Dear Reader,

As we compile the final issue for 2019, we would like to thank all the authors who have contributed to Sports Medicine over the past year. Their commitment and expertise are critical to the continued success of our journal. We are also deeply indebted to our peer reviewers, whose significant contributions ensure that the journal’s content is held to the highest possible standard.

The following individuals have all acted as reviewers for Sports Medicine over the last 12 months:

Takashi Abe, USA

William Adams, USA

Dirk Aerenhouts, Belgium

César Agostinis-Sobrinho, Portugal

Brandon Alderman, USA

Alfonso Alfini, USA

Thomas Almonroeder, USA

Christiano Alves, USA

Duarte Araujo, Portugal

Clare Ardern, Sweden

Edoardo Aromataris, Australia

Mavis Asare, Ghana

Daniel Bailey, UK

Tom Balshaw, UK

Fatima Baptista, Portugal

Mark Barisa, USA

Kyle Barnes, USA

Owen Beck, USA

James Becker, USA

David Behm, Canada

Luke Belval, USA

David Bentley, Australia

Michael Bergeron, USA

Matthew Black, UK

Steven Blair, USA

Anthony Blazevich, Australia

Marc Bonis, USA

Erika Borkoles, Australia

Laurent Bosquet, France

Matthew Bourne, Australia

Elizabeth Boyer, USA

Serge Brand, Switzerland

Chris Brandner, Qatar

Turi Braun, USA

Leigh Breen, UK

Noel Brick, UK

Elizabeth Broad, USA

Franck Brocherie, France

Elke Bromberg, Brazil

Alison Brooks, USA

Lee Brown, USA

Ryan Broxterman, USA

Peter Brukner, Australia

René Brund, Denmark

Thomas Buckley, USA

Henning Budde, Germany

Louise Burke, Australia

Stephen Burns, Singapore

Martin Burtscher, Austria

Jaclyn Caccese, USA

Flavio Cadegiani, Brazil

Cristina Caperchione, Australia

Marco Cardinale, Qatar

Christopher Carling, France

Richard Carson, Ireland

Douglas Casa, USA

Ivan Cavero-Redondo, Spain

Edward Chambers, UK

Derwin Chan, Hong Kong

Robert Chapman, USA

Paula Charlton, Australia

Mao Chen, China

Neil Chester, UK

Stephen Cheung, Canada

Samuel Cheuvront, USA

Lisa Chin, USA

Bryna Chrismas, Qatar

Tyler Churchward-Venne, The Netherlands

Simone Ciacci, Italy

Jane Clark, USA

Richard Clarke, UK

Claire Cleland, UK

Manuel Coelho-e-Silva, Portugal

Vernon Coffey, Australia

Paul Comfort, UK

Jeff Coombes, Australia

Nelson Cortes, USA

Pablo Costa, USA

Jim Cotter, New Zealand

Edward Coyle, USA

Antonio Crisafulli, Italy

Emmet Crowley, Ireland

Sylvia Czuppon, USA

Julio da Silva, Brazil

Boyi Dai, USA

Juliano Dal Pupo, Brazil

Terje Dalen, Norway

Marcelo Dalio, Brazil

Felipe Damas, Brazil

Madeleine Davies, UK

Ellen Dawson, UK

Olivier de Hon, The Netherlands

Giuseppe De Vito, Ireland

Luis Delgado, Portugal

Ben Desbrow, Australia

Thibault Deschamps, France

Michael Deschenes, USA

Keith Diaz, USA

Bart Dingenen, Belgium

Alex Donaldson, Australia

Sandor Dorgo, USA

Tim Doyle, Australia

Stefan Duma, USA

Dorothea Dumuid, Australia

David Dunstan, Australia

Bernard Duvivier, The Netherlands

Shawn Eagle, USA

Brendan Egan, Ireland

Alex Ehlert, USA

Carolyn Emery, Canada

Alexander Engel, Australia

Chris Englert, Switzerland

Kevin Enright, UK

Robert Erskine, UK

Ciaran Fairman, Australia

Ryan Falck, Canada

Anne Fältström, Sweden

Roberto Falz, Germany

Oliver Faude, Switzerland

Michael Fedewa, USA

Ricardo Fernandes, Portugal

Sven Fikenzer, Germany

Dalton Filho, Brazil

James Fisher, UK

