Latest Research
Updated research in sports science and sports medicine explores REDs and related topics, ranging from the physiologic to the psychologic.
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Inducing low energy availability in trained endurance male athletes results in poorer explosive power
“This is the first research providing direct evidence that suboptimal EA negatively impacts explosive power before hormonal changes occur in male endurance athletes.”
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Prevalence of impaired physiological function consistent with Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S): an Australian elite and pre-elite cohort
“Symptoms described by the RED-S model were prevalent in this cohort, supporting the need for improved awareness, monitoring and management of these symptoms in this population.”
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Low Energy Availability with and without a High-Protein Diet Suppresses Bone Formation and Increases Bone Resorption in Men: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study
“The combined reduction in bone formation and elevation in bone resorption still signaled a shift in bone turnover favoring resorption. Consuming a high-protein diet during low energy availability did not significantly attenuate these effects.”
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“I’d got self-destruction down to a fine art”: a qualitative exploration of relative energy deficiency in sport (RED-S) in endurance athletes
“This paper contributes novel understanding of the complex interplay between physiological and psychological components of RED-S from the perspective of information-rich cases.”
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Short-Term Carbohydrate Restriction Impairs Bone Formation at Rest and During Prolonged Exercise to a Greater Degree than Low Energy Availability
“Short-term carbohydrate restriction appears to result in reduced circulating markers of bone formation at rest and during exercise with a further exercise-related increase in a bone resorption marker.”
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Low energy availability surrogates correlate with health and performance consequences of Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport
“ Compared with athletes with adequate EA, athletes with low EA had a higher prevalence of the majority of the IOC-proposed RED-S health and performance consequences.”
