2025
2025 NIN research
- What does Dr Google tell us about tendinopathies? An Italian analysis of online content, opens in a new tab. d'Amone F; Rio E; Esposto M; et al., Pain Management, Vol. 15 (12), pp. 985-995, (Dec 2025).
- A qualitative investigation of elite athletes' coping insight patterns from self-distanced and self-immersed stressor reflections, opens in a new tab. Murdoch EM; Ayers J; Crane MF; et al., Anxiety, Stress, and Coping, Vol. 38 (6), pp. 658-674, (Nov 2025)
- Iron Status, Muscle Oxygenation and Performance in Female Athletes During Repeated-Sprint Training in Hypoxia, opens in a new tab. Stein M; Peeling P; Girard O, Sports Medicine, (10 Dec 2025)
- Effects of mHealth interventions to prescribe resistance training: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials, opens in a new tab. Cox, Emily R; Beacroft, Sam; Jansson, Anna K; et al., The International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, Vol. 23 (1), pp. 7, (22 Dec 2025).
- Navigating the Risks Beyond the Label: Unpacking Global Nutritional Supplement Safety, opens in a new tab. Wardenaar FC; Burns SF; Slater G; et al., International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism, Vol. 36 (2), pp. 134-166, (16 Dec 2025).
- The Water Polo Intermittent Shuttle Test in Women's Water Polo Players, opens in a new tab. Olivier MH; Gorman AD; Connick MJ; Holmberg PM; et al., European Journal of Sport Science, Vol. 25 (11), pp. E70074, (Nov 2025).
- Characteristics for podium success: Insights from speed/power-based track and field experts, opens in a new tab. Turner KJ; Elvish TM; Kremer P; Millett EL; et al., Journal of Sports Sciences, pp. 1-13, (7 Nov 2025).
- Resources to Guide Researchers in the Pursuit of High-Quality Sport Science Research in Women, opens in a new tab. Smith, Ella S; Elliott-Sale, Kirsty J; Harris, Rachel; et al., International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism, Vol. 36 (1), pp. 42-51, (26 Nov 2025)
- Menstrual Cycle Symptoms, But Not Oestrogen or Progesterone Concentrations, Are Associated With Sleep in Female Athletes, opens in a new tab. Pearson MA; Weakley JJS; Russell S; et al., European Journal of Sport Science, Vol. 25 (10), pp. E70038, (Oct 2025).
- Goal setting in youth sport: are we unintentionally contributing to dropout?, opens in a new tab Goddard SG; Reece LJ; Vella SA; Swann C, British Journal of Sports Medicine, Vol. 59 (19), pp. 1325-1327, (8 Oct 2025).
- A longitudinal investigation of performance and injury outcomes associated with disordered eating in elite athletes, opens in a new tab. Fatt SJ; Hay P; George E; Jeacocke N; et al., Sports Medicine – Open, Vol. 11 (1), pp. 122, (29 Oct 2025).
- Cervical spine and vestibulo-ocular screening in elite female athletes with a history of concussion, opens in a new tab. Leung F; Warner E; King M; et al., Musculoskeletal Science & Practice, Vol. 80, pp. 103406, (4 Sep 2025).
- Caffeine enhances performance regardless of fueling strategy, however high CHO availability is associated with improved training speeds compared with ketogenic diet, opens in a new tab. Burke LM; Merrell L; Sharma AP; et al., The British Journal of Nutrition, pp. 1-24, (18 Sep 2025).
- Stroke characteristics are associated with sprint-paddling performance in female and male competitive surfers, opens in a new tab. Gosney S; MacDonald L; Denny A; et al., Sports Biomechanics, pp. 1-17, (2 Sep 2025).
- Current Practices for Mental Fatigue Quantification and Induction in Movement Science: Introducing the SPeCIFY Guidelines, opens in a new tab. Schampheleer E; Habay J; Russell S; et al., Sports Medicine, (5 Sep 2025).
- Critical-Speed Modeling Using Familiar Performance Tests Can Accurately Predict 1500-m Rowing-Ergometer Performance Capability, opens in a new tab. Astridge DJ; Bartam JC; Peeling P; et al., International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, (11 Sep 2025).
- Muscle Typology Does Not Influence Peak-Intensity Periods, Subsequent Recovery, or Match-Running Declines Toward the End of a Match in Professional Male Football, opens in a new tab. Van de Casteele F; Van Haaren J; Minahan C; et al., International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, pp. 1-10, (13 Sep 2025).
