Sports Medicine
Overview
Sports Medicine is a peer-reviewed journal that focuses on the latest research and advancements in the field of sports medicine. It covers a wide range of topics including exercise physiology, sports injury prevention and treatment, rehabilitation techniques, and performance enhancement strategies. With its comprehensive coverage and rigorous scientific approach, this journal serves as a valuable resource for athletes, coaches, healthcare professionals, and researchers in the sports medicine community.
Details
Details
Abbr.
Sports Med
Start
1984
End
Continuing
Frequency
Twelve no. a year, 2005-
p-ISSN
0112-1642
e-ISSN
1179-2035
Country
New Zealand
Language
English
Specialty
Orthopedics
Metrics
Metrics
h-index / Ranks: 477
229
SJR / Ranks: 461
3492
CiteScore / Ranks: 438
18.10
JIF / Ranks: 471
9.8
Recent Articles
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Rosenblat M, Watt J, Arnold J, Treff G, Sandbakk O, Esteve-Lanao J, et al.
Sports Med
. 2025 Jan;
PMID: 39888556
Background: Endurance athletes tend to accumulate large training volumes, the majority of which are performed at a low intensity and a smaller portion at moderate and high intensity. However, different...
12.
Wu W, Wu W, Lee M, Wu P, Tu Y, Lin H, et al.
Sports Med
. 2025 Jan;
PMID: 39878918
Background: Diastasis recti abdominis (DRA), commonly occurring in postpartum women, is not only an aesthetic issue but is also highly associated with functional impairments. Various conservative treatment modalities have been...
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Xu K, Blazevich A, Boullosa D, Ramirez-Campillo R, Yin M, Zhong Y, et al.
Sports Med
. 2025 Jan;
PMID: 39853660
Background: Post-activation performance enhancement (PAPE) has demonstrated efficacy in acutely improving athletic performance. However, its distinction from general warm-up (GW) effects remains ambiguous, and experimental designs adopted in most PAPE...
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Smith M, Hoffman N, Jose A, Burke L, Opar D
Sports Med
. 2025 Jan;
PMID: 39853659
Following anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury, quadriceps muscle atrophy persists despite rehabilitation, leading to loss of lower limb strength, osteoarthritis, poor knee joint health and reduced quality of life. However,...
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Ruiz-Navarro J, Santos C, Born D, Lopez-Belmonte O, Cuenca-Fernandez F, Sanders R, et al.
Sports Med
. 2025 Jan;
PMID: 39841367
Background: Swimming performance depends on a wide variety of factors; however, the interaction between these factors and their importance varies between events. In sprint events, the characterized pacing underlines its...
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Rooks L, Berto G, Pasquina P, Broglio S, McAllister T, McCrea M, et al.
Sports Med
. 2025 Jan;
PMID: 39828869
Background: Persisting post-concussion symptoms (PPCS) is a condition characterized by prolonged recovery from a mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) and compromised quality of life. Previous literature, on the basis of...
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Dybing K, McAllister T, Wu Y, McDonald B, Broglio S, Mihalik J, et al.
Sports Med
. 2025 Jan;
PMID: 39821585
Background: Identification of genetic alleles associated with both Alzheimer's disease (AD) and concussion severity/recovery could help explain the association between concussion and elevated dementia risk. However, there has been little...
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Van Hooren B, Jukic I, Cox M, Frenken K, Bautista I, Moore I
Sports Med
. 2025 Jan;
PMID: 39821518
No abstract available.
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Wang W, Schweickle M, Arnold E, Vella S
Sports Med
. 2025 Jan;
PMID: 39815135
Background: Mental wellbeing, one continuum alongside mental illness in a dual-continua mental health model, has attracted less attention compared with substantial studies concerning mental illness amongst elite athletes. Notably, the...