Dear Editors, Knechtle and Kohler have considered the factors relating to overall performance in triple ironman triathlon. There are however several other considerations which must be made when looking at total race time. The mental preparation needed for ultra-endurance events may have a significant impact on total race time. This can limit training time and […]
Category: Letter to the editor
E-letters: Lower Limbs Stiffness Unit of Measurement
Dear Editor-in-Chief, We are concerned with an important confusion about data unit of measurement presented by Girard et al. when evaluating the changes in Lower Limbs Stiffness (LLS) during prolonged tennis playing (1). Evaluation of LLS is of great interest in a sport like tennis where speed and reactivity takes a great part. LLS is […]
E-letters: Relative age effects in NHL draftees revisited
A response to Hancock, Ste-Marie and Young (2008) by Joseph Baker and A. Jane Logan, York University. We appreciate the thoughtful review of our manuscript by Hancock, Ste -Marie and Young.(1) In this brief response, we reconsider the issues raised in their review and continue the discussion of relative age effects in National Hockey League […]
E-letter: More science please
By Justin A Paoloni I read with interest the Consensus Statement on Concussion, and believe this worthwhile in furthering scientific knowledge on concussion in sport. However, I have concerns about definitive comments in the consensus statement, given the lack of supporting scientific evidence. Whilst this consensus document is only “a guide and is of a […]
Letter to the Editor: Left-handedness in Boxing
By Maxintosh. Dear Editor, I read with interest the recent article published on this journal about the left-handedness in boxing and the proclivity to success (1). As Gursoy quotes in his paper, the rate of left-handedness in the general population ranges between 1 and 30% in different studies, but the body of medical sports literature […]
Letter to the Editor: Separating fatness from lack of fitness
By Sarmax. In many practical situations such as the treatment of hypertension, it is important to determine whether an improvement of condition following exercise prescription is due to an increase in aerobic fitness, or whether it simply reflects a reduction in body fat content (1) A previous review of 61 studies of training-induced changes in […]
Reader Response: Rotator cuff tendinopathy
Photo by Lisa Bettany. By Nicola Maffulli, Umile Giuseppe Longo, Vincenzo Denaro, Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon, University Hospital of North Staffordshire, Keele University School of Medicine We read with interest the Review Article “Rotator cuff tendinopathy: A review”, by Lewis. This manuscript may have been submitted before the publication of our investigations. Nevertheless, we […]
Reader Response: Inactivity in the 21st Century
By Fergus Joseph Dignan, Civilian Medical Practitioner, MOD I very much enjoyed reading the ‘warm up’ article by Steven N Blair in the January edition of BJSM. The first study that he quoted on attributable fractions for all cause deaths was a real eye popper! I was very surprised to see that low cardiorespiratory fitness […]
The end-spurt does not require a subconscious intelligent system
By Samuele M Marcora, Senior Lecturer in Exercise Physiology School of Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences, Bangor University, Wales To the Editor: I agree with Professor Tim Noakes that the presence of an end-spurt cannot be explained by either the traditional peripheral fatigue model, or the more recent negative feedback model proposed by Amann and […]