- Relationships Among Sprint-Paddling Performance, Shoulder Function, and Upper-Body Strength, in Female Surfers, opens in a new tab. Parsonage J; Webster H; Minahan C; et al., Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, (17 Sep 2025).
- Evolution of Mental Fatigue With Consecutive Match Progression in Elite Fencing, opens in a new tab. Bian C; Russell S; Kons RL; et al., International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, pp. 1-8, (17 Sep 2025).
- ... O 2 linear-onset kinetics spanning steady- and non-steady-state exercise., opens in a new tab Robergs R; O'Malley B; Dewilde A; et al., Frontiers in Physiology, Vol. 16, pp. 1547662, (15 Aug 2025).
- Critical Power Is More Strongly Associated With Rowing Performance Than the Second Lactate Threshold., opens in a new tab Dwyer DD; Lester KD; Siegel R; et al., International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, (18 Aug 2025).
- Endogenous analgesia, assessed via conditioned pain modulation, is not different in people with hip osteoarthritis compared to controls: a cross-sectional study., opens in a new tab Murphy MC; Coventry M; Rio EK; et al., Musculoskeletal Science & Practice, Vol. 78, pp. 103367, (Aug 2025).
- Practitioner Perspectives on the Association Between Mental Fatigue and Injury Risk in High-Performance Sport: A Mixed Methods Study., opens in a new tab Fazackerley LA; Hickey J; Russell S; et al., European Journal of Sport Science, Vol. 25 (8), pp. E70028, (Aug 2025).
- Impacts of Season Phases and Training Variables on Mental Fatigue in Real-World Elite Fencing., opens in a new tab Bian C; Russell S; De Pauw K; et al., International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, Vol. 20 (9), pp. 1232-1238, (5 Aug 2025).
- Effect of work-to-rest ratio on acute responses to repeated-sprint training in hypoxia in elite track endurance cyclists, opens in a new tab. Barratt GK; Buckley JD; Robertson EY; et al., Journal of Sports Sciences, Vol. 43 (19), pp. 2287-2300, (20 Aug 2025).
- Gender gap in physical activity and sport participation across the lifespan in Australia between 2016 and 2023, opens in a new tab. Owen KB; Clare PJ; Reece LJ; et al., BMC Public Health, Vol. 25 (1), pp. 2889, (22 Aug 2025).
- Synthetic Data for Sharing and Exploration in High-Performance Sport: Considerations for Application, opens in a new tab. Warmenhoven J; Impellizzeri FM; Shrier I; et al., Sports Medicine, Vol. 55 (8), pp. 2019-2037, (Aug 2025).
- Vascular adaptation in elite female and male rowers across a competitive season, opens in a new tab. Henley-Martin SR; Brade CJ; Watts SP; et al., Current Research in Physiology, Vol. 8, pp. 100164, (26 Aug 2025).
- Why do Some Respond and Develop more from Coaching than Others? A Systematic Review of Coachability and Its Constituent Components, opens in a new tab. MacGabhann S; Newman P; Witchalls J; et al., Sports Medicine, (12 Jul 2025).
- How Do Fluctuations in Endogenous Sex Hormones Affect Breast Pain in Female Athletes?, opens in a new tabBrisbine BR; Mara JK; McKay AKA; et al., Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports, Vol. 35 (7), pp. E70101, (Jul 2025).
- Paddle-to-Podium: a four-phased applied research model, translating research into practice for female surfers., opens in a new tab Parsonage J; MacDonald M; Shephard M; et al., Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, Vol. 7, pp. 1619283, (18 Jul 2025).
- Teamwork Makes the Dream Work: Who Should Be Managing Athletes on Matters Related to Sleep?, opens in a new tab Driller MW; Halson SL; Rio E; et al., (25 Jul 2025).
- The effects of training and sex on cardiac adaptation in elite rowers across a competitive season., opens in a new tab Henley-Martin SR; Brade CJ; Riddell H; et al., European Journal of Applied Physiology, (25 July 2025).
- Can Current Metrics Characterise or Differentiate Between Elite Track and Field Athletes Within the Sprints, Hurdles, High Jump, Long Jump and Triple Jump? A Systematic Review., opens in a new tab Turner KJ; Trowell D; Millett EL; et al., Sports Medicine, (28 Jul 2025).
- The Natural History of Bone Stress Injuries in Athletes: From Inception to Resolution., opens in a new tab Crunkhorn ML; Etxebarria N; Toohey LA; et al., Sports Medicine, (28 Jul 2025).
