Oliver Faude

University of Basel | UNIBAS · Department of Sport, Exercise and Health

Objectives As a high-intensity intermittent sport with short and repeated rapid accelerations, decelerations and changes of direction, badminton involves high joint and muscle loads. This review aims to identify relevant injury risk characteristics and factors that facilitate developing and implementing badminton-specific injury prevention programm...

Purpose: Adolescent soccer players experience distinct physiological changes due to chronological and biological maturation, impacting their soccer performance. Here, we explored age-related variations and associations between quadriceps geometry and strength in male national-level adolescent soccer players. Patients and Methods: We used ultrasonog...

Introduction Major depressive disorders (MDD) are a leading health concern worldwide. While first line medication treatments may fall short of desired therapeutic outcomes, physical activity (PA) interventions appear to be a promising and cost-effective add-on to improve symptoms of depression. This study aimed to address challenges in the assessme...

Background Skin-derived advanced glycation end products (sAGEs) have been associated with cardiovascular (CV) risk and mortality in adults. We hypothesize that cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF), body mass index (BMI) and vascular health are associated with development of sAGEs during childhood. Methods In our prospective cohort study, 1171 children...

Background: During sprinting, the biceps femoris long head predominantly gets injured, while hamstring strengthening exercises predominantly activate the semitendinosus more effectively. Understanding how joint dominance influences hamstring activity may offer clarity on appropriate exercise selection in strengthening programs. Purpose: This study...

Over 300 million individuals worldwide suffer from major depressive disorder (MDD). Individuals with MDD are less physically active than healthy people which results in lower cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and less favorable perceived fitness compared with healthy controls. Additionally, individuals with MDD may show autonomic system dysfunction....

Major depressive disorder (MDD) is an increasingly common psychiatric illness associated with a high risk of insufficient physical activity, which in turn is associated with negative mental and physical health outcomes. Theory-based, individually tailored, in-person and remote physical activity counseling has the potential to increase physical acti...

available online at https://doi.org/10.36950/2024.2ciss023

Objective: To quantify and compare injury incidence between national-level, adolescent and regional-level, senior, male basketball players competing in Serbia overall and according to injury mechanism (contact, non-contact, or overuse), exposure setting (training or games), and history (new or recurrent). Methods: A total of 218 male basketball pl...

Background: Exercise training recommendations for seniors include the targeted training of strength, balance, endurance and flexibility domains. Agility training (AT) is conceptualized as a multi-component and time-efficient training framework for older adults to improve physical, functional and cognitive health domains that are relevant for mainta...

Objective: B-mode ultrasound can be used to image musculoskeletal tissues, but one major bottleneck is analyses of muscle architectural parameters (i.e., muscle thickness, pennation angle and fascicle length), which are most often performed manually. Methods: In this study we trained two different neural networks (classic U-Net and U-Net with VG...

Keller, M, Lichtenstein, E, Roth, R, and Faude, O. Balance training under fatigue: a randomized controlled trial on the effect of fatigue on adaptations to balance training. J Strength Cond Res XX(X): 000-000, 2023-Balance training is an effective means for injury prevention in sports. However, one can question the existing practice of putting the...

Background: Obesity- and hypertension-related cardiovascular (CV) risk has been shown to originate in childhood. Higher body mass index (BMI) and blood pressure (BP) have been associated with increased large artery stiffness and a lower microvascular arteriolar-to-venular diameter ratio (AVR) in children. This study aimed to investigate the associa...

Background: Major depressive disorder (MDD) is an increasingly common psychiatric illness associated with a high risk of insufficient physical activity, which in turn is associated with negative mental and physical health outcomes. Theory-based, individually tailored, in-person and remote physical activity counseling has the potential to increase p...

Background and aims: Hypertension is a major risk factor for the development of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in adulthood. High blood pressure (BP) is associated with subclinical vascular impairments as early as childhood. We aimed to assess the association of retinal microvascular diameters and large artery pulse wave velocity (PWV) with progress...

