Athletes can benefit from a nuanced understanding of the autonomic nervous system and the physiology of how the body actually ...

Researchers tend to place stress in two main categories: This refers to short-term pressures such as an exam or an impending ...

The heart of the endurance athlete is placed under great stress during training and competition. Cardiac adaptation to exercise training encompasses morphological, functional and electrical changes ...

This year’s Olympic competitors will have to adjust. It’ll be a quick adjustment, too, for U.S. athletes who just competed in the Olympic Trials at Hayward Field, a paradise for athletes in ...

That same study links poor sleep among elite athletes with “a higher stress state” and “increased daytime dysfunction.” “Sleep is pretty foundational to both performance and health, both in the short ...

eating disorders are more common in female athletes than in male athletes and such disorders also increase the risk of stress fractures. "Too little relative energy intake must be avoided at all ...

stress reaction and stress fractures) in athletes at the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Summer Olympic Games. Methods We recorded all sports injuries at the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Summer Olympics reported by the ...

“The reason is that the emotional stress of watching the game can trigger surges of adrenaline. In turn, this can elevate blood pressure, increase your heart rate and even provoke dangerous ...

The guidelines will now stress athletes being a part of the decision-making process and periodic reviews will take place. The Tokyo 2020 Games were celebrated as being the most inclusive Games in ...