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Biomechanical Analysis of Injury Risk in Two High-Altitude Landing Positions Using Xsens Inertial Units and EMG Sensors

open access: yesSensors
High-altitude landing maneuvers can pose a significant injury risk, particularly when performed with different landing techniques. This study aims to compare the biomechanical parameters and injury risks associated with two landing positions—staggered ...
Xuewu Yao, Haojie Li, Chen Xiu
doaj   +1 more source

Cross court view: Comparison of body image during competition [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
There are many studies on body image but few focus on the body image of athletes. Further, there are few studies on the effects of appearance on athletic performance. Past studies have focused on internalization or body image dissatisfaction.
Kelly, Timothy M
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Effects of intermittent exposure to hypobaria and cold on the microarchitecture and morphofunctional profile of rat gastrocnemius muscle

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Intermittent hypobaric hypoxia (IHH) enhances oxygen transport, muscle metabolism, and cardiovascular health; however, the combined effects of hypobaria and cold are less well understood. Exposure to these stressful environmental factors, even intermittently, can affect skeletal muscle due to its plasticity, thereby altering its metabolic and ...
Garoa Santocildes   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Why We Need to Study Assisted Methods to Teach Typing to Nonspeaking Autistic People

open access: yesAutism Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT At least one third of autistic people have limited or no speech. Most nonspeaking autistic people are never provided alternatives that would enable the full range of expression that speech allows, significantly limiting their access to educational, social, and employment opportunities.
Vikram K. Jaswal   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The professionalisation of teachers in France at a time of new reform: A comparative perspective of teacher‐trainers and students in pre‐service training

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The latest reform of initial teacher education (ITE) in France, introduced in 2021, aims to make teacher training less theoretical and therefore more ‘practical’. New elements, such as the replacement of the Écoles Supérieures pour le Professorat et l'Éducation (ÉSPÉs) by the Instituts Nationaux Supérieurs du Professorat et de l'Education ...
Eric Maleyrot, Thérèse Perez‐Roux
wiley   +1 more source

How should we measure psychological resilience in sport performers? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Psychological resilience is important in sport because athletes must constantly withstand a wide range of pressures to attain and sustain high performance.
Alexander C.   +25 more
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“Oxygenated” water and athletic performance [PDF]

open access: yesBritish Journal of Sports Medicine, 2006
Ergogenic claims for oxygenated water cannot be taken seriously A decade or so ago, the idea arose that athletes might gain a competitive edge by drinking water that contained extra dissolved oxygen (O2). The notion stems from observations that O2 breathing during exercise enhances athletic performance,1,2 but the connection of O2 breathing during ...
openaire   +2 more sources

‘Literal torture’: Vulnerability, resilience and young people's experiences of pressure in physical education

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper combines vulnerability and resilience theory to explore the pressure young people experience in Physical Education (PE) and sport at secondary school. The theoretical framework was used to understand both how young people experience PE in school and how vulnerability and resilience function interdependently in social contexts like ...
David Littlefair, Michael Jopling
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of variable resistance training within complex training on strength and punch performance in elite amateur boxers

open access: yesFrontiers in Physiology
ObjectivesThis study explored the effects of 6 weeks of variable resistance training (VRT) and constant resistance training (CRT) within complex training, on muscle strength and punch performance.MethodsTwenty-four elite female boxers from the China ...
Yongfu Liu   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

High school athletes and over the counter performance enhancing drugs : an inside look and website [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
This study will take a look into four young male athlete’s lives and if they use over the counter performance enhancing drugs. With the recent debates on steroid use in major sports, I felt it was necessary to see how teens are using the products that ...
Albritton, Steven C.
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