Objectives: Early predictors for back pain need to be identified for the development of prevention strategies starting as early as childhood. For this purpose, the relationship between physical fitness and spinal flexibility at the age of six years and its prediction for the development of non-specific back pain (BP) during childhood were analyzed...

Introduction Compared to the general population, individuals with depression have an increased risk for cardiovascular diseases. Nevertheless, little is known so far whether cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) moderates this relationship. Therefore, we examined whether common physiological cardiovascular risk factors differ between patients with depres...

It is important to monitor secular trends in children's motor performance, as healthy and physically active children are more likely to become healthy and physically active adults. However, studies with regular and standardized monitoring of motor performance in childhood are scarce. Additionally, the impact of COVID-19 mitigation measures on secul...

Context: A sport-related concussion (SRC) is a traumatic brain injury that is caused by biomechanical stresses and results in a complex pathophysiological process in the brain. Some in the sporting community believe that headgear (HG) can prevent SRC, and several professional Australian sports organizations, including rugby, football, and soccer c...

Background: Patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) are characterized by neurocognitive impairments and show deficits in various cognitive performance indicators, including executive function. We examined whether sustained attention and inhibitory control differ between patients with MDD and healthy controls, and whether differences exist be...

Background The physical activity counseling for in-patients with major depression (PACINPAT) randomized controlled trial was launched to tackle physical inactivity for in-patients with major depressive disorder. Evidence shows that despite potential treatment effects, physical inactivity is prevalent in this population. To contribute to the assessm...

From a preventative perspective, leg axis and core stabilization capacities are important for soccer players and alpine skiers; however, due to different sport-specific demands, the role of laterality clearly differs and may result in functional long-term adaptations. The aims of this study are 1) to determine whether there are differences in leg a...

Die Ausdauerleistungsfähigkeit bezeichnet die Fähigkeit, körperliche Belastungen über einen längeren Zeitraum aufrechtzuerhalten bzw. die Ermüdung hinauszuzögern. Sie ist im Wesentlichen durch die Kapazität des Herz-Kreislauf-Systems und Stoffwechsels determiniert. Eine Ausdauerleistungsdiagnostik ist indiziert, wenn eine generelle Bestimmung des a...

Trainingsprinzipien gelten als Handlungsorientierungen für die Gestaltung des Trainingsprozesses. In den letzten Jahrzehnten haben sich eine Vielzahl dieser Prinzipien etabliert. Je nach Bezugssystem und Sprachraum existieren in der Literatur bis zu 20 dieser Prinzipien. Deren wissenschaftliche Evidenz und die Bedeutung für den Trainingsprozess ist...

Unter einem „Übertrainingssyndrom“ versteht man einen unerwarteten Abfall der Leistungsfähigkeit ohne organisch krankhaften Befund, der auch nach einer längeren Regenerationsphase nachweisbar ist. Es existiert kein einzelner zuverlässiger Marker zur Diagnose von chronischen Überlastungszuständen. Die Diagnose eines Übertrainingssyndroms ist eine kl...

Objective: To quantify the incidence rate of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries and ankle sprains according to player sex, playing level, and exposure setting (training vs. games) in basketball players. Methods: PubMed, MEDLINE, Google Scholar, and ScienceDirect were searched. Only studies reporting the number of ACL injuries and/or ankle s...

Introduction Changing lifestyle can delay the progression of type 2 diabetes (T2D). Although there are evidence-based recommendations on diet and physical activity (PA; Colberg et al., 2016; Evert et al., 2019), T2D patients have difficulties implementing them (Booth, et al., 2013). Therefore, we have developed an intervention to promote PA and a...

Introduction It has been shown that people with major depressive disorder exercise less and have lower fitness levels than healthy individuals (Schuch et al., 2017). People with major depressive disorder have a decrease in their cardiovascular health which leads to a poorer autonomic function and heart rate variability (HRV; Kemp et al., 2010). Ho...

