The effects of oral contraceptives on exercise performance in women: a systematic review and meta-analysis

KJ Elliott-Sale, KL McNulty, P Ansdell, S Goodall… - Sports medicine, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Background Oral contraceptive pills (OCPs) are double agents, which
downregulate endogenous concentrations of oestradiol and progesterone whilst …

[HTML][HTML] A review of the role of the gut microbiome in personalized sports nutrition

RL Hughes - Frontiers in nutrition, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The gut microbiome is a key factor in determining inter-individual variability in response to
diet. Thus far, research in this area has focused on metabolic health outcomes such as …

Dose–response matters!–a perspective on the exercise prescription in exercise–cognition research

F Herold, P Müller, T Gronwald, NG Müller - Frontiers in psychology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
In general, it is well recognized that both acute physical exercises and regular physical
training influence brain plasticity and cognitive functions positively. However, growing …

Beyond muscle: the effects of creatine supplementation on brain creatine, cognitive processing, and traumatic brain injury

E Dolan, B Gualano, ES Rawson - European journal of sport …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
The ergogenic and therapeutic effects of increasing muscle creatine by supplementation are
well-recognized. It appears that similar benefits to brain function and cognitive processing …

Autoregulation in resistance training: addressing the inconsistencies

L Greig, BH Stephens Hemingway, RR Aspe, K Cooper… - Sports medicine, 2020 - Springer
Autoregulation is a process that is used to manipulate training based primarily on the
measurement of an individual's performance or their perceived capability to perform. Despite …

Issues in the determination of 'responders' and 'non‐responders' in physiological research

G Atkinson, P Williamson… - Experimental …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
New Findings What is the topic for this review? We discuss the dichotomization of
continuous‐level physiological measurements into 'responders' and 'non‐responders' when …

Blood-based biomarkers for managing workload in athletes: considerations and recommendations for evidence-based use of established biomarkers

N Haller, M Behringer, T Reichel, P Wahl, P Simon… - Sports Medicine, 2023 - Springer
Blood-based biomarkers can provide an objective individualized measure of training load,
recovery, and health status in order to reduce injury risk and maximize performance. Despite …

A systematic review examining the approaches used to estimate interindividual differences in trainability and classify individual responses to exercise training

JT Bonafiglia, N Preobrazenski, BJ Gurd - Frontiers in physiology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background: Many reports describe statistical approaches for estimating interindividual
differences in trainability and classifying individuals as “responders” or “non-responders.” …

Recommendations in post-exercise hypotension: concerns, best practices and interpretation

LC De Brito, RY Fecchio, T Peçanha… - … journal of sports …, 2019 - thieme-connect.com
Post-exercise hypotension (PEH) is a clinically relevant phenomenon that has been widely
investigated. However, the characteristics of study designs, such as familiarization to blood …

Causes and consequences of interindividual response variability: a call to apply a more rigorous research design in acute exercise-cognition studies

F Herold, A Törpel, D Hamacher, H Budde… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The different responses of humans to an apparently equivalent stimulus are called
interindividual response variability. This phenomenon has gained more and more attention …