Sport and Exercise Medicine
Yoga not as safe as is commonly assumed
July 5th, 2017 Recreational yoga causes musculoskeletal pain in 10% of people - comparable to the injury rate of all sports injuries combined among the physically active population - and exacerbates 21% of existing injuries, University of Sydney research...Running multiple marathons does not increase risk of atherosclerosis
In a cohort of healthy male runners, running multiple marathon races did not pose an additional risk factor for premature subclinical vascular impairment beyond age, according to German research. "There has been a debate over whether intensive...Lengthy, intense exercise could lead to gut problems
Exercising intensely for more than two hours at a time can lead to gut problems, The Independent reports a new study has found. Strenuous exercise may damage cells in the intestine, causing short- and long-term digestion problems, according to a...
Moderate-intensity walking may reduce VCI symptoms
May 31st, 2017 A moderate-intensity walking regimen may reduce symptoms of mild vascular cognitive impairment (VCI), a small Canadian study suggests. Participants with vascular cognitive impairment, sometimes called vascular dementia, who walked three hours...
Any exercise boosts mood and reduces depression
May 17th, 2017 For people leading a sedentary lifestyle, simply getting out of your chair and moving around can reduce depression and lift your spirits, found a University of Connecticut study. "We hope this research helps people realize the important public...Resistance training: Lower more than you lift
Two recent studies show that greater benefits occur when lowering (eccentric) a greater load than is lifted (concentric) during resistance-training. Individuals that trained with accentuated eccentric loads gained more strength and they showed...Stair walking can increase energy more than caffeine
For young women running on little sleep, 10 minutes of stair walking increased energy more than the amount of caffeine in a soft drink or half a cup of coffee, according to a small study. This energy boost is relatively short, and overtired...More beneficial to fast before a workout
In a first of its kind study, University of Bath researchers concluded that exercise in a fasted state might provoke more favourable changes in adipose tissue than when eating before exercise. The researchers studied a group of overweight males....Interval training rapidly improves diabetics' glucose metabolism
High-intensity interval training (HIIT) increases glucose metabolism in muscles as well as insulin sensitivity in type 2 diabetes, with glucose uptake in thigh muscles returned to a normal level already after a two-week training period. The...Substantial health benefits from active commuting
Active commuting by bicycle is associated with a substantial decrease in the risk of death from all causes, cancer and cardiovascular disease (CVD), compared with non-active commuting by car or public transport, finds a University of Glasgow...Kidney injury and repair biomarkers in marathon runners
The physical stress of running a marathon can cause kidney injury, although kidneys of the examined runners fully recovered within two days, according to a Yale study. The study raises questions concerning potential long-term impacts of this...
Long-term, weight-bearing exercise promotes bone growth in men
April 5th, 2017 A researcher in the department of nutrition and exercise physiology at the University of Missouri-Columbia has published the first study to show that long-term, weight-bearing exercises promote bone formation and bone density in...
The role of running ability and gender in marathon performance decline
March 8th, 2017 In elite male marathon runners, performance starts to decline by about two minutes per year at age 35, while for an average runner the slowdown start only at age 50, found a large US analysis. According to the Georgia State University study lead...Supervised exercise training helps patients with heart failure
Contrary to what was previously assumed, physical exercise does not lead to harmful ventricular enlargement. Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim have...
Long-distance running makes muscles work more efficiently
February 22nd, 2017 Those who regularly ran 30 miles or more a week showed neuromuscular changes that improved their running efficiency, meaning they needed to do less work to cover the same distance, found a UK study. Running burns more calories than any other...