Mougin, Loïs https://orcid.org/0009-0002-9401-6080
Bailey, Stephen J. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0923-6362
Jones, Andrew M. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2082-1709
Joyner, Michael J. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7135-7643
Mears, Stephen A. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3941-9426
Pearce, Rhona
Zanini, Michele https://orcid.org/0009-0007-8148-8843
Article History
Accepted: 1 April 2026
First Online: 3 May 2026
Declarations
Conflict of Interest: Andrew M. Jones is an Editorial Board member of Sports Medicine . Andrew M. Jones was not involved in the selection of peer reviewers for the manuscript nor any of the subsequent editorial decisions. Loïs Mougin, Stephen J. Bailey, Michael J. Joyner, Stephen A. Mears, Rhona Pearce and Michele Zanini have no conflicts of interest that are directly relevant to the content of this article.
Ethics Approval: Ethical approval was granted by the Loughborough University Ethics Review Sub-Committee (Projects ID: G13-P1; 2020–1944-1940).
Consent to Participate: Data were collected after securing written informed consent from each participant in line with the Declaration of Helsinki.
Consent for Publication: Not applicable.
Availability of Data and Material: Data are available on request from the corresponding author.
Code Availability: Not applicable.
Authors’ Contributions: RP and MZ collected the data. LM and MZ analysed the data and conducted the statistical analyses. RP, AJM, MJJ, SJB, SAM, MZ and LM interpreted the data. LM and MZ drafted the initial manuscript. All authors critically reviewed the manuscript and read and approved the final version.