Introduction The development of appropriate motor skills early in life enhances the likelihood of lifelong physical activity (Hulteen et al., 2018). Furthermore, good fitness has direct health implications for child and youth development (Ortega et al., 2008). Physical fitness and the development of motor performance may be influenced by various f...

Resistance exercise with blood flow restriction (BFR) is considered a safe and powerful training tool. Low-load (LL) resistance training with BFR results in comparable hypertrophy compared to conventional heavy-load (HL) resistance training (Centner et al., 2019). Additionally, LL training with BFR (LL-BFR) induces comparable (Grønfeldt et al., 202...

Introduction Neuropathies are a prevalent, heterogeneous group of diseases of the peripheral nervous system. Symptoms are often debilitating, difficult to treat, and usually become chronic. Not only do they diminish patients’ quality of life, but they can also affect medical therapy and lead to complications. To date, for most conditions there are...

Although ultrasonography is commonly used to assess muscle architecture, high-end ultrasonography devices lack in portability and are expensive. Recently, ultrasonography devices consisting solely of a probe, an app, and/or a mobile display were introduced. These devices have lower acquisition costs than high-end devices and demonstrate higher port...

B-mode ultrasound is commonly used to image musculoskeletal tissues, but one major bottleneck is data analysis. Manual analysis is commonly deployed for assessment of muscle thickness, pennation angle and fascicle length in muscle ultrasonography images. However, manual analysis is somewhat subjective, laborious and requires thorough experience. We...

Introduction A well-developed motor performance is one key aspect of being able to participate in organised sports and to establish and maintain lifelong physical activity. Furthermore, a good fitness is an early indicator of beneficial health in adult life. The development of motor performance and fitness can be influenced by many facets like edu...

Ohne Kenntnisse der Anatomie des menschlichen Körpers sowie jener physiologischen Prozesse, die während sportlicher Belastung ablaufen, ist ein grundlegendes Verständnis des Trainings und der Leistungsfähigkeit von Athleten kaum denkbar. Auch Genese und Prävention von Sportverletzungen werden erst auf einer derartigen Basis plausibel.

Wenn wissenschaftliche Disziplinbezeichnungen sich aus zwei Begriffen zusammensetzen, bezeichnet meist der zweite Teil des Wortes die Mutterdisziplin. Dazu passt, dass die Sportmedizin ihren Ursprung im klinischen Bereich der Sportlerversorgung hat, am sichtbarsten in der Sporttraumatologie. Dennoch zählen traditionell auch leistungsphysiologische...

Introduction A physical activity counseling intervention based on a motivation-volition model was developed and delivered to in-patients with Major Depressive Disorders with the aim of increasing lifestyle physical activity. The aim of this study is to evaluate the short-term outcomes of this intervention. Methods A multi-center randomized control...

Keller, M, Faude, O, Gollhofer, A, and Centner, C. Can we make blood flow restriction training more accessible? Validity of a low-cost blood flow restriction device to estimate arterial occlusion pressure. J Strength Cond Res XX(X): 000-000, 2022-Evidence indicates that low-load resistance training with blood flow restriction (BFR) results in compa...

Background Blended care interventions combine therapeutic guidance with digital care. Current research results show the promising role of the blended care approach in clinical care. This new way of delivering health care could have the potential to effectively promote physical activity in different public health settings. Objective The aim of the...

Objective To assess the effects of a novel multicomponent neuromuscular warm-up program on lower-extremity injury incidence in basketball players competing at the regional level. Methods : A cluster randomized controlled experimental design was adopted to compare injury incidence between players exposed to the injury prevention warm-up program and...

High end ultrasonography devices lack in portability and are expensive. We investigated the agreement and reliability of a handheld and portable ultrasound system for human lower limb muscle architecture measurements. We captured ultrasound images of the rectus femoris (RF), vastus lateralis (VL) and gastrocnemius medialis (GM) in 36 active healthy...

