Evidence indicates females may be more susceptible to sports-related concussion with worse and prolonged symptom severity according to menstrual cycle phase. We investigated whether menstrual cycle phases influence non-concussive heading kinematics in elite female footballers, and whether these impacts affect an athlete’s cognition. Five eumenorrheic elite female footballers (M age = 23 ± 4 years) participated in a 16-week pro...

Chronotype is one’s inherent preferred pattern of sleep and activity within a 24 hour period. Late chronotypes in particular are prevalent among university students and have been associated with differences in physical activity and cognitive performance compared to earlier chronotypes. While these effects have been studied in isolation and in controlled settings, the interaction between chronotype, cognition and physical activ...