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Association of mitochondrial DNA polymorphisms and/or haplogroups with elite Japanese athlete status

Journal of Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine, 2013
A number of familial and twin studies have assessed the relative contribution of genetic and environmental factors to physical performance or its-related traits and have estimated that there is a significant genetic component to their phenotypes.
Noriyuki Fuku, Eri Mikami, Masashi Tanaka   +2 more
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The Relationship between Changes in MYBPC3 Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism-Associated Metabolites and Elite Athletes’ Adaptive Cardiac Function

Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease, 2023
Athletic performance is a multifactorial trait influenced by a complex interaction of environmental and genetic factors. Over the last decades, understanding and improving elite athletes’ endurance and performance has become a real challenge for ...
Emna Riguene, Maria Theodoridou, Laila Barrak, Mohamed A. Elrayess, Michail Nomikos   +4 more
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Life as a Carded Athlete [PDF]

, 2014
In 2001 the Ministerial Taskforce for Sport, Leisure and Fitness presented the Graham Report to the New Zealand government. The authors of this document had been invited to assess the state of sport within New Zealand and provide recommendations for the ...
Ryan, Christina
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Relationship between growth mindset and competitive motivation: a moderated parallel mediation model and feature importance analysis

Frontiers in Psychology
While growth mindset theory has been extensively studied in education, its influence on competitive motivation in sports contexts remains less understood.
Junchen Deng, Zhipeng Wang, Haiwei Chen, Bo Song   +3 more
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Can yoga pranayama practices improve burnout in elite mountain bikers: A single-arm pilot study

International Journal of Yoga, 2023
Mountain bike (MTB) racing is a highly intensive physical activity and requires a high degree of technical ability to perform at the elite athlete level, which might compromise mental well-being, increasing symptoms of anxiety and depression through ...
Wei Liang, Li Le, Cun Yaling, Yuan Hongbo, Zhang Yu, Deng Yunzhu   +5 more
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Prioritizing next-day readiness decline in elite female soccer using readiness, workload, and wellness data: A temporally validated and calibrated monitoring framework.

PLoS ONE
Daily athlete monitoring is widely used in elite soccer, but its value depends on whether routine data can help identify athlete-days more likely to be followed by self-reported next-day readiness decline.
Haojie Long, Longji Li, Lifeng Zhang
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The role of transformational leadership in the associations between coach-athlete relationship and team resilience: A study on elite football players

BMC Psychology
This study explores the relationship between the quality of coach-athlete relationships, transformational leadership style, and team resilience in elite football players.
Erkan Karayel, Ilhan Adilogullari, Ender Senel   +2 more
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Coaches’ perspectives on training quality in elite para-sport: a qualitative study of coach–athlete collaboration

BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation
Background Training quality is essential for performance development among elite para-athletes. Despite coaches’ central role in structuring and adapting training, little research has explored their perspectives on what constitutes high-quality training.
Vemund Øvstehage, Jan Kocbach, Cecilia Severin, Knut Skovereng, Silvana Bucher Sandbakk, Øyvind Sandbakk   +5 more
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Training in Roller Speed Skating: Proposal of Surface Electromyography and Kinematics Data for Educational Purposes in Junior and Senior Athletes

Sensors
Introduction: Roller skating shares biomechanical similarities with other sports, but specific studies on speed skaters are limited. Injuries, particularly to the groin, are frequent and related to acute and chronic muscle stress.
Giulia Bongiorno, Giulio Sisti, Helena Biancuzzi, Francesca Dal Mas, Francesco Giuseppe Minisini, Luca Miceli   +5 more
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NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING HELPS IN DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF PATHOLOGICAL LEFT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY IN ELITE ATHLETES

Клиническая практика, 2017
To detect the reason of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) may be difficult in some cases especially in elite athletes. Object. To evaluate the efficiency of next generation sequencing (NGS) genetic test in differential diagnostics of pathological LVH in
O S Chumakova, M Yu Isaeva, M I Abushenko, M V Vorobieva, L E Guseinova, R R Gasanova, G I Speshilov, A G Nikitin, A V Averyanov, D A Zateyshchikov   +9 more
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