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National Rugby League athletes and tendon tap reflex assessment: A matched cohort clinical study [PDF]

, 2016
BACKGROUND: Limited research suggests elite athletes may differ from non-athletes in clinical tendon tap reflex responses. METHODS: In this matched cohort study, 25 elite rugby league athletes were compared with 29 non-athletes to examine differences in ...
Condon, Greg, Hing, Wayne, Maurini, James, Ohmsen, Paul, Pope, Rodney   +4 more
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Prevalence of sexual harassment among Norwegian female elite athletes in relation to sport type [PDF]

, 2004
Although it is often assumed that the prevalence of sexual harassment is different in different sports, this assumption has not been empirically tested. This study considers whether the experience of sexual harassment varies by sport.
Brackenridge, C.H., Celia Brackenridge, Cense, M., Curry, T., Dagsavisen, Griffin, P., Gutek, B.A., Jorunn Sundgot-Borgen, Kari Fasting, Kenyon, G.S., Kirby, S., Kirby, S., Lenskyj, H., Mauldon, E., Messner, M., Messner, M., Metheny, E., Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports (NOCCS), O’Donohue, W., Robinson, L., Sparkes, D., Thomas, A.M., Wise, S.   +22 more
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Toward an explanation of continuous improvement in expert athletes: The role of consciousness in deliberate practice [PDF]

, 2015
In a body of research spanning three decades, Janet Starkes and her colleagues have produced a wealth of empirical evidence on the importance of deliberate practice in the development of elite performers.
Moran, Aidan, Toner, John
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Is athletic background associated with a future lower prevalence of risk factors for chronic disease?

Journal of Exercise Science & Fitness, 2014
This cross-sectional study examined whether the prevalence of behavioral and biological risk factors of former elite athletes (both men and women), differed from nonelite athletes and nonathletes.
Cristiano H.X. Batista, José M. Soares
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The study of the correlations between handgrip strength and some anthropometric characteristics of upper extremity of elite and sub-elite Olympic style weightlifting athletes

Physical Education of Students, 2020
Background and Study Aim: Handgrip strength is widely used as a functionality parameter of the upper extremity and general health. The measurement of handgrip strength by dynamometry is a low cost, noninvasive method of simple applicability.
Kenan Erdağı
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Mental health management of elite athletes during COVID-19: a narrative review and recommendations

British Journal of Sports Medicine, 2020
Elite athletes suffer many mental health symptoms and disorders at rates equivalent to or exceeding those of the general population. COVID-19 has created new strains on elite athletes, thus potentially increasing their vulnerability to mental health ...
C. Reardon, Abhinav Bindra, C. Blauwet, R. Budgett, Niccolo Campriani, A. Currie, V. Gouttebarge, D. McDuff, M. Mountjoy, R. Purcell, M. Putukian, S. Rice, B. Hainline   +12 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Back pain in elite sports: A cross-sectional study on 1114 athletes.

PLoS ONE, 2017
ObjectivesTo establish the prevalence of back pain in German elite athletes; examine the influence of age, sex, sports discipline and training volume; and compare elite athletes with a physically active control group.MethodsA standardized and validated ...
Daniela Fett, Katharina Trompeter, Petra Platen   +2 more
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Perfectionism and achievement goals in young Finnish ice-hockey players aspiring to make the Under-16 national team [PDF]

, 2009
Research on perfectionism suggests that is it useful to differentiate between perfectionistic strivings and perfectionistic concerns. Regarding the 2 x 2 achievement goal framework, the usefulness of this differentiation was recently demonstrated in a ...
Antony M. M., Arbuckle J. L., Brislin R. W., Byrne B. M., Cole D. A., Conroy D. E., Conroy D. E., Conroy D. E., Cronbach L. J., DiBartolo P. M., Dunkley D. M., Dunn J. G. H., Dunn J. G. H., Dunn J. G. H., Elliot A. J., Elliot A. J., Flett G. L., Flett G. L., Frost R. O., Frost R. O., Gould D., Gould D., Haase A. M., Hall H. K., Hall H. K., Hill A. P., Hoyle R. H., Joachim Stoeber, Jukka Tiikkaja, Kitsantas A., Kline R. B., Lemyre P.-N., Lundh L.-G., Lundh L.-G., McPherson S. L., Moller A. C., Nunnally J. C., Nunnally J. C., Oliver Stoll, Olli Salmi, Ommundsen Y., Pleva J., Rice K. G., Shafran R., Slade P. D., Spray C. M., Stoeber J., Stoeber J., Stoeber J., Stoeber J., Stumpf H., Stöber J., Tabachnick B. G., Terry-Short L. A., Vallance J. K. H.   +54 more
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Telomere Length in Elite Athletes

International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, 2017
Growing evidence suggests that regular moderate-intensity physical activity is associated with an attenuation of leukocyte telomere length (LTL) shortening. However, more controversy exists regarding higher exercise loads such as those imposed by elite-sport participation.Methods:The authors investigated LTL differences between young elite athletes (n =
Muniesa Ferrero, Carlos Alberto, Verde Rello, Zoraida, Díaz Ureña, Germán, Santiago Dorrego, Catalina, Gutiérrez, Fernando, Díaz, Enrique, Gómez Gallego, Félix, Pareja Galeano, Helios, Soares-Miranda, Luisa, Lucía Mulas, Alejandro   +9 more
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What Makes an Elite Shooter and Archer? The Critical Role of Interoceptive Attention

Frontiers in Psychology, 2021
It is well-acknowledged that attention is important for expert performance in sports. However, the role of interoceptive attention, i.e., the attentional mechanism of awareness and conscious focus of bodily somatic and visceral signals, in self-paced and
Pengli Li, Quanyu Lu, Qiong Wu, Xinghua Liu, Xinghua Liu, Yanhong Wu, Yanhong Wu, Yanhong Wu   +7 more
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