Background: Elite sport is continuously evolving. World records keep falling and athletes
from a longer list of countries are involved. Purpose: This commentary was designed to …

More women are successfully combining their elite athletic careers with motherhood,
however for many, pregnancy and motherhood are often one of the main reasons they end …

Female athletes have identified a lack of guidance as a barrier to successfully returning to
running postpartum, and existing guidelines are vague. Our aim was to define the current …

Routine exercise leads to cardiovascular adaptations that differ based on sex. Use of
cardiac testing to screen athletes has driven research to define how these sex-based …

Returning to running postpartum presents challenges such as musculoskeletal pain and
pelvic floor dysfunction for some females, but there is little guidance on developing and …

Pregnancy and childbirth involve substantial physical, physiological and psychological
changes. As such, postpartum rugby players should be supported and appropriately …

Objectives To analyse the available evidence and identify gaps in current knowledge
regarding physical activity volume and intensity and their effects on pregnancy outcomes in …

Several female athletes have recently challenged the long-standing assumption that
pregnancy/parenthood (particularly motherhood) and participation in elite-level sport are …

Challenges facing mother-athletes (MAs) have aroused research and media attention in
recent years, with an increasing number of sportswomen attempting to successfully combine …

Over the last few decades, there has been an unprecedented growth in the number of
females in sport and exercise, including an exponential rise in female participation …