Rethinking ‘science-based’ policy in sport: complexity, evidence and the limits of reductionism

Yannis P Pitsiladis, Ke Hu, Kaiyun Huang, Mark R Hutchinson, Michael Geistlinger, José Kawazoe Lazzoli, Bernd Wolfarth, Volodymyr Sekretnyi, Sandra Rozenstoka, Jürgen M Steinacker, Sergio Migliorini, Nebojsa Nikolic, Gianfranco Beltrami, Hashel O Al Tunaiji, Raymond So, Samuel Ka Kin Ling, Giuseppe Massazza, Maurizio Casasco, Chiara Fossati, Fabio Pigozzi

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DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2026-112025
Published: 2026-10-13
Container: British Journal of Sports Medicine
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@article{allodium:10.1136/bjsports-2026-112025,
  title = {Rethinking ‘science-based’ policy in sport: complexity, evidence and the limits of reductionism},
  author = {Yannis P Pitsiladis and Ke Hu and Kaiyun Huang and Mark R Hutchinson and Michael Geistlinger and José Kawazoe Lazzoli and Bernd Wolfarth and Volodymyr Sekretnyi and Sandra Rozenstoka and Jürgen M Steinacker and Sergio Migliorini and Nebojsa Nikolic and Gianfranco Beltrami and Hashel O Al Tunaiji and Raymond So and Samuel Ka Kin Ling and Giuseppe Massazza and Maurizio Casasco and Chiara Fossati and Fabio Pigozzi},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {British Journal of Sports Medicine},
  doi = {10.1136/bjsports-2026-112025},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2026-112025}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Rethinking ‘science-based’ policy in sport: complexity, evidence and the limits of reductionism
AU  - Yannis P Pitsiladis
AU  - Ke Hu
AU  - Kaiyun Huang
AU  - Mark R Hutchinson
AU  - Michael Geistlinger
AU  - José Kawazoe Lazzoli
AU  - Bernd Wolfarth
AU  - Volodymyr Sekretnyi
AU  - Sandra Rozenstoka
AU  - Jürgen M Steinacker
AU  - Sergio Migliorini
AU  - Nebojsa Nikolic
AU  - Gianfranco Beltrami
AU  - Hashel O Al Tunaiji
AU  - Raymond So
AU  - Samuel Ka Kin Ling
AU  - Giuseppe Massazza
AU  - Maurizio Casasco
AU  - Chiara Fossati
AU  - Fabio Pigozzi
PY  - 2026
JO  - British Journal of Sports Medicine
DO  - 10.1136/bjsports-2026-112025
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2026-112025
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Pitsiladis, Y. P., Hu, K., Huang, K., Hutchinson, M. R., Geistlinger, M., Lazzoli, J. K., Wolfarth, B., Sekretnyi, V., Rozenstoka, S., Steinacker, J. M., Migliorini, S., Nikolic, N., Beltrami, G., Tunaiji, H. O. A., So, R., Ling, S. K. K., Massazza, G., Casasco, M., Fossati, C., & Pigozzi, F. (2026). Rethinking ‘science-based’ policy in sport: complexity, evidence and the limits of reductionism. British Journal of Sports Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2026-112025

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