A Clinical Approach to Diagnosis and Management

A 19 year-old female swimmer comes to your sports medicine consultation, because she has been struggling with breathing at higher intensities since 3 months. The dyspnea mostly occurs during sustained..
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Fatigue and Performance Stagnation in Adolescent Triathletes: A Multidisciplinary Approach

A 16-year-old female triathlete comes in complaining of ­fatigue and decreased performance/stagnation. His coach thinks she has an iron deficiency... what should I do? What is the differential diagnosis, what..
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What you train is what you get: About the rationale of training zones in endurance sports

Endurance sports as one form of physical activity offer health benefits in many ways. Endurance training is among athletes of all ages very popular. In order to achieve a training..
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“Testing and Procedures in Sports Medicine” – what is this SEMS-course about?

Sports and exercise medicine is about putting things in practice. However, as many academic disciplines it suffers of a discrepancy of science in theory and practical life. To bridge this..
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Development of a physical activity prescription in Luxembourg

Background: We aimed to develop a physical activity prescription (PAP) that would help efficiently promote PA by medical practitioners in Luxembourg. Methods: During a first phase, a PAP model and..
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Exercise addiction – cases, possible indicators and open questions

While addictive disorders involving substances are well researched, the field of behavioral addictions, including exercise addiction, is in its infancy. Although exercise addiction is not yet recognized as a psychiatric..
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How athletes coped with COVID-19 restrictions: differences between Switzerland and Italy

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is a global crisis of unprecedented scale in modern times. The initial outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan spread rapidly, affecting other parts of China and soon..
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Health prevention in youth sports: innovative and interdisciplinary experiences at the Lausanne 2020 Youth Olympic Games

The Youth Olympic Games were introduced in 2010 with the aim to bring young athletes not only an experience of competition on the world stage, but also to help them..
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Psychological health in elite sports during COVID-19

Die Änderungen des öffentlichen Lebens, Isolation, Quarantäne und damit verbundene weitere Einschränkungen der gewohnten Routine sowie Ängste und Sorgen sind nur einige Beispiele für die psychischen Belastungen durch die COVID-19-Pandemie..
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From sedentary and physical inactive behaviors to the Race Across America (RAAM): a case report

This case report presents the evolution of physiological and psychological health parameters of a former sedentary and physically inactive nursing student during an 18 months period (three academic semesters), during..
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Differential coordination behaviour between concentric and eccentric contractions – many questions remain unanswered

Concentric and eccentric muscle work is characterized through different biochemical activating cascades. Concentric contraction is characterized by an ATP O2 coupling dependent interaction of the myofibril proteins Aktin and Myosin...
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Sex differences in thigh muscles characteristics: a systematic review

Objective: To determine differences between male and female subjects in the thigh muscles characteristics, separated into architectural (pennation, thickness, and/or fascicle length), mechanical (mass, strength, power, and/or stiffness), neuromuscular (activity)..
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Cardiopulmonary exercise testing in children and adolescents

In cardiopulmonary exercise testing with children and adolescents, age specific protocols are used together with tools adjustable to their body dimension and development. Assessing weight, height und pubertal stage is..
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The value of performance diagnostcs in orienteering

Endurance testing has a long tradition in the Swiss Orienteering Federation. It has become an important tool in monitoring effectiveness of training and in assessing endurance performance. The vast majority..
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Performance diagnostics in endurance sports – anaeroboc threshold, VO2max, aerobic capacity – where do we go?

Exercise testing in athletes and patients is an important and valuable diagnostic tool in the hand of the physician and sport scientist. A close collaboration between sport scientist and sport..