Andrew Watson's research while affiliated with University of Wisconsin–Madison and other places
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Publications (102)
Objective
To examine the effects of a mindfulness intervention on mental and physical quality of life (QOL) among male collegiate athletes.
Participants
327 male Division I collegiate athletes.
Methods
QOL was measured among 527 participants using the Veterans Rand-12 survey twice annually from 2017-2020. 101 athletes underwent 6-week mindfulness t...
Context:
Although the return to sports during COVID-19 has been associated with improvements in quality of life (QOL) and mental health, it is unknown whether these benefits are primarily due to increases in physical activity (PA).
Objective:
The purpose of this study was to determine whether PA increases were responsible for the improvements in...
The purpose of the study was to evaluate the effect of pedaling at the energetically optimal cadence (EOC) on aerobic capacity and cycling efficiency in experienced male and female adult cyclists. Twenty-four experienced cyclists underwent a progressive, maximal metabolic exercise test on a cycling ergometer pedaling at their freely chosen cadence...
Purpose
To evaluate the changes in mental health, quality of life (QOL) and physical activity (PA) among adolescent athletes during the COVID-19 pandemic as organised sports resumed.
Methods
Adolescent athletes completed surveys including demographic and sport participation information, 7-item Generalized Anxiety Disorder, 9-item Patient Health Qu...
Objective:
To examine sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) awareness and emergency preparedness for SCA in Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) youth basketball teams.
Design:
Cross-sectional survey of AAU coaches and administrators.
Setting:
Random sampling of AAU club teams across the United States.
Participants:
AAU club coaches and/or administrators.
In...
Purpose:
Injuries are relatively common among elite youth soccer players, and time lost participating in sport due to injury can have detrimental psychological effects on players. The purpose of this study was to determine whether the Y Balance Test (YBT), or vertical jump can identify those players at risk of suffering injury.
Methods:
41 femal...
Background
Since April 2020, some high schools were closed to in-person teaching, and interscholastic and club sports were cancelled in an attempt to slow the spread of COVID-19. While some US adolescents participated in sports since April 2020, other US adolescents did not participate in sports during this time. It is unknown what effect sport par...
Haraldsdottir, K, Sanfilippo, J, Dawes, S, and Watson, A. Contribution of lean mass distribution on aerobic fitness and performance in NCAA division I female rowers. J Strength Cond Res XX(X): 000-000, 2022-The purpose of this study was to determine the relative influence of total lean body mass (LBM), body fat percentage (BF%), upper extremity lea...
Context
Sport cancellations early in the COVID-19 pandemic had a significant negative impact on the health of US adolescents. The impact of restarting sports during the COVID-19 pandemic has not been described.
Objective
To identify the impact of sport participation on the health of adolescents before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Design
Cros...
The purpose of this study was to determine whether physical activity (PA) increases were responsible for the improvements in mental health and quality of life (QOL) seen among adolescents who returned to sport during the COVID-19 pandemic. Adolescent athletes were asked to complete a survey in October 2020 regarding demographic information, whether...
Objective:
To evaluate the association between COVID-19 incidence among high-school athletes participating in different indoor winter sports and attending schools with in-person versus virtual instructional delivery.
Design:
Cross-sectional survey.
Setting:
US high schools.
Participants:
High-school athletic directors.
Independent variables...
Context: The relationships between different sports, face mask use and COVID-19 risk among high school athletes remains unknown.
Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the influence of sport characteristics and face mask use on COVID-19 incidence among high school athletes.
Design: Descriptive Epidemiology Study
Setting: United States...
We are thankful for the opportunity to clarify our work. In summary, (1) we developed a new consensus-based conceptual definition for sport specialization; (2) the elements of sport specialization described in our article are not central to the primary definition but can be used by clinicians, parents, or coaches to potentially identify athletes wh...