- Conducting Resisted Sled Sprint Load-Velocity Profiling in Female Rugby League Athletes-Reliability and Sled Load Using Velocity Decrement., opens in a new tab Martin A; Duhig S; Bourne M; et al., Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, (30 Jul 2025).
- An analysis of pacing profiles in sprint kayak racing using functional principal components and hidden Markov models., opens in a new tab Estreich H; Bullock N; Osborne M; et al., PLoS One, Vol. 20 (7), pp. E0326375, (2 July 2025).
- The Acute Effects of Non-concussive Head Impacts on Brain Microstructure, Chemistry and Function in Male Soccer Players: A Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial., opens in a new tab Delang N; Robertson RV; Tinoco Mendoza FA; et al., Sports Medicine – Open, Vol. 11 (1), pp. 77, (18 Jun 2025).
- Training Prescription and Monitoring in Rowing: Perspectives From Elite Australian Coaches., opens in a new tab Watts SP; Binnie MJ; Goods PSR; Peeling P, European Journal of Sport Science, Vol. 25 (6), pp. E12328, (Jun 2025).
- Use of Heart-Rate Variability to Examine Readiness to Perform in Response to Overload and Taper in Swimmers., opens in a new tab Bulte KR; Bruce L; Hammond K; et al., International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, Vol. 20 (7), pp. 918-924, (13 May 2025).
- Female Athletes Report Positive Experiences as Research Participants., opens in a new tab Smith ES; McKay AKA; Ackerman KE; et al., International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism, Vol. 35 (5), pp. 433-443, (7 May 2025).
- Body Composition Characteristics of Elite Senior and Under 23 Australian Sprint Kayakers., opens in a new tab Sports, Vol. 13 (5), (8 May 2025).
- Exercise Sensations During Moderate-Intensity Heart-Rate-Clamped Cycling in Graded Hypoxia: A Qualitative Approach., opens in a new tab Li SN; Peeling P; Budden T; et al., International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, Vol. 20 (7), pp. 1009-1012, (13 May 2025).
- Upper-Body Strength and Range of Motion Are Associated With Sprint-Paddling Force and Performance in Competitive Female and Male Surfers, opens in a new tab. Gosney S; Parsonage J; Worsey M; et al., Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, Vol. 39 (8), pp. e1017-e1025, (16 May 2025).
- Assessing the feasibility and impact of clinical trial trustworthiness checks via an application to Cochrane Reviews: Stage 2 of the INSPECT-SR project., opens in a new tab Wilkinson J; Heal C; Borg DN; et al., Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, Vol. 184, pp. 111824, (9 May 2025).
- Coaches' insights: Determinants of athlete success, physical demands and training approaches in single-handed Olympic-class dinghy sailing., opens in a new tab Winchcombe CE; Goods PSR; Binnie MJ; Peeling P, PloS One, Vol. 20 (6), pp. E0322510, (9 Jun 2025).
- Sports Dietitians Evaluation of Food Provision for Athletes at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games., opens in a new tab Pelly FE; Dufour A; Slater G, European Journal of Sport Science, Vol. 25 (4), pp. E12276, (Apr 2025).
- Changes in mental fatigue across preparation and competition periods in elite male Australian football players., opens in a new tab Joseph SD; Russell S; Halson SL; et al., Journal of Sports Sciences, pp. 1-10, (11 Apr 2025).
- Evaluation of a custom trained human pose estimation model for kinematic analysis of pole vault performance., opens in a new tab Baker J; Balloch A; Peeling P; et al., Journal of Sports Sciences, pp. 1-8, (13 Apr 2025).
- Lessons Learned and Call for Action From Building an International Consensus on Social Return on Investment Modeling of Physical Activity and Sport., opens in a new tab Nieto I; Mayo X; Reece L; et al., Journal of Physical Activity & Health, pp. 1-4, (17 Apr 2025).
- Mental fatigue, skill performance and activity profile in elite male Australian Football match play., opens in a new tab Joseph SD; Russell S; Halson SL; et al., Journal of Sports Sciences, pp. 1-11, (11 Apr 2025).
- Sports Dietitians Australia and Ultra Sports Science Foundation Joint Position Statement: A Practitioner Guide to the Prevention and Management of Exercise-Associated Gastrointestinal Perturbations and Symptoms., opens in a new tab Costa RJS; Gaskell SK; Jeacocke NA; et al., Sports Medicine, (7 Apr 2025).
