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‘I always considered I needed injury prevention to become an elite athlete’: the road to the Olympics from the athlete and staff perspective [PDF]
BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine, 2021 In this study, we explored the perspectives about sports injury prevention of Belgium Olympic level athletes, coaches, managers and healthcare providers from various Olympic sports. We conducted a qualitative study, including 17 semistructured interviews.
Evert Verhagen +2 more
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Association of COL12A1 rs970547 Polymorphism with Elite Athlete Status [PDF]
Biomedicines, 2022 The role of genetics, as an intrinsic factor, in research of sports performance increases with every passing year. The polymorphism rs970547 of the COL12A1 gene is one of the most promising genetic markers linked to soft-tissue injuries. This study aimed
Valentina Ginevičienė, Alina Urnikytė
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Recommendations for Measurement and Management of an Elite Athlete [PDF]
Sports, 2019 Athletes who merit the title ‘elite’ are rare and differ both quantitatively and qualitatively from athletes of lower qualifications. Serving and studying elite athletes may demand non-traditional approaches.
William Sands +7 more
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Risk and protective factors for mental ill-health in elite para- and non-para athletes
Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 ObjectiveTo apply a socioecological approach to identify risk and protective factors across levels of the “sports-ecosystem,” which are associated with mental health outcomes among athletes in para-sports and non-para sports.
Lisa S. Olive +16 more
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Coaching elite athletes: How coaches stimulate elite athletes' reflection [PDF]
Sports Coaching Review, 2014 This article investigates the coaching behaviour of five Norwegian national elite team coaches in cross-country skiing. It identifies how they acted as ‘sensegivers’ towards the athletes. An important part of this is how coaches, assisted by support personnel, stimulated athletes' reflections in ways that improved the quality of everyday training.
Hansen, Per Øystein, Andersen, Svein S.
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Vaccination in Elite Athletes [PDF]
Sports Medicine, 2014 Public health vaccination guidelines cannot be easily transferred to elite athletes. An enhanced benefit from preventing even mild diseases is obvious but stronger interference from otherwise minor side effects has to be considered as well. Thus, special vaccination guidelines for adult elite athletes are required. In most of them, protection should be
Gärtner, Barbara C., Meyer, Tim
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Comparison of Narcissism Levels between National and Regional Athlete Students and Non-Athlete Students [PDF]
رشد و یادگیری حرکتی ورزشی, 2013 It is possible that society and media attention to national athletes increase their narcissism. Based on this possibility, this study which was descriptive and field aimed at comparing narcissism between elite and non-elite athlete students and non ...
Hojat Hatami +3 more
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The Chronotype of Elite Athletes [PDF]
Journal of Human Kinetics, 2016 Abstract The aims of this study were (i) to compare the chronotype distribution of elite athletes to a young adult population and (ii) to determine if there was a tendency for athletes to select and/or participate in sports which suited their chronotype. A total of 114 elite athletes from five sports (cricket, cycling, hockey, soccer and
Lastella, A +3 more
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BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2021 Background The therapeutic alliance (TA) is the bond between a patient and a physiotherapist during collaboration on recovery or training. Previous studies focused on the TA between physiotherapists and patients of the general population.
W. M. Charmant +5 more
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Frontiers in Genetics, 2020 BackgroundThe genetic predisposition to elite athletic performance has been a controversial subject due to the underpowered studies and the small effect size of identified genetic variants.
Fatima Al-Khelaifi +36 more
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