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Genetic aspects of athletic performance: the African runners phenomenon
, 2014 Rodrigo Luiz Vancini,1 João Bosco Pesquero,2 Rafael Júlio Fachina,3,4 Marília dos Santos Andrade,1 João Paulo Borin,3 Paulo César Montagner,3 Claudio Andre Barbosa de Lira51Centro de Educação Física
Andrade MS +6 more
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The 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
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BMC Sports Science, Medicine and RehabilitationObjective This study aimed to examine the reliability, validity and efficacy of using group or individualized load-velocity profiles (LVPs) in four machine-based exercises, involving trained college students and middle-aged and older adults ...
Meiling Tao +10 more
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Balance Ability and Athletic Performance [PDF]
Sports Medicine, 2011 The relationship between balance ability and sport injury risk has been established in many cases, but the relationship between balance ability and athletic performance is less clear. This review compares the balance ability of athletes from different sports, determines if there is a difference in balance ability of athletes at different levels of ...
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The perceived impact of social support received from coaches of injured college athletes [PDF]
, 1999 Plan BThe positive effects of social support received by injured college athletes is beneficial to their recovery. Their college coaches play a tremendous role by providing a portion of this support.
Bunyan, John V.
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The holy blood and the holy grail: Myths of scientific racism and the pursuit of excellence in sport [PDF]
, 2008 Despite the continuing publication of research that suggests there is no scientific basis to 'race' as a biological category, theories of racial difference continue to be invoked within sport to explain the perceived dominance of black athletes.
Spracklen, K
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The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract Phylogenetic comparative methods have been used in recent literature to work with laws and test for regularities (evolutionary associations of quantitative features) and evolutionary singularities (features that evolved in a single taxon). We analyzed these uses epistemologically, taking the evolution of red‐blood‐cell mean corpuscular volume (
Jorge Cubo +3 more
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Behavioral Sciences(1) Background: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a common mental health condition in children that can significantly impact their quality of life.
Weixiao Zhang, Haojie Li, Yi Sheng
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The Impact of Athletic Performance on Alumni Giving: An Analysis of Micro Data [PDF]
An ongoing controversy in the literature on the economics of higher education centers on whether the success of a school's athletic program affects alumni donations. This paper uses a unique data set to investigate this issue.
Harvey S. Rosen, Jonathan Meer
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Twin pregnancies and the limits of the energetics of gestation and growth hypothesis
The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract The “Energetics of Gestation and Growth” (EGG) hypothesis proposes that human birth timing and the associated secondary altriciality of human newborns is determined by limits in maternal metabolic capacity. According to this model, labor is triggered when the increasing fetal energy requirements exceed the expectant mother's maximum sustained ...
Cédric Cordey +2 more
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