Background Physical inactivity is a world-wide health issue. In people with major depressive disorders approximately 68% do not reach the recommended physical activity levels. Psychosocial determinants of and implicit attitudes towards physical activity serve to explain physical activity behavior and may form the basis of interventions to promote p...

Background Diet quality indices can provide important information about relationships between diet and health independent of energy balance. The Healthy Eating Index-2015 (HEI-2015) is widely used and has been extensively evaluated. However, due to imperial units the HEI-2015 is difficult to apply in countries with metric systems. Our objective was...

Background Grip strength is used to estimate whole-body strength for health surveillance purposes. Explosive strength is considered important, yet economic measures able to detect early deterioration of neuromuscular capabilities are lacking. Whether handgrip maximum rate of force development (GRFD) or whole-body strength tests are better predictor...

Background The physical activity counseling for in-patients with major depression (PACINPAT) randomized controlled trial was launched to tackle physical inactivity in in-patients with major depressive disorder. Evidence shows that despite potential treatment effects, physical inactivity is prevalent in this population. To contribute to the assessme...

Purpose: Muscle anatomical cross-sectional area (ACSA) can be assessed using ultrasound and images are usually evaluated manually. Here, we present DeepACSA, a deep learning approach to automatically segment ACSA in panoramic ultrasound images of the human rectus femoris (RF), vastus lateralis (VL), gastrocnemius medialis (GM) and lateralis (GL) m...

Purpose The Knee Injury Osteoarthritis Outcome Score for children (KOOS-Child) is a self-administered, valid and reliable questionnaire for children and adolescents with knee disorders such as Osgood Schlatter disease, anterior knee pain, and patella dislocation. This study aimed to cross-culturally adapt the German version of the KOOS-Child questi...

Introduction Physical activity can be an effective complementary treatment for major depression, yet among afflicted people, physical inactivity is prevalent. The aim of the “Physical Activity Counseling in In-Patients with Major Depression” (PACINPAT) trial was to promote a more physically active lifestyle by implementing a theory-based in-person...

Question: What is the effect of injury prevention programs that include balance training exercises on the incidence of ankle injuries among soccer players? Design: Systematic review of randomised trials with meta-analysis. Participants: Soccer players of any age, sex or competition level. Interventions: The experimental intervention was an i...

The aim of this study was to evaluate interlimb symmetry in quadriceps and hamstring peak torque of elite soccer players at 3 months (stage 1) and 6 months (stage 2) after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction. Eight male professional soccer players competing at the highest level across different European countries, who had undergone ACL...

Introduction The widespread prevalence of type 2 diabetes (T2D) not only influences patients’ daily lives but also has an economic impact on society. Increasing physical activity and a healthy diet can delay the progression of T2D. Although there are evidence-based recommendations on diet and physical activity, patients with T2D have difficulties i...

IntroductionPeripheral neuropathies are a prevalent, heterogeneous group of diseases of the peripheral nervous system. Symptoms are often debilitating, difficult to treat, and usually become chronic. Not only do they diminish patients’ quality of life, but they can also affect medical therapy and lead to complications. To date, for most conditions...

Training sollte bestimmten Prinzipien folgen. Die Wissenschaft zeigt, dass sie auch in nicht-leistungssportlichen Settings, wie der klinischen Bewegungstherapie, relevant sind und zunehmend gefordert werden. Die Sportwissenschaftler Lars Donath und Oliver Faude haben die wichtigsten Prinzipien einem aktuellen Prüfstand unterzogen.

Background: Psychosocial stress is a major health threat in modern society. Short-term effects of stress on health behaviors have been identified as relevant processes. This article examines the moderating effect of dispositional self-control on the association between stress at work and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) after work. Met...

Prior motor experience is thought to aid in the acquisition of new skills. However, studies have shown that balance training does not promote learning of a subsequent balance task. These results stand in contrast to the learning-to-learn paradigm, which is well described for other tasks. We therefore tested if a coordinative affinity between tasks...