The Pediatric Collections: Sports Medicine Playbook will increase pediatric providers’ understanding of the injuries that young athletes may incur – including their history, treatment, and prevention. Each section includes a unique expert introduction and they cover such topics as the benefits of physical activity, injuries, and concerns including...
Context: High school (HS) and youth sports organizations (YSO) that restarted participation in the fall of 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic relied on information sources to develop risk mitigation procedures.
Objective: To compare the risk mitigation procedures being employed and the information sources being utilized by HS athletic departments an...
Background
The relationship among sleep duration, subjective well-being, and injury risk in athletes is poorly defined.
Purpose
To evaluate the independent effects of sleep duration, sleep quality, and subjective well-being on in-season injuries in collegiate female volleyball athletes.
Study Design
Cohort study; Level of evidence, 2.
Methods
Du...
Background
Premature birth is associated with lower levels of cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) but the underlying mechanisms responsible remain unclear. This study assessed whether differences in cardiac morphology or function mediate differences in CRF among adolescents and young adults born preterm.
Methods
Adolescents and young adults born moder...
Background
In March 2020, schools were closed to in-person teaching and interscholastic sports cancelled in an attempt to slow the spread of the COVID-19. Child health experts have stated that school closures may have profound psychosocial consequences for students and need further study.
Hypothesis/Purpose
To identify how COVID-19 related school...
(STATE-XXX = Wisconsin)
ABSTRACT
Objective: To describe the incidence of COVID-19 in STATE-XXX high school athletes, and to investigate the relationship of COVID-19 incidence with sport and face mask use.
Design: Retrospective survey.
Setting: High schools across STATE-XXX during September, 2020.
Participants: Athletic directors representing 30,07...
Background:
Although sport specialization may be associated with stress and burnout among youth athletes, the relationship with quality of life (QOL) remains unknown. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between sport specialization, sleep, and QOL in female youth athletes.
Hypothesis:
Higher levels of specialization are as...
Context: The COVID-19 pandemic has affected almost every aspect of life including youth sports. Little data exists on COVID-19 incidences and risk mitigation strategies in youth club sports.
Objective: To determine the reported incidence of COVID-19 cases among youth club sport athletes and the information sources used to develop COVID-19 risk miti...
Context:
In the spring of 2020, schools closed to in-person teaching and sports were cancelled to control the transmission of CoVID-19. The changes that took place to the physical and mental health among young athletes during this time remain unknown, however.
Objective:
Identify changes in the health (mental health, physical activity and qualit...
Context: A single, widely accepted definition of sport specialization does not exist. A consensus definition is necessary to guide youth sport stakeholders on issues associated with sport specialization.
Objective: The aim of this study was to develop a consensus definition of youth sport specialization and to identify elements that support the con...
Background:
Sports-related concussions may have a neurobiological recovery period that exceeds the period of clinical recovery, and one consequence of an extended neurobiological recovery may be the risk of subsequent musculoskeletal injuries. Most literature citing an increased risk of musculoskeletal injury after a sports-related concussion has...
Context:
As sports reinitiate around the country, the incidence of COVID-19 among youth soccer athletes remains unknown.
Objective:
To determine the incidence of COVID-19 among youth soccer athletes and the risk mitigation practices utilized by youth soccer organizations.
Design:
Retrospective cohort.
Participants:
Youth soccer club director...
Objectives
The psychological impacts of injuries in youth athletes remain poorly defined. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the influence of injury on quality of life (QOL) and sleep in female high school volleyball athletes.
Methods
2073 female high school volleyball players (15.6±1.1 years) completed the Pediatric Quality of Life survey...
Introduction: The purpose of this study was to describe the reported incidence of COVID-19 in Wisconsin high school athletes in September 2020, and to investigate the relationship of COVID-19 incidence with sport and face mask use.
Methods: Surveys were sent to athletic directors of all Wisconsin high schools regarding sports during September 2020....
Context: During the fall of 2020, some high schools across the US allowed their students to participate in interscholastic sports while others cancelled or postponed their sport programs due to concerns regarding CoVID19 transmission. It is unknown what effect this has had on the physical and mental health of student athletes.
