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Nutrition and Elite Young Athletes

2010
Nutrition can play an essential role in the health of elite young athletes as well as exercise performance. Children and adolescents need adequate energy intake to ensure proper growth, development, and maturation. In addition, the requirements may further increase with increasing exercise training.
Asker, Jeukendrup, Linda, Cronin
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Elite athletes and pubertal delay

Minerva Pediatrics, 2017
Intensive physical training and participation in competitive sports during childhood and early adolescence may affect athletes' pubertal development. On the other hand, pubertal timing, early or late, may impact on an athlete selection for a particular sport.
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Achilles Tendon Ruptures in Elite Athletes

Foot & Ankle International, 2011
Background: The management of Achilles tendon (AT) ruptures in elite athletes can be challenging. We performed a retrospective review of prospectively collected data study to evaluate the results of percutaneous repair of an acute AT rupture in elite athletes.
MAFFULLI, Nicola, Longo UG, Maffulli GD, Khanna A, Denaro V.   +4 more
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Exercise Dependence and Elite Athletes: Perceptions of Coaches of Elite Athletes

International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching, 2006
Exercise dependence (EXD) is a psychological condition associated with physical, emotional, social and performance consequences. Despite growing awareness of the prevalence of EXD within the athletic population, the symptoms or dimensions that comprise the condition largely remain unclear. The aim of the present study was to examine the perceptions of
Justin McNamara, Marita P. McCabe
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Exercise Testing in Elite Athletes

Heart Failure Clinics
Exercise testing is frequently incorporated into management of patients with cardiovascular and/or pulmonary disease. A lifelong commitment to exercise promotes cardiac remodeling, leading to changes in structure and function of the atria and ventricles, commonly referred to as the "athletic heart." Stress testing is also incorporated into the ...
Eric, Rudofker, Natalie Van, Ochten, Justin, Edward, Hugh, Parker, Kyla, Wulff, Emmett, Suckow, Lindsey, Forbes, William K, Cornwell   +7 more
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Are Elite Athletes Exploited?

Sport in Society, 2007
Are elite athletes exploited in terms of the health risks they are expected to accept? What are the health risks of elite sport? Are appropriate steps taken to safeguard athletes' health? This essay draws on a study of English professional football which found that players are expected to ‘play hurt’.
Patrick Murphy, Ivan Waddington
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Exercise Testing Elite Young Athletes

2010
Children and adolescents are becoming increasingly involved in competitive sport and, as a consequence, are engaging in specialized training with the objective of enhancing their sporting performance. An important aspect of achieving this goal is to ensure young athletes receive appropriate and on-going physiological assessment and support.
Alan R, Barker, Neil, Armstrong
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Androgens and athletic performance of elite female athletes

Current Opinion in Endocrinology, Diabetes & Obesity, 2017
Purpose of review During the last decades androgens have been used illicitly by athletes of both genders. Because of some obvious ethical limitations, mechanisms underlying the performance-enhancing effects of these hormone or drugs, as well as the magnitude of their effects, have been poorly addressed.
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Elite Child-Athletes: How Much Does Victory Cost?

The Physician and Sportsmedicine, 1987
Pressure from parents and coaches is forcing many elite child-athletes to strive for perfection. That pressure may be responsible for a host of physical and psychological ailments.
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Elite athletes and epilepsy

Epilepsia, 2016
Ronan N, McGinty, Daniel J, Costello
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