Shawn Flanagan, USA

Lauren Fortington, Australia

Aaron Fox, Australia

Andrew Franklyn-Miller, Ireland

Job Fransen, Australia

Bernhard Franzke, Austria

Andrew Fry, USA

Hugh Fullagar, Australia

Colin Fuller, UK

Erin Futrell, USA

Jackson Fyfe, Australia

Emily Gabriel, USA

Heather Gainforth, Canada

José Galgani, Chile

Tea Galic, Croatia

Stuart Galloway, UK

José Gama, Portugal

Amador García-Ramos, Spain

Benjamin Gardner, UK

Jakub Gąsior, Poland

Paulo Gentil, Brazil

Paul Glazier, Malaysia

Nancy Glynn, USA

Daniel Goble, USA

Orly Goldstick, Israel

José González-Alonso, UK

Peter Goodwin, UK

Brett Gordon, Australia

Eric Goulet, Canada

Cesare Granata, Australia

James Green, UK

Jozo Grgic, Australia

Phillip Gribble, USA

Hege Grindem, Norway

Jenny Groarke, UK

Dustin Grooms, USA

Dawn Gullick, USA

Eero Haapala, Finland

Daniel Hackett, Australia

Gregory Haff, Australia

Mohammad Haider, USA

MacGregor Hall, Australia

Shona Halson, Australia

Candyce Hamel, Canada

Amri Hammami, Tunisia

Mette Hansen, Denmark

Nicholas Hanson, USA

Tom Hardwicke, USA

Liam Harper, UK

Andrew Harrison, Ireland

John Harry, USA

Nicolas Hart, Australia

Sandi Hayes, Australia

Susan Heaney, Australia

Mark Hecimovich, USA

Eric Hegedus, USA

Eric Helms, New Zealand

Pontus Henriksson, Sweden

Daniel Herman, USA

Lee Herrington, UK

Luiz Hespanhol, Brazil

Timothy Hewett, USA

Jack Hickey, Australia

Kirsty Hicks, UK

Karen Hind, UK

Martin Hoffman, USA

Marieann Högman, Sweden

Pernille Højman, Denmark

Karsten Hollander, Germany

Andrew Holwerda, The Netherlands

Takanori Honda, Japan

Oliver Höner, Germany

Wouter Hoogkamer, USA

Mark Hopkins, UK

Thelma Horn, USA

Shayan Hosseinzadeh, USA

Kirsten Hötting, Germany

David Howell, USA

Billy Hulin, Australia

Ryan Hulteen, Canada

Tamerah Hunt, USA

Jayden Hunter, Australia

David Hupin, France

Kjetil Isaksen, Norway

Lasse Ishøi, Denmark

Andreas Ivarsson, Sweden

Mikel Izquierdo, Spain

Glenn Jacobson, Australia

Lois James, USA

Xanne Janse de Jonge, Australia

Nathaniel Jenkins, USA

Alberto Jiménez-Maldonado, Mexico

David Jiménez-Pavón, Spain

William Johnston, Ireland

Margaret Jones, USA

Vivek Kalia, USA

Antonis Kambas, Greece

Peter Katzmarzyk, USA

Bengt Kayser, Switzerland

Josh Kazman, USA

Philip Kearney, Ireland

Luke Kelly, Australia

David Keohane, Ireland

Chad Kerksick, USA

Sascha Ketelhut, Germany

John Kiely, UK

Akifumi Kijima, Japan

Liam Kilduff, UK

Neil King, Australia

Donald Kirkendall, USA

Michael Kjaer, Denmark

Panagiota Klentrou, Canada

Duane Knudson, USA

Pui Kong, Singapore

Daniel König, Germany

Richard Kreider, USA

Karsten Krüger, Germany

Christopher Kuenze, USA

Andreas Küttel, Denmark

Virpi Kuvaja-Köllner, Finland

Ian Lahart, UK

Raechel Laing, New Zealand

Orlando Laitano, USA

Andy Lane, UK

Justin Lang, Canada

Enette Larson-Meyer, USA

Gwenael Layec, USA

Constance Lebrun, Canada

John Leddy, USA

Earric Lee, Finland

Trevor Lentz, USA

Louis Leventer, Germany

Danielle Levitt-Budnar, USA

Paweł Linek, Poland

Fabio Lira, Brazil

David Logerstedt, USA

Lorenzo Lolli, Qatar

Victor Lopez, Jr., USA

Irineu Loturco, Brazil

David Loughrey, Ireland

David Low, UK

David Lubans, Australia

Sebastian Ludyga, Switzerland

Kate Lyden, USA

Richard Ma, USA

Lewis Macgregor, UK

Nicola Maffulli, Italy

