Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport 20 (2017) 807
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Editorial
Cannabis, exercise performance and sport
The first of this month’s feature articles, by Michael Kennedy,
is a timely review given the push in many jurisdictions around the
world for increased access to cannabis products. His review sug-
gests that there is no evidence that cannabis has aerobic or strength
enhancement effects. In the second feature article Barnett and col-
leagues reinforce the need for exposure to play based activities to
develop positive self-perception to enhance engagement in MVPA
in children. The third feature article, by Iannetta and colleagues,
outlines the usefulness of the near-infrared spectroscopy derived
deoxygenated haemoglobin break point as a measure of exercise
intensity domains.
The first article in the sports and exercise medicine section this
month by Thompson, Petrie and Anderson outlines how eating
disordered behaviours change over a sporting season. Bagge and
co-workers describe the long term effects of anabolic androgenic
steroid abuse in power sport athletes, and in the final article in this
section, Grigg’s team examine the effect of cooling on thermoreg-
ulatory response in athletes with tetraplegia.
This month’s sports injury section is led off by Brund and col-
leagues report of a prospective work examining the relationship
between stance phase foot characteristics and onset of running
injury in the lower leg. Continuing the foot focus, Dingenen and co-
workers examine the impact of taping on foot kinematics in persons
with chronic ankle instability.
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In the first article in the physical activity section Li’s group pro-
vide a systematic review of the effect of acute and chronic exercise
on both cognitive function and academic performance in adoles-
cents. In the second article, Ravagnani’s team evaluate the Rosetta
Stone equations for estimating MVPA across studies utilizing dif-
fering cut-points.
In the sport and exercise science section, Pryor and colleagues
lead off with a report describing the impact of coach led injury
preventative training on movement technique in youth soccer
(football) players. Continuing a football theme, Mara, Thompson,
Pumpa and Morgan describe the acceleration patterns of elite
female soccer players during competition. In the final paper in this
section, Bradley’s group report the impact of timing of carbohydrate
provision during a simulated rugby league match.
The September 2017 issue of the Journal of Science and Medicine
in Sport continues to provide a high quality mix of articles across
the full spectrum of science and medicine in sport.
Gordon S. Waddington
E-mail address:
Gordon.Waddington@canberra.edu.au