Evaluating dietary intake, determining energy metabolism, and conducting other nutritional
assessments are essential in understanding the relationships between diet, exercise, health …

Dietary assessment methods that are recognized as appropriate for the general population
are usually applied in a similar manner to athletes, despite the knowledge that sport-specific …

Background The outstanding performance of an elite athlete might be associated with
changes in their blood metabolic profile. The aims of this study were to compare the blood …

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Strategies based on the use of upper thresholds of
hemoglobin or hematocrit to detect blood doping in endurance sports have essentially failed …

Adaptation to military operational stress is a complex physiological response that calls upon
the sympathetic nervous system (SNS), hypothalamic pituitary adrenal (HPA) axis and …

Abstract Bessa, AL, Oliveira, VN, Agostini, GG, Oliveira, RJS, Oliveira, ACS, White, GE,
Wells, GD, Teixeira, DNS, and Espindola, FS. Exercise intensity and recovery: Biomarkers of …

Objectives Physical exercise may affect levels of blood-based biomarkers. However,
exercise status is seldom considered in the interpretation of laboratory results. This study …

Objective: To determine the clinical and performance related utility of hematological and iron-
related screening in elite athletes. Design: Prospective cohort study. Setting: The …

An important role of sport scientists is to drive innovation with the expectation that this will
translate to a competitive advantage. To achieve this, many have taken to the early adoption …

Background Intensified training is important for inducing adaptations to improve athletic
performance, but detrimental performance effects can occur if prescribed inappropriately …