Guidelines for Reading & Interpreting Sports Science Research
The goal of this column when I started five years ago was to take existing research in the world of ultrarunning and endurance sports and make it translatable. It’s a lot of fun and I always learn something new. However, it’s often limited to one topic per issue and perhaps sometimes, it’s not a topic that you’re interested in. This month I want to provide you, the educated reader, some tips on how to be better consumers of scientific articles and therefore, feel more comfortable seeking out the information you are most interested in. Specifically, I’ll describe different types of studies and some things to be aware of when reading each of them.
First, where to find these articles. The gold standard is which compiles articles from biomedical journals,
