Charles R. Pedlar

Feb 26, 2024 | bjsm.bmj.com | Agatha Gibbons |Charles R. Pedlar |Keakaokawai Varner Hemi |Georgie Bruinvels

AbstractObjective This study aims to investigate how athlete ethnicity is discussed in the inclusion and exclusion criteria, methodology, findings, and conclusions of research focused on menstrual health in sports science and medicine. Design A scoping review of sports-based research conducted on athletes related to (1) menstrual health and ethnicity, (2) how researchers include/exclude participants based on ethnicity and (3) how ethnicity is discussed.

Sep 28, 2023 | physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Freddy Jackson Brown |Matt Hill |Derek Renshaw |Charles R. Pedlar

1 INTRODUCTION The concept of recovery describes the reestablishment of post-exercise performance, with important implications for recreational exercisers and athletes alike (Peake, 2019; Skorski et al., 2019). Sufficient recovery allows athletes to achieve and maintain an optimal training stimulus (Peake, 2019; Skorski et al., 2019), whilst perceptual symptoms of under-recovery may reduce adherence in recreational exercisers (Flack et al., 2017).