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Load management, i.e., prescribing, monitoring, and adjusting training load, is primarily aimed at preventing injury and maximizing performance. The search for objective monitoring tools to assess the external and internal load of athletes is of great ...
Nils Haller +16 more
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Motion capture is the current gold standard for assessing movement of the human body, but laboratory settings do not always mimic the natural terrains and movements encountered by humans.
Andrea Karen Persons +13 more
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The relationship between the female athlete triad and injury rates in collegiate female athletes [PDF]
Background This study aimed to clarify the relationship between the triad risk assessment score and the sports injury rate in 116 female college athletes (average age, 19.8 ± 1.3 years) in seven sports at the national level of competition; 67 were ...
Mutsuaki Edama +5 more
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Futureproofing triathlon: expert suggestions to improve health and performance in triathletes
Background Given the multi-modal nature of triathlon (swimming, cycling, running), training for a triathlon event has numerous potential health benefits including physical fitness.
Michael D. Kennedy +4 more
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To the Editor: I read with great interest the meta-analysis on athlete’s heart by Pluim et al.1 In the introduction, they quote previous investigations, including the results of a meta-analysis from my group,2 3 and state that “...they have not been able to resolve satisfactorily the question regarding the existence of 2 types of athlete’s heart.” I ...
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The development of wearable technology, which enables motion tracking analysis for human movement outside the laboratory, can improve awareness of personal health and performance.
Samaneh Davarzani +13 more
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Vascular adaptation in athletes: is there an ‘athlete's artery’? [PDF]
Whilst the existence of a specific phenotype characterized as ‘athlete's heart’ is generally acknowledged, the question of whether athletes exhibit characteristic vascular adaptations has not been specifically addressed. To do so in this symposium, studies which have assessed the size, wall thickness and function of elastic, large muscular and smaller ...
Green, D.J. +4 more
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Although skinfold-derived equations seem to be practical for field application in estimating body fat percentage (BF%) and minimum body mass in Olympic wrestlers, prediction equations applied first need to be cross-validated in Olympic wrestlers to ...
Aslı Devrim-Lanpir +9 more
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Interpreting and Implementing the Long Term Athlete Development Model: English Swimming Coaches’ Views on the (Swimming) LTAD in Practice [PDF]
The LTAD (Long Term Athlete Development) model has come to represent a sports-wide set of principles that significantly influences national sports policy in England.
Light, R +5 more
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In sports science, cardiopulmonary data is used to assess exercise intensity, performance and health status of athletes and derive relevant target values.
Baumgartner N. +5 more
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