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Artificial intelligence in sports analytics and rehabilitation

Guest Editors
Attila Biró, PhD, Obuda University, Hungary
İnci Kesilmiş, PhD, Msc, Mersin University, Türkiye

Submission Status: Open until 30 January 2026

Virtual reality: training and rehabilitation

Guest Editor
Jie Hao, DPT, Southeast Colorado Hospital, USA

Submission Status: Open until 7 January 2026

ACL injury and rehabilitation in female athletes

Guest Editors
Angela Blasimann, PhD Bern University of Applied Sciences, School of Health Professions, Switzerland
Nicky van Melick, PhD, Sports & Orthopedics Research Center, Anna TopSupport, The Netherlands

Submission Status: Open until 18 September 2025

Optimizing team sports performance: An approach from training to competition

Guest Editors
Bruno Sérgio Varanda Gonçalves, PhD, University of Évora, Portugal
Hugo Miguel Borges Sarmento, PhD, University of Coimbra, Portugal

Submission Status: Open until 12 August 2025

The effect of physical exercise in the brain

Guest Editors
Giampaolo Brichetto, MD, PhD, Italian Multiple Sclerosis Society Foundation, Italy
Miguel Jacinto, PhD, Polytechnic of Leiria, Portugal

Submission Status: Open until 8 July 2025

Exercise across the lifespan

Guest Editors: Christoph Centner, Nicole Freene, Ganpiero Greco, Maryam Koushkie, Goran Kuvacic, Raquel Leiros-Rodriguez and Damien Vitiello

 

Evidencing the impact of diet on sports performance

This Article Collection in BMC Sports Science, Medicine, and Rehabilitation showcases research on the importance of diet and nutrition on exercise and sports performance.

High-intensity training: it's not just for athletes anymore

Read about the benefits of the effect of high-intensity exercise on metabolism, cardiac rehabilitation, musculoskeletal pain, and pulmonary disorders.

Publication date: May 2020. 

Editor's choice collection: The Tokyo Summer Games

This retrospective collection showcases the full spectrum of research into sports represented at the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. Ranging from injury epidemiology, nutrition, psychology to infectious disease risk, explore selected articles selected in August 2021.

Concussion and head injuries in sports

Guest Editors:
Ed Daly, PhD, Atlantic Technological University, Ireland
Shawn R. Eagle, PhD, University of Pittsburgh, USA
Lisa Ryan. PhD, Atlantic Technological University, Ireland

Promoting gender equality in sports science

Guest Editors:
Alliance Kubayi, PhD: Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa
Raquel Leirós-Rodríguez, PhD: University of León, Spain
 

Maintaining fitness at home

Guest Editor:
Ladislav Baťalík, PhD, PT: University Hospital Brno, Czech Republic
 

Youth sports and fitness

Guest Editors:
Souhail Hermassi, PhD, Qatar University, Qatar