Objective: Identify t...
Sport specialization is becoming increasingly common among youth and adolescent athletes in the United States and many have raised concern about this trend. Although research on sport specialization has grown significantly, numerous pressing questions remain pertaining to short- and long-term effects of specialization on the health and well-being o...
Sport specialisation is becoming increasingly common among youth and adolescent athletes in the USA and many have raised concern about this trend. Although research on sport specialisation has grown significantly, numerous pressing questions remain pertaining to short-term and long-term effects of specialisation on the health and well-being of yout...
Adolescence represents a time of tremendous physical, social, and emotional growth, and sport participation can provide significant mental health benefits for young athletes. Injuries are unfortunately common in sports and represent a threat to the short- and long-term health of athletes. While injury management has typically revolved around the mi...
Purpose: To evaluate the influence of sport characteristics and face mask use on COVID-19 incidence among high school athletes.
Methods: Surveys were distributed to high school athletic directors throughout the United States regarding sport re-initiation, COVID-19 cases, and risk reduction procedures in fall 2020. Separate mixed effects Poisson reg...
Context:> In the spring of 2020, schools closed to in-person teaching and sports were cancelled to control the transmission of CoVID-19. The changes that took place to the physical and mental health among young athletes during this time remain unknown, however.
Identify changes in the health (mental health, physical activity and quality of life) of...
Context
In the spring of 2020, US schools closed to in-person teaching and sports were cancelled to control the transmission of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). It is critical to understand the mental and physical health of adolescent athletes during this time.
Objective
To describe the health of athletes during COVID-19–related school closure...
Context:
Girls high school volleyball is very popular across the United States. There is limited prospective data regarding the incidence and risk factors of time loss (TL) and non-time loss (NTL) injuries sustained in this population.
Objectives:
To estimate the incidence and describe the characteristics of injuries (TL and NTL) sustained in a...
Context:
In the spring of 2020, US schools closed to in-person teaching and sports were cancelled to control the transmission of COVID-19. It is critical to understand the mental and physical health of adolescent athletes during this time.
Objective:
Describe the health of athletes during COVID-19 related school closures and sport cancellations....
Many collegiate athletes use scooters and mopeds for transportation, and they are at greater risk for head injury without helmets. Objective: Investigate college athletes' reasons for wearing/not wearing helmets while riding a scooter or moped. Participants, Methods: 125 Division I athletes across five teams (two with helmet mandates) completed a c...
Background
Although decreased sleep has been associated with decreased performance, increased illness risk, and impaired well-being in athletes, the relationship between sleep and injury risk in collegiate athletes is unknown.
Purpose/Hypothesis
To evaluate the independent effects of sleep duration and subjective well-being on in-season injury in...
PurposePremature birth is associated with lasting effects, including lower exercise capacity and pulmonary function, and is acknowledged as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease. The aim was to evaluate factors affecting exercise capacity in adolescents born preterm, including the cardiovascular and pulmonary responses to exercise, activity leve...
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the case and incidence rates of COVID-19 among youth soccer players and evaluate the relationship with background COVID-19 risk and phase of return to play.
Methods: Surveys were distributed to soccer clubs throughout the country regarding their phase of return to soccer (individual only, group no...
Context:
Young athletes are encouraged to participate in high-intensity sport programs. However, most research on the association between training volume (TV) and injury has been performed on adult or professional athletes.
Objective:
To evaluate the association between acute and chronic TV (hours/week) and reported injury (yes/no) and evaluate...
Background
The relationships between sport specialization, physical activity, sleep, and illness in younger athletes are unknown. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to evaluate the independent effects of sport specialization, sleep, and physical activity on illness in middle school athletes.
Hypothesis
Decreased sleep, decreased physical act...
Objective
Determine the association of sport specialization in female volleyball athletes with previous injury history and determine the association of sport specialization with volleyball participation opportunities.
