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Advances in Healthcare of Athletes

A special issue of Sports (ISSN 2075-4663).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2024 | Viewed by 1856

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Víctor Toro-Román

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Research Group in Technology Applied to High Performance and Health, Department of Health Sciences, TecnoCampus, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 08302 Mataró, Barcelona, Spain
Interests: exercise physiology; sport nutrition; trace elements; sport supplement
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Dr. Francisco Javier Grijota

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Faculty of Sports Sciences, Universidad de Extremadura, 10003 Cáceres, Spain
Interests: neurodegenerative pathologies; Alzheimer's disease; sleep disorders; diet; lifestyle habits
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Although the health benefits of physical exercise are well known, high-level physical training can significantly increase risks to the health of athletes.

Allowing athletes to achieve peak performance while maintaining high levels of physical and mental health is contextually complex. Athletes subject the body to great physical stress, generating changes in different physiological systems.

We are pleased to invite you to provide research with evidence-based studies on athlete health care, athlete disease prevention, athlete injury and athlete health status by attracting articles describing the current state of the art.

This Special Issue aims to publish original application studies and reviews, including clinical trials and observational studies on the status, control and assessment of the athlete's health status during and after their high-level competitive period.

In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following: systematic reviews and meta-analyses of athlete health, athlete care, athlete health assessment, athlete wellness and athlete wellness monitoring.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Víctor Toro-Román
Dr. Francisco Javier Grijota
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Sports is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1800 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • fitness
  • physical activity
  • health
  • assessment
  • wellness
  • preventive
  • rehabilitation
  • recovery

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Influence of Defense Mechanisms on Sport Burnout: A Multiple Mediation Analysis Effects of Resilience, Stress and Recovery
by Guillaume Levillain, Philippe Vacher, Yves de Roten and Michel Nicolas
Sports 2024, 12(10), 274; https://doi.org/10.3390/sports12100274 - 11 Oct 2024
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The aims of this study were: (a) to explore the relationships between adaptive defense mechanisms (ADMs), maladaptive defense mechanisms (MADMs), stress, recovery, resilience, and sport burnout; and (b) to examine resilience, stress, and recovery as mediators of the relationship between defense mechanisms and [...] Read more.
The aims of this study were: (a) to explore the relationships between adaptive defense mechanisms (ADMs), maladaptive defense mechanisms (MADMs), stress, recovery, resilience, and sport burnout; and (b) to examine resilience, stress, and recovery as mediators of the relationship between defense mechanisms and burnout. One hundred and seventy-five athletes (M = 20.30 years, SD = 3.75) completed self-report questionnaires assessing defense mechanisms, resilience, stress, and recovery. Correlation analysis revealed that MADMs were positively associated with burnout, while ADMs had no significant link with burnout. Concerning mediation analysis, results showed a mediating effect of resilience in the relationship between ADMs and burnout. The findings also demonstrated a mediating effect of resilience and recovery in the relationship between MADMs and burnout. Our study highlighted that certain defenses categorized as adaptive might not be suitable in specific situations, thus underscoring the influence of mediating variables. The findings of mediation analysis demonstrated that resilience appears to serve as a particularly protective factor against burnout. On the contrary, MADMs would have a deleterious influence in the management of stress, which could lead to burnout. Coaches may consider fostering athletes’ resilience in conjunction with ADMs and implementing targeted psychological exercises to reduce the use of MADMs. Full article
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Translation, Cross-Cultural Adaptation, and Validation of the Croatian Version of the Athlete Psychological Strain Questionnaire (APSQ)
by Katarina Sore, Frane Franic, Luka Androja, Ivana Batarelo Kokic, Darko Marčinko, Stipe Drmic, Zdravko Valentin Markser and Tomislav Franic
Sports 2024, 12(8), 228; https://doi.org/10.3390/sports12080228 - 22 Aug 2024
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The aim of this study is to translate, cross-culturally adapt, and validate the Croatian Athlete Psychological Strain Questionnaire (APSQ-Cro) as part of the Sport Mental Health Assessment Tool 1 (SMHAT-1) validation. We assessed the reliability and applicability of the APSQ-Cro among Croatian athletes. [...] Read more.
The aim of this study is to translate, cross-culturally adapt, and validate the Croatian Athlete Psychological Strain Questionnaire (APSQ-Cro) as part of the Sport Mental Health Assessment Tool 1 (SMHAT-1) validation. We assessed the reliability and applicability of the APSQ-Cro among Croatian athletes. The international sports community is increasingly focused on mental health issues in athletes, highlighting the need for early detection tools like the Athlete Psychological Strain Questionnaire (APSQ) and SMHAT-1. We included 869 Croatian competing athletes across 54 sports who received a link to access the WEB-based questionnaire. The Croatian Olympic Board helped in distributing the questionnaires, aiming to reach as many and as diverse a group of registered competing athletes in Croatia as possible. Results showed a Cronbach’s alpha of 0.75 for the entire questionnaire, indicating acceptable reliability. An exploratory strategy of factor analysis was used to determine the underlying structure of the APSQ-Cro. For this purpose, the Kaiser–Meyer–Olkin (KMO) test and Bartlett’s test for sphericity were performed to ensure the suitability of the data. The KMO test ensured sampling adequacy, with a measure of 0.77 indicating suitability for factor analysis, while Bartlett’s test confirmed significant correlations among variables (χ2 = 2779.155, df = 45, p < 0.001), validating the dataset’s appropriateness for data reduction techniques. The factor analysis, together with the Cattell scree test and varimax rotation, resulted in a two-factor structure for the APSQ-Cro. Factor 1 included items related to internal psychological struggles, while Factor 2 included items related to external pressures from the athletic environment. These two factors explained 53% of the variability, with Cronbach’s alphas of 0.75 and 0.88 for the respective factors. The APSQ-Cro is a valid and reliable tool for assessing distress in Croatian athletes. Croatian athletes’ sporting experience will be improved with the broad adoption of the APSQ-Cro, which can help detect early signs of psychological distress and subsequently improve mental health outcomes. Full article
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