American College of Sports Medicine

A new article from Tarumi and colleagues presents evidence supporting the hypothesis that starting aerobic exercise in early adulthood and continuing it throughout life leads to significant neurocognitive benefits compared with starting exercise later in life. Regular aerobic exercise at moderate-to-vigorous intensity during midlife is associated with significant improvement in cardiorespiratory fitness, which may create a favorable brain microenvironment promoting neuroplasticity through enhanced vascular function. Read the article in Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews: https://brnw.ch/21wQFBw

New article by Oliver et al. in the Translational Journal of the American College of Sports Medicine explores factors related to SWAT Operators' performance. Read all about it! 📄https://brnw.ch/21wQD6Q

In the field of sports injury epidemiology, the metric known as injury burden has been posited as a measure that combines information on the incidence of an injury (quantified by injury rate per a standard measure of exposure) with the severity of the injury (denoted by the average time lost due to the injury). In a new article in Current Sports Medicine Reports, Anderson and colleagues explore the mathematical justification for quantifying injury burden as mean time lost as opposed to median time lost, and discuss further aspects of injury burden: https://brnw.ch/21wQzA4

The Winter Compendium of the Translational Journal of the American College of Sports Medicine is now available‼️ Take a look at some of the articles, and click the link to read the full issue: https://brnw.ch/21wQyLq

Don't miss the February issue of Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise! This month's featured articles are: ☑️ COVID-19’s Impact on Athletes: Reduced Cardiorespiratory Fitness after a SARS-CoV-2 Infection ☑️ Mitochondrial Influence on Performance Fatigability: Considering Sex Variability ☑️ Setting Treadmill Intensity for Rat Aerobic Training Using Lactate and Gas Exchange Thresholds Check out the issue: https://brnw.ch/21wQxyt

The February issue of Current Sports Medicine Reports (CSMR) is now live and provides two articles free of charge through March 3. Featured articles: ➡️ Consider the Mean-ing: Quantifying Injury Burden in Sports Injury Epidemiology ➡️ Cannabis Intoxication: a New and Evolving Concern for Sports Medicine Check out this issue: https://brnw.ch/21wQur2

To commemorate World Cancer Day, ACSM's Cancer Special Interest Group has collected resources created specifically to guide those living with and beyond a cancer diagnosis in using physical activity and exercise to improve their quality of life. Find these under "Patient Resources," along with 100+ additional resources related to cancer and exercise: https://brnw.ch/21wQtct

New Blog: Adeline Farrington shares her experience as the Research Health and Fitness Coordinator and Cancer Exercise Trainer at UPMC Hillman Cancer Center. On World Cancer Day, learn how talented professionals like Adeline are changing the lives of those with cancer: https://brnw.ch/21wQsQN

🚨 Early bird registration prices end TODAY for the IDEA & ACSM Health & Fitness Summit! Lock in your seat to join us in Denver before prices go up tomorrow. ACSM members receive special event pricing: https://brnw.ch/21wQnV8

ACSM's flagship journal, Medicine & Science in Sports and Exercise® (MSSE), is now accepting applications for the role of digital editor. The digital editor will support MSSE through the development of digital and social media content. The role description can be found here: https://brnw.ch/21wQf5A Interested ACSM members should submit their application by Feb. 9, 2025. Apply: https://brnw.ch/21wQf5z