George P. Nassis

TL;DR: The Navajo Nation is the most recent example of the vulnerability of American Indian reservations to pandemic disease, and its COVID-19 infection rate is among the highest in the world.

TL;DR: 12 weeks of aerobic training improved insulin sensitivity in overweight and obese girls without change in body weight, percent body fat, and circulating concentrations of adiponectin, IL-6, CRP, and other inflammatory markers, and suggest that increased physical activity may ameliorate the metabolic abnormalities associated with obesity in children with a mechanism other than the parameters cited earlier.

TL;DR: Of the perceived barriers to effectiveness, limited human resources scored highest, followed by coach buy-in, and the discrepancy between expected and actual effectiveness appears to be due to suboptimal integration with coaches, insufficient human resources, and concerns over the reliability of assessment tools.

TL;DR: Analysis of cortisol and testosterone in saliva may help detect the onset of non-functional overreaching and subsequently may help to prevent the development of overtraining syndrome.

TL;DR: Following the recent examples of the 2008 Olympics and the 2014 FIFA World Cup, sport governing bodies should consider allowing additional recovery periods between and during events, for hydration and body cooling opportunities, when competitions are held in the heat.