Primary health prevention in at-risk children is receiving increased attention while less information is available on cardiovascular profile and response to exercise in healthy children. Our study examined the effects of a gross motor skill-based exercise intervention on micro- and macro-vascular health in preschoolers. This is a sub-study of a fiv...

Zusammenfassung. Die Sport- und Bewegungstherapie ist eine effektive Ergänzung in der Therapie der Major Depression. Die Empfehlungen von mind. 150 Minuten moderater oder 75 Minuten intensiver körperlicher Aktivität pro Woche sollten erfüllt werden, damit positive Effekte durch körperliche Aktivität erreicht werden. Zudem sollten individuelle Bedür...

We aimed to analyze the number and type of contacts involving the risk of respiratory disease transmission during football match play. We analysed 50 matches from different playing levels. Two reviewers evaluated the contacts of all players in each match. We focused on between-player contacts, crowding, actions with potentially increased aerosol an...

Background: This study analyzed physical, cardiovascular, and psychosocial health in different age groups at the far end of the lifespan. Methods: Sixty-two residential seniors participated in this cross-sectional study and were assigned according to age to either the older adults (n = 27; age: 74.8 (3.6); f: 23) or the oldest-old group (n = 35;...

Background: Muscle anatomical cross-sectional area (ACSA) is an important parameter that characterizes muscle function and helps to classify the severity of several muscular disorders. Ultrasound is a patient friendly, fast and cheap method of assessing muscle ACSA, but manual analysis of the images is laborious, subjective and requires thorough ex...

Krafttraining für Kinder wird oft kritisch gesehen. Dabei gibt es viele gute Argumente, warum schon die Kleinen damit beginnen sollten: ein Plädoyer.

Introduction: Major depression is a psychiatric disease associated with physical inactivity, which in turn affects mental and physical health. A randomized controlled trial is being implemented to facilitate physical activity in people with major depression. In March 2020, Swiss state authorities temporarily legislated a lockdown to contain the Cor...

Objective: Central hemodynamics are related to cardiovascular (CV) outcomes in adults, but associations with childhood CV risk remain unclear. The study aimed to investigate the association of obesity, physical activity, and fitness with parameters of central pulse wave reflection in young prepubertal children. Methods: In this cross-sectional stud...

Objective To investigate the risk of transmission among potentially infectious SARS-CoV-2-positive football players while participating in training or matches at amateur, youth and professional levels. Methods Between August 2020 and March 2021, football players who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 and participated in matches or training during the...

The present study examined the prospective association of parental household income, education level, migration background, and physical activity (PA) behavior with the development of pulse wave velocity (PWV) in prepubertal children. A total of 223 children (initial age 6-8 years) were included in this prospective school-based cohort study from 20...

Open-access scripts to perform muscle anatomical cross-sectional area (ACSA) evaluation in ultrasound images are currently unavailable. This study presents a novel semi-automatic ImageJ script (named “ACSAuto”) for quantifying the ACSA of lower limb muscles. We compared manual ACSA measurements from 180 ultrasound scans of vastus lateralis (VL) and...

Background: Soccer is one of the most popular sports worldwide. Goalkeepers are more likely to injure their upper limbs, particularly their shoulders, than outfield players. To reduce upper extremity injuries, the FIFA 11+ Shoulder Injury Prevention Program (FIFA 11+S) was developed. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to assess the effectivenes...

Funding Acknowledgements Type of funding sources: Foundation. Main funding source(s): Swiss National Foundation Background Prevention of cardiovascular (CV) disease should start early in life. The study aimed to investigate the association of changes in physical activity, sedentary behavior and cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) with development of b...

Purpose: Hamstring muscle architecture may be associated with sprint performance and the risk of sustaining a muscle injury, both of which increase during puberty. In this study, we investigated the m. biceps femoris long head (BFlh) cross-sectional area (ACSA), fascicle length (FL) and pennation angle (PA), and sprint performance as well as their...