Meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine

Abstract

Review on the 2015 Meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine. Priority themes at the 62nd annual meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine were clinical sports medicine, sport nutrition, exercise physiology and population physical activity. There were few abstracts with a focus on high-level sport performance. Featured Presentations included science of resistance training, history of sports nutrition, limits of VO2max, pediatric issues, extreme exercise, lactic acid, fraud, fatigue, dehydration, energy balance, concussion, cherry juice, inflammation, and Ball State. Noteworthy Abstracts focusing on performance and injury prevention are summarized under the following headings… Acute Effects: non-circular chain rings, whole-body vibration, hypoxia pre-conditioning. Correlates of Performance: genes, tests, football-match distance. Injury: core stability, ankle instability, concussion, ACL. Nutrition and Drugs: iron deficiency, high-K meal, paracetamol, betalain, astaxanthan, NAC, cherry juice, caffeine, ß-alanine, bicarbonate, chocolate milk, probiotic plus a-lipoic acid, colostrum, beetroot, nitrate, carbohydrate, fish oil. Talent Development: swimming participation, Olympic/worlds participation. Training: overtraining marker, brain training, breath holding, Pilates, hypoxia, blood-flow restriction, barefoot running, dynamic stretching, Thrower's-Ten program.