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Paper 12: Elite Female Athletes Demonstrate Comparable Improvement in Midterm Patient Reported Outcome Scores and Rate of Return to Sport Compared to Elite Male Athletes After Hip Arthroscopy: A Sex-Based Comparison in Professional and Collegiate Athletes

open access: yesOrthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine, 2023
Objectives: (1) To report minimum 5-year patient reported outcome scores (PROs) and continuation of sport for elite female athletes undergoing hip arthroscopy for