Design
Cross-sectional.
Setting
Recruitment occurred from 83 XXX high schools during the 2018 volleyball season.
Participants
Fem...
Importance
Premature birth is associated with substantially higher lifetime risk for cardiovascular disease, including arrhythmia, ischemic disease, and heart failure, although the underlying mechanisms are poorly understood.
Objective
To characterize cardiac structure and function in adolescents and young adults born preterm using cardiac magneti...
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Background
Volleyball’s popularity among middle and high school girls continues to rise with many athletes playing the sport year-round. While up to 40% of high school basketball players consume analgesics frequently to manage sport related pain, there is limited evidence regarding the prevalence of over the counter (OTC) pain medicine use among hi...
Background
Lower extremity injuries (LEIs), particularly ankle sprains, are the most common injury reported among female volleyball players. Many athletes wear ankle braces to help prevent injury; however, it is unknown whether ankle brace use reduces the rate and severity of ankle and LEI in these athletes.
Hypothesis/Purpose
Determine if ankle b...
Background
Volleyball participation has increased and unlike other team sports, its popularity among high school girls continues to grow. With its rise in popularity, the number of girls playing club volleyball outside of school has also grown. Sports specialization in youth athletes, or year-round intensive training in a single sport at the exclus...
Objective
The impact, positive or negative, of youth sport specialisation (YSS) on short-term and long-term performance is not fully understood; however, the desire to maximise performance goals is generally considered the primary reason children and adolescents specialise at a young age. We performed a systematic review of original research to est...
Background
Significant evidence has emerged that sport specialization is associated with an increased risk of overuse injury in youth athletes. Several recommendations exist to reduce the risk of overuse injury in youth sports, but the risk of overuse injuries may be dependent on specific movements required by a given sport.
Hypotheses
Association...
Participation in youth soccer in the United States continues to increase steadily, with a greater percentage of preadolescent participants than perhaps any other youth sport. Despite the wide-ranging health benefits of participation in organized sports, injuries occur and represent a threat to the health and performance of young athletes. Youth soc...
Context
Recent studies suggested that a large population of high school-aged athletes participate on club sport teams. Despite attempts to document emergency preparedness in high school athletics, the adherence to emergency and medical coverage standards among club sport teams is unknown.
Objective
To determine if differences in emergency prepared...
Objective:
To evaluate the relationship between sport specialization, sleep, and subjective well-being in female youth soccer players.
Design:
Prospective cohort study.
Setting:
Community soccer organization.
Methods:
During a 4-month season, 52 female youth soccer players (aged 13-18 years) reported daily training load (TL) and every mornin...
Background
Club sport participation is increasingly common among high school athletes. Sport participation characteristics may vary widely between the high school and club sport settings. However, there have been no large-scale comparisons of sport participation volume between high school and club teams from similar sports.
Purpose/Hypothesis
The...
Purpose
The long-term implications of premature birth on autonomic nervous system (ANS) function are unclear. Heart rate recovery (HRR) following maximal exercise is a simple tool to evaluate ANS function and is a strong predictor of cardiovascular disease. Our objective was to determine whether HRR is impaired in young adults born preterm (PYA)....
Sport specialization is often associated with intense, high volume training, which may result in injury – especially overuse injuries. However, there is limited prospective research investigating these relationships. Additionally, previous research has focused on adolescents older than 12 years of age with no data available in younger cohorts, who...
Recent studies have demonstrated that a large population of high-school aged athletes participate on club sport teams. Studies have documented emergency preparedness and medical coverage standards in the high school athletic setting. However, similar examinations do not exist for youth club sport teams. PURPOSE: To determine if differences in emerg...
Rationale:
Premature birth affects 10% of live births in the United States, and is associated with alveolar simplification and altered pulmonary microvascular development. However, little is known about the long-term impact prematurity has on the pulmonary vasculature.
Objective:
Determine the long-term effects of prematurity on right ventricula...
