The number of scientific investigations on women's football specific to the topics of player
characteristics and demands of the game has considerably increased in recent years due to …

Pain is a common problem among elite athletes and is frequently associated with sport
injury. Both injury and pain interfere with peak performance. Pain management should be …

Football is a global game which is constantly evolving, showing substantial increases in
physical and technical demands. Nutrition plays a valuable integrated role in optimising …

Background Low energy availability (EA) in female athletes with or without an eating
disorder (ED) increases the risk of oligomenorrhoea/functional hypothalamic amenorrhoea …

Objectives: This study aimed to assess the distribution of injuries in relation to menstrual
cycle phase and when menstrual cycle length was extended in international footballers …

Over the past fifteen years, there has been a great increase in the knowledge of eating
disorders in sport and effective means of treatment. In this book, the authors draw on their …

This study aimed to assess energy availability (EA), alongside possible risk factors of
reduced or low EA of professional female soccer players during a competitive season …

Context: Stress fractures are common injuries in athletes, often difficult to diagnose. A stress
fracture is a fatigue-induced fracture of bone caused by repeated applications of stress over …

Low energy availability [(energy intake–exercise expenditure)/kg lean body mass], a
component of the Female Athlete Triad, has been associated with menstrual disturbances …

Stress fractures are widely encountered in sport medicine and rheumatology. Stress
fractures result from abnormal and repetitive loading on normal bone that lead to …