Hi all,

Just letting you know that IJSNEM is introducing a new section to the journal, featuring case histories in sports nutrition.  The guidelines for submission of such papers are presented below.  Please consider submitting a paper to the journal, and pass the information to your colleagues and students

Louise Burke

Co-Editor, IJSNEM

 

International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism

Guidelines for preparation of a Case History submission

 

The case history should present a novel situation in which a sports nutrition practitioner has observed a nutrition challenge in sport or assisted in the implementation of a nutrition plan to overcome such a challenge. The aim of this series is to present brief but insightful summaries of unique situations in sports nutrition. Authors should note the requirement that all material maintains the anonymity of the subject(s).The subject(s) should have the opportunity to read the case history in its entirety before giving their written permission for publication to the authors. The Human Ethics Committee of the Australian Institute of Sport has granted approval for case histories to be presented according to this principle. Where the authors’ institutions require approval from their own Human Ethics Committees for the presentation of such a case report, however, it should be documented that this was sought and granted.

 

The manuscript should be less than 3500 words in total (inclusive of title page, abstract and brief reference or reading list). The following template of headings is suggested. Authors are encouraged to write objectively in presenting the background, assessments and nutrition plan involved in the case, but may present their reflections in an active or first person form.

 

Background to issue

• Summary of the topic/sport/context in which the athlete’s nutritional challenge has emerged
• Examples: Overview of an event or sport, an issue in a sport (e.g. making weight) or a clinical nutrition issue (e.g. celiac disease, Type 1 diabetes)

 

Presentation of athlete/subject

• Confidential presentation of the subject of case history
• A statement that the subject has provided written permission for publication of the case history after having read the paper. There should also be a statement that the report conforms to the principle that has been approved by the Ethics Committee of the Australian Institute of Sport OR a statement that the paper has been approved by another Human Ethics Committee
• Details of the situation that led to the involvement of the subject and author(s) in the observation, project or collaboration

 

Athlete or subject assessment

• Personal and sporting history
• Physique and physiological characteristics (as applicable)
• Medical or clinical history (if relevant)
• Nutritional assessment and history (as applicable)

 

Overview of nutrition plan/intervention

• Details of the recommended plan with scientific/nutritional support for this approach

 

Outcome of the implementation of the plan

 

Reflections

 

Key references or reading list

 

Manuscripts may be submitted electronically via the IJSNEM Manuscript Central site at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/hk_ijsnem. Please note in the covering letter that the submission is submitted for consideration in the Case History series. The title of the submission should also begin with the words “Case History: . . . “.