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Athletes do not know the morphology of their feet

European Journal of Human Movement, 2022
The foot corresponds to the body segment that allows the exchange of forces between the support surface and the athlete's body; its morphology and function influence the quality of movement and body alignment.
Celso Sánchez Ramírez
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Consumer Impressions of the Safety and Effectiveness of OTC Medicines

Pharmacy, 2023
The public generally believes OTC medicines to be helpful for treating minor ailments. From a survey point of view, that position often originates from feedback obtained when these medicines are considered as one broad category.
Jeffrey Gordon Taylor, Stephen Ayosanmi, Sujit S. Sansgiry   +2 more
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Athlete's Foot: A Common Fungal Infection in Athletes and Beyond. The Use of Terbinafine in Treating Tinea Pedis and Onychomycosis

Quality in Sport
Introduction: Tinea pedis is one of the most common skin conditions that often affects athletes, which is referred to by another name for the condition - Athlete's foot.
Anita Ptak, Michał Szyc
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Effect of Household Laundering, Heat Drying, and Freezing on the Survival of Dermatophyte Conidia

Journal of Fungi, 2022
Dermatomycoses are one of the most common dermatological infectious diseases. Dermatophytoses, such as tinea pedis (athlete’s foot) in adults and tinea capitis in children, are the most prevalent fungal diseases caused by dermatophytes.
Mohammad Akhoundi, Jade Nasrallah, Anthony Marteau, Dahlia Chebbah, Arezki Izri, Sophie Brun   +5 more
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Effects of a sand running surface on the kinematics of sprinting at maximum velocity [PDF]

, 2011
Performing sprints on a sand surface is a common training method for improving sprint-specific strength. For maximum specificity of training the athlete’s movement patterns during the training exercise should closely resemble those used when performing ...
Alcaraz, PE, Elvira, JLL, Linthorne, NP, Palao, JM   +3 more
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A Comparison of Vertical Ground Reaction Forces in Single-leg Jump Take-offs and Double-leg Jump Take-offs in Indoor Collegiate Volleyball Players [PDF]

, 2020
The purpose of this study was to determine if differences in vertical ground reaction forces (vGRFs) exist between single-leg take-off approaches (SL) and double-leg take-off approaches (DL) and if sex or positional differences existed in vGRFs in SL- or
de Moors, Moroni, Deshner, Austin, Latchford, Margaret Elisabeth, McDermott, Maggie, Peveler, Will W   +4 more
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Implementing the Five-A Model of technical refinement: Key roles of the sport psychologist [PDF]

, 2016
There is increasing evidence for the significant contribution provided by sport psychologists within applied coaching environments. However, this rarely considers their skills/knowledge being applied when refining athletes’ already learned and well ...
Andersson A., BBC, Cannon-Bowers J.A., Carson H.J., Carson H.J., Carson H.J., Christina R.W., Collins D., Collins D., Csikszentmihalyi M., DailyMail, Dave Collins, Hanin Y., Howie J. Carson, Leary M.R., Newman P., Paivio A., Palmer B., Polkinghorne D., Prochaska J.O., Renshaw I., Rushall B.S., Schack T., Verdi B., Weaver P.   +24 more
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Preparation of Sock Impregnated with Microcapsules Based on Olive Oil for the Antibacterial and Antifungal Therapy of Athlete’s Foot

Journal of Natural Fibers
Athlete’s foot remains a prevalent issue despite the availability of various treatments. This study proposes a textile-based solution by developing cotton jersey socks enhanced with antifungal properties through the incorporation of olive oil ...
Fadhel Jaafar, Abeer. M. Beagan, Hamza Kahri, Neji Ladhari   +3 more
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Effective skill refinement: Focusing on process to ensure outcome [PDF]

, 2014
In contrast to the abundance of motor skill acquisition and performance research, there is a paucity of work which addresses how athletes with an already learnt and well-established skill may go about making a subtle change, or refinement, to that skill.
Carson, H.J.,, Collins, D.
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Electrical Impedance Myography Detects Disease Progression over 12 to 24 Months in Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy

Annals of Neurology, EarlyView.
Objective Targeted therapies for facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) are progressing through clinical trials. Electrical impedance myography (EIM) provides a noninvasive biomarker of muscle composition that may be valuable especially in early phase trials. This study evaluated EIM data from a multicenter FSHD cohort over 24 months.
Karlien Mul, Michael P. McDermott, Russell J. Butterfield, Bakri Elsheikh, Kate Eichinger, Nicholas E. Johnson, Doris G. Leung, Samantha LoRusso, Leann Lewis, William B. Martens, Perry B. Shieh, Leo H. Wang, Michaela Walker, Rabi Tawil, Jeffrey M. Statland, ReSolve Investigators of the FSHD‐CTRN   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source