THE JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND MEDICINE IN SPORT ATION T ADAPTATION IN FEMALES Ostermann and Dobos provide an Trewin’s group’s paper in the sport and overview of the prevalence of injury inexercise science section, questions the ABOUT THE AUTHOR yoga. Roe, Murphy, Gissane and Blake viability of micro-sensor use within report a study of the incidence of lowermatch-analysis in women’s football Gordon S. Waddington is the limb injury in Gaelic football and in the(soccer). Clark, Wagner and Heath Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of final paper in this section, Fitzpatrickdescribe the effect of two different chainScience and Medicine in Sport. and colleagues outline the match injuryrings on power output in the classic characteristics in European professionalWingate protocol using a “Velotron” cycle rugby league. ergometer. Blue and colleagues describe the impact of HIIT on muscle morphology The Journal of Science and Medicine In the second article in this month’s in overweight and obese individuals. in Sport, published by Sports physical activity section Bootsman’s Weyerstraß, Stwart, Wesselius and Medicine Australia (SMA), is the major group examine the relationship betweenZeegers, in a meta-analysis, identify ninerefereed research publication on physical performance and psycho- polymorphisms that have been identified sports science and medicine in cognitive function in older adults living inwith power athlete status and in the finalAustralia. The Journal provides high aged care facilities. At the opposite endpaper in this issue Tierney and colleaguesquality, original research papers to of the age spectrum, Rodriguez-Ayllon suggest increased frequency of tackles keep members and subscribers and co-workers report the relationshipoccurring later in the game is the most informed of developments in sports between physical fitness and likely explanation for more tackle relatedscience and medicine. Produced for psychological well-being in over weightinjuries at this time. SMA 12 times a year by Elsevier and obese children. In the final article in Australia, it reflects SMA’s this section, Fernandes reports the firstI commend to you this issue which commitment to encouraging world- study indicating the reduction in self-continues to reflect the Journal’s class research within the industry, and reported physical activity in Portuguesereadership with an excellent mix of its commitment to the continuing children over the ten years from 2006 articles across the spectrum of science education of its members. Journal to 2016. and medicine in sport. articles can be found at jsams.org VOLUME 36 • APRIL ISSUE 2018 27