Background
There are a variety of proposed motivations for sport specialization, such as improving sport skills to an elite level, making all-star or travel teams, or receiving a scholarship or professional contract. However, there has not been a quantitative examination of the attitudes and beliefs that may be contributing to the trend of sport sp...
Objectives:
To describe the socioeconomic status, measured by household income and educational attainment, of parents with children participating on youth club sport teams.
Design:
Cross-sectional survey.
Setting:
Local sport events.
Participants:
949 parents (571 female) of youth athletes between 10 and 18 years old were recruited at club t...
Preterm birth temporarily disrupts autonomic nervous system (ANS) development, and the long-term impacts of disrupted fetal development are unclear in children. Abnormal cardiac ANS function is associated with worse health outcomes, and has been identified as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease. We used heart rate variability (HRV) in the time...
Purpose: To evaluate the influence of physical maturity on the changes in ventricular morphology and function with sport training in female youth athletes.
Methods: Thirty-two female athletes (age 13–18 years) underwent height and weight measurement and 2-D echocardiographic evaluation immediately prior to, and following, a 20-week soccer season. P...
Background:
Although increased training load (TL) and impaired sleep are associated with decreases in subjective well-being in adult athletes, these relationships among female youth athletes are unclear. It is unknown whether the effects of sleep and TL on well-being are independent or whether alterations in sleep mediate the effects of TL on subj...
Overuse injuries in youth athletes are becoming increasingly common which may be a result of the prevalence of year-round specialized sport participation. Previous research has identified sport volume recommendations related to months per year, hours per week, and simultaneous participation in multiple sports leagues. Coaches are a primary influenc...
Background
Sport specialization has been associated with overuse injuries and is more common in larger high schools, which are often located in more urban/suburban settings. However, sport participation characteristics have not been compared between suburban and rural high schools.
Purpose/Hypothesis
The purpose of this study was to examine the di...
Sleep is an essential component of health and well-being, with significant impacts on physical development, emotional regulation, cognitive performance, and quality of life. Along with being an integral part of the recovery and adaptive process between bouts of exercise, accumulating evidence suggests that increased sleep duration and improved slee...
Background
Although preseason aerobic fitness has been suggested as a modifiable risk factor for injury in adult athletes, the relationship between aerobic fitness, injury, and illness in youth athletes is unknown.
Purpose
To determine whether preseason aerobic fitness predicts in-season injury and illness risk in female adolescent soccer players....
The purpose of this study was to determine if maximal heart rate (MHR) varies between laboratory testing, field testing, training, competitive matches and an age predicted MHR equation among female collegiate soccer players. 21 female NCAA Division 1 soccer players had MHR determined during a maximal treadmill test (MHRGXT), a 20-meter shuttle run...
Purpose:
Determine if in-season changes in heart rate recovery (HRR) are related to aerobic fitness and performance in collegiate rowers.
Methods:
22 female collegiate rowers completed testing before and after their competitive season. Body fat percentage (BF%) was determined by dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry. Maximal aerobic capacity (VO2max...
Background
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of training load (TL) and well-being on injury and illness risk in youth soccer players.
Methods
Throughout a 20-week season, 75 female adolescent soccer players reported mood, fatigue, stress, soreness, sleep quality, sleep hours, TL, injuries and illnesses. Well-being measures were...
Although heart rate recovery (HRR) has been suggested as a measure of fitness, minimal data exists among athletes. The purpose of this study was to determine if HRR is related to aerobic fitness in elite athletes and whether this relationship is influenced by sex or body composition.84 collegiate athletes (male=45) underwent body fat percentage (BF...
Purpose:
To determine whether preseason aerobic capacity is independently associated with in-season injury among collegiate soccer players.
Design:
Prospective cohort study.
Setting:
University athletic department.
Participants:
Forty-three NCAA Division I soccer athletes (male = 23).
Independent variables:
Gender and preseason lean body m...