Science of Gymnastics Journal

Most recent edition has just been posted.

Here are a couple of studies that may be of interest.

… sample consisted of 27 female gymnasts and 15 controls. …

… Sedentary adolescents show a higher prevalence of overweight, hypertension, osteopenia and final height prediction. In this particular group of athletes, competitive gymnastics influences body composition but does not appear to compromise nutritional status, normal progression of puberty, bone mass and genetically defined final height. …

GYMNASTICS AND THE FEMALE ATHLETE TRIAD: REALITY OR MYTH? (PDF)

Another compared take-off’s kinetic and kinematic variables of elite male gymnasts doing different kinds of standing backward saltos.

KINEMATIC AND KINETIC ANALYSIS OF COUNTER MOVEMENT JUMP VERSUS TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF STANDING BACK SOMERSAULT (PDF)