Costan Magnussen, Finland

Jacqueline Mair, UK

Robert Malina, USA

Matthew Mallette, Canada

Terry Malone, USA

Melinda Manore, USA

Frank Marino, Australia

Melissa Markofski, USA

Goran Markovic, Croatia

Wojciech Marlicz, Poland

Paul Marshall, Australia

Jason Martin, Ireland

Timothy Mauntel, USA

Robert McCunn, Germany

John McDaniel, USA

Courtney McGowan, Australia

Ryan McGrath, USA

Thomas McGuckian, Australia

Michael McGuigan, New Zealand

Mark McKean, Australia

Ian McKeown, Australia

Shaun McLaren, UK

Tamara McLeod, USA

Terry McMorris, UK

Lars McNaughton, UK

Falk Mersmann, Germany

Jacob Mey, USA

Tim Meyer, Germany

Zoran Milanović, Serbia

Gregoire Millet, Switzerland

Dean Mills, Australia

Clare Minahan, Australia

Jeffrey Mjaanes, USA

Trine Moholdt, Norway

Courtney Monroe, USA

Walace Monteiro, Brazil

Jordan Moon, USA

Daniel Moore, Canada

Jason Moran, UK

Siv Mørkved, Norway

Dylan Morrissey, UK

Helene Moser, Switzerland

Nick Murray, Australia

Fernando Naclerio, UK

Fabio Nakamura, Brazil

Christopher Napier, Canada

Mathieu Nédélec, France

Alan Needle, USA

Sarah Neil-Sztramko, Canada

Andrew Nichols, USA

David Nieman, USA

Pantelis Nikolaidis, Ghana

Sophia Nimphius, Australia

James Noble, USA

Grant Norte, USA

Joseph Northey, Australia

Sayaka Nose‐Ogura, Japan

Jessie Oldham, USA

Beatriz Oliveira, Australia

Katherine Ombrellaro, Germany

Vahur Ööpik, Estonia

Jules Opplert, France

John Orchard, Australia

Francisco Ortega, Spain

Miguel Oviedo-Caro, Spain

Benjamin Pageaux, Canada

Debbie Palmer-Green, UK

Amanda Paluch, USA

Derek Pamukoff, USA

Nirmala Perera, Australia

Lucy Parrington, USA

Russell Pate, USA

Stephen Patterson, UK

Natalie Pearson, UK

Meredith Peddie, New Zealand

Charles Pedlar, UK

Carles Pedret, Spain

Nicholas Peirce, UK

Gregory Peoples, Australia

Klaus Pfeifer, Germany

Mathew Piasecki, UK

Stephen Piazza, USA

Craig Pickering, UK

Tania Pizzari, Australia

Marcos Polito, Brazil

Rodney Pope, Australia

Zsolt Radak, Hungary

Rodrigo Ramírez-Campillo, Chile

Joyce Ramos, Australia

Sushant Ranadive, USA

Tom Ranger, Australia

Jonathan Rawstorn, Australia

Paul Read, UK

Katharine Reed, UK

Johna Register-Mihalik, USA

Robert Rein, Germany

Andrew Renfree, UK

Jacob Resch, USA

Ezequiel Rey, Spain

Bryson Reynolds, USA

Leandro Rezende, Brazil

João Ribeiro, Portugal

Simon Rice, Australia

Nicola Ridgers, Australia

Robert Robergs, Australia

Elisa Robey, Australia

Nicola Robinson, UK

Hamilton Roschel, Brazil

Andrea Rosso, USA

Joshua Ruddy, Australia

Mark Russell, UK

Emmanuel Sagui, France

Craig Sale, UK

Stefan Sammito, Germany

Pierre Samozino, France

Jaime Sampaio, Portugal

John Sampson, Australia

Øyvind Sandbakk, Norway

Lauren Sanders, Australia

Mahdi Sareban, Austria

Hugo Sarmento, Portugal

Bryan Saunders, Brazil

Dieuwke Schiphof, The Netherlands

Arno Schmidt-Trucksäss, Switzerland

Moritz Schumann, Germany

Brendan Scott, Australia

Nicola Sewry, South Africa

Avish Sharma, Australia

Ian Shrier, Canada

Stephanie Silveira, USA

Janet Simon, USA

Eleanor Simonsick, USA

Stacy Sims, New Zealand

Jean Slawinski, France

Jordan Smith, Australia

Tim Snijders, The Netherlands

Gisela Sole, New Zealand

Gary Solomon, USA

Caio Sousa, Brazil

S. Andy Sparks, UK

Diana Speelman, USA

Marty Spranger, USA