- Sports Metaresearch: An Emerging Discipline of Sport Science and Medicine., opens in a new tab Warmenhoven J; Menaspà P; Borg DN; et al., Sports Medicine, Vol. 55 (4), pp. 845-856, (Apr 2025).
- The Validity and Engagement of the OSTRC-H2 Questionnaire as a Surveillance Tool to Detect Health Problems in a High-Performance Australian Youth Diving Cohort: An Observational Study., opens in a new tab Fitch AS; Mara J; Hetherington M; et al., Health Science Reports, Vol. 8 (4), pp. E70654, (18 Apr 2025).
- Understanding of mental fatigue in elite fencing sports: perspectives from Chinese national level fencers., opens in a new tab Bian C; Russell S; De Pauw K; et al., Frontiers in Psychology, Vol. 16, pp. 1512326 (4 Apr 2025)
- Menstrual cycles and macrocycles: Science, not socials, is doing the heavy lifting., opens in a new tab Minahan C, The Journal of Physiology, Vol. 603 (5), pp. 1023-1024, (Mar 2025).
- Validation of End-of-Session D' Balance for Quantifying and Differentiating Exhaustive and Nonexhaustive Intermittent-Training Sessions in Runners., opens in a new tab Bellenger CR; Nitschke M; Bartram JC, International Journal Of Sports Physiology And Performance, pp. 1-9, (25 Mar 2025).
- Why We Must Stop Assuming and Estimating Menstrual Cycle Phases in Laboratory and Field-Based Sport Related Research., opens in a new tab Elliott-Sale KJ; Altini M; Harris R; et al., Sports Medicine, (14 Mar 2025).
- Validation of a Neurophysiological-Based Wearable Device (Somfit) for the Assessment of Sleep in Athletes., opens in a new tab Roach GD; Miller DJ; Shell SJ; et al., Sensors, Vol. 25 (7), (27 Mar 2025).
- Lateral End-Range Movement Profile and Shot Effectiveness During Grand Slam Tennis Match-Play., opens in a new tab Armstrong C; Peeling P; Murphy A; et al., European Journal of Sport Science, Vol. 25 (2), (Feb 2025).
- Development of Australian mental health guidelines for community sport., opens in a new tab Vella SA; Liddelow C; Reece LJ; et al., British Journal of Sports Medicine, (19 Feb 2025).
- Influence of physical characteristics, sport-specific factors, and training participation on mental fatigue in elite Australian Rules Football athletes., opens in a new tab Joseph SD; Russell S; Halson SL; et al., Journal of Sports Sciences, (25 Feb 2025).
- Injury Prevention Strategies in Dance: A Systematic Review., opens in a new tab Critchley ML; Rio E; Räisänen AM; et al., Journal Of Dance Medicine & Science : Official Publication Of The International Association For Dance Medicine & Science, (5 Feb 2025).
- Measuring pole forces in seated shot put: a case study., opens in a new tab Holdback CJM; Kelso RM; Haydon DS; et al., Sports Biomechanics, pp. 1-12, (5 Feb 2025).
- Barriers and enablers to measuring resting metabolic rate in the high-performance sporting system: A qualitative exploratory study., opens in a new tab Kuikman MA; McKay AK; Brown H; et al., Journal of sports sciences, (20 Jan 2025).
- Bringing biomechanics to ballet: a feasibility study using wearable technology during grand allegro., opens in a new tab Swords T; McClelland J; Middleton K; et al., Sports biomechanics, (12 Jan 2025).
- Do Anxiety, Depression, Fear of Movement and Fear of Achilles Rupture Correlate with Achilles Tendinopathy Pain, Symptoms or Physical Function?, opens in a new tab White G; Bright F; Rio EK; et al., Journal of clinical medicine, Vol. 14 (2), (13 Jan 2025).
- Dose-response and time-lagged effect of daily training load on athlete well-being during an international rugby series., opens in a new tab Crewther BT; Serpell B; Potts N; et al., Biology of sport, Vol 42 (1), pp. 39-45, (Jan 2025).
- Systemic hypoxia has a larger effect on reducing the external load at lower exercise intensity during heart rate clamped cycling., opens in a new tab Li SN; Peeling P; Scott BR; et al., European journal of sport science, Vol. 25 (1), (Jan 2025).
- The dynamics of seated shot put: a case study example of pole grip optimisation., opens in a new tab Holdback CJ; Haydon DS; Ibrahim R; et al., Frontiers in sports and active living, Vol. 7, pp. 1509435, (20 Jan 2025).
