The vision of the IOC is to change the world for the better through sport and to promote social change. Protecting the health of the athlete is an important part of this vision, in order to protect the integrity of sport, protect elite athletes, protect the health of all those exercising and to promote physical activity. The protection of clean athletes through doping control is also important ...

Daniela Flück, Igor D. Braz, Stefanie Keiser, Fabienne Hüppin, Thomas Haider, Matthias P. Hilty, James P. Fisher, and Carsten Lundby Zürich Center for Integrative Human Physiology (ZIHP), University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland; Institute of Physiology, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland; School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences,...

Michael J. McKenna, Ben D. Perry, Fabio R. Serpiello, Marissa K. Caldow, Pazit Levinger, David Cameron-Smith, and Itamar Levinger Institute of Sport, Exercise and Active Living (ISEAL), Muscle, Ions and Exercise Group, Victoria University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; School of Sport and Exercise Science, Muscle, Ions and Exercise Group, Victoria University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; F...

OBJECTIVE To determine factors associated with adult squash players' protective eyewear behaviours. METHODS A survey of 303 players (aged >or =18 years) was conducted at three squash venues in Melbourne, Australia over a three week period in June 2000 to obtain information about protective eyewear use. RESULTS Of 303 participants the response rate was 98.1%; 66.1% were males, with a mean ag...

Web-based 24-h dietary recalls and questionnaires were obtained from 553 Dutch well-trained athletes. The total energy and macronutrient intake was compared between discipline-categories (endurance, team, and strength) within gender, and dietary inadequacy, i.e., too low or high intakes, according to selected recommendations and guidelines, was evaluated by applying a probability approach. On a...

This study extends recent research investigating organizational stress in elite sport. Fourteen international performers (7 men and 7 women) from a wide range of sports were interviewed with regard to potential sources of organizational stress. Consistent with Woodman and Hardy’s (2001a) theoretical framework of organizational stress in sport, four main categories were examined: environmental i...

Kiyoshi Sanada, Motoyuki Iemitsu, Haruka Murakami, Izumi Tabata, Kenta Yamamoto, Yuko Gando, Katsuhiko Suzuki, Mitsuru Higuchi, and Motohiko Miyachi College of Sport and Health Science, Ritsumeikan University, Shiga; Consolidated Research Institute for Advanced Science and Medical Care, Waseda University; Health Promotion and Exercise, National Institute of Health and Nutrition, Tokyo; and Facu...