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Sports Performance and Training

This cluster of papers covers a wide range of topics in sports science, including training load monitoring, performance analysis, resistance training, physiological demands of soccer, muscle adaptations, high-intensity interval training, neuromuscular fatigue, metabolic responses, and athlete monitoring.

175,604 works

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Most cited

  1. Psychophysical bases of perceived exertion

    Gunnar Borg · 1982 · Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise · 16,597 citations

  2. The heat of shortening and the dynamic constants of muscle

    Archibald Vivian Hill · 1938 · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 5,586 citations

  3. Perceived exertion as an indicator of somatic stress

    G Borg · 1970 · Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine · 4,738 citations

  4. Measures of Reliability in Sports Medicine and Science

    Will G. Hopkins · 2000 · Sports Medicine · 4,600 citations

  5. Progression Models in Resistance Training for Healthy Adults

    Author unknown · 2009 · Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise · 4,261 citations

  6. A new method for detecting anaerobic threshold by gas exchange

    W. L. Beaver, K. Wasserman, Brian J. Whipp · 1986 · Journal of Applied Physiology · 4,096 citations

Most recent

  1. Biomechanical and neuromuscular correlates of DaeDo output during successful dominant- and non-dominant-leg taekwondo side kicks: a repeated-measures study

    Yijun Liu, Mengyao Jia · 2026 · BMC Sports Science Medicine and Rehabilitation · 0 citations

  2. Acute Effects of Post-Activation Performance Enhancement-Based Warm-Up Protocols on Knee Joint Kinematics and Countermovement Jump Performance in Male Physical Education Students

    Mohammadtaghi Amiri-Khorasani, Fariborz Mohammadipour, Ahmad Shokrollahi, Ali Khorasani · 2026 · Journal of Sport Biomechanics · 0 citations

  3. Analysis of sports skill transfer and learning curves based on motor behavior data mining

    Wenxiang Long · 2026 · Advances in Social Behavior Research · 0 citations

  4. Explainable machine learning for age-specific talent identification in Chinese youth football

    Tong Yan, Jingyi Bi, Shixin Li, Luohang Chen · 2026 · Frontiers in Sports and Active Living · 0 citations

  5. A Retrospective Weekly Rating of Perceived Exertion Measure May Assist Training Load Monitoring in Professional Tennis Players

    Diego H. Méndez, Federico Villalba, Santiago Soliño, Tim J. Gabbett · 2026 · Sports · 0 citations

  6. Categorizing race profiles in professional men’s and women’s road cycling races using clustering

    Annemiek J. Roete, Marije T. Elferink‐Gemser, Robert P. Lamberts, Matthias Kempe · 2026 · BMC Sports Science Medicine and Rehabilitation · 0 citations

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