Filippo Spreafico, Italy

Lawrence Spriet, Canada

Stephen Stannard, New Zealand

Ivan Steenstra, Canada

Phyllis Stein, USA

Trent Stellingwerff, Canada

Martijn Steultjens, UK

Matt Stock, USA

David Stodden, USA

Michael Stone, USA

Morten Støve, Denmark

Timothy Suchomel, USA

Amanda Szabo-Reed, USA

Christopher Taber, USA

Thomas Talavage, USA

Jason Tallis, UK

Nicholas Tam, South Africa

Jakob Tarp, Norway

Wolfgang Taube, Switzerland

Jason Tee, UK

Adam Tenforde, USA

Antonio Tessitore, Italy

Alice Theadom, New Zealand

Abbey Thomas, USA

Eirunn Thun, Norway

Ryan Timmins, Australia

Toomas Timpka, Sweden

Grant Tomkinson, USA

Carlota Torrents-Martín, Spain

Gabriel Trajano, Australia

Carole Tucker, USA

Anthony Turner, UK

Daniel Umpierre, Brazil

Maxime Valet, Belgium

Steven van Andel, Australia

Jeroen Van Cutsem, Belgium

Nick van der Horst, The Netherlands

Jan van der Scheer, UK

Nicol van Dyk, Qatar

Marieke van Heuvelen, The Netherlands

Bas van Hooren, The Netherlands

Marienke van Middelkoop, The Netherlands

Luiz Vanderlei, Brazil

Vasco Vaz, Portugal

Tomas Venckūnas, Lithuania

Massimo Venturelli, Italy

Lex Verdijk, The Netherlands

Evert Verhagen, The Netherlands

Gianluca Vernillo, Italy

Germán Vicente-Rodríguez, Spain

Grace Vincent, Australia

Marie-Claude Vohl, Canada

Clemens von Schacky, Germany

Markus Walden, Sweden

Gareth Wallis, UK

Jeremy Walsh, Canada

Darren Warburton, Canada

John Warmenhoven, Australia

Andrew Watson, USA

Jonathon Weakley, Australia

Connie Weaver, USA

David Webner, USA

Neil Welch, Ireland

Wouter Welling, The Netherlands

Anna-Karin Welmer, Sweden

Nicholas West, Australia

Wayne Westcott, USA

David White, USA

Doug Whyte, Australia

Hans-Peter Wiesinger, Austria

Thimo Wiewelhove, Germany

Erik Wikstrom, USA

Lisbeth Wikström-Frisén, Sweden

Gary Wilkerson, USA

Mark Willems, UK

Alun Williams, UK

Philip Williamson, UK

Richard Willy, USA

Jason Winchester, USA

Richard Winett, USA

Christopher Womack, USA

Barbara Wondrasch, Austria

Dayong Wu, USA

Andrea Zammit, USA

Ryan Zarzycki, USA

Astrid Zech, Germany

Karl Zelik, USA

Lingyun Zou, China

Michael Zourdos, USA

Scott Zuckerman, USA

Finally, we would like to thank the members of the journal’s Honorary Editorial Board, who have acted as peer reviewers and authors, and have provided guidance on journal content, policy and processes:

Ezra Amsterdam, USA

Greg Atkinson, UK

J. Chris Baldi, New Zealand

Colin Boreham, Ireland

Martin Buchheit, France

Roger Enoka, USA

Carl Foster, USA

Urs Granacher, Germany

Tanya Halliday, USA

John Hawley, Australia

Patria Hume, New Zealand

Wilfried Kindermann, Germany

William Kraemer, USA

Susi Kriemler, Switzerland

David Lavallee, UK

Carl Lavie, Jr., USA

Yann Le Meur, Monaco

Jeremy Loenneke, USA

Samuele Marcora, UK

Romain Meeusen, Belgium

Toby Mündel, New Zealand

Jacques Poortmans, Belgium

Roy Shephard, Canada

Perikles Simon, Germany

Alan St. Clair Gibson, UK

Nigel Stepto, Australia

Matthew Tenan, USA

Joseph Torg, USA

Willem van Mechelen, The Netherlands

We hope that you have found the articles published in Sports Medicine this year to be both interesting and informative, and we look forward to keeping you up to date with more high-quality, authoritative articles in 2020.

With best regards,

Steve McMillan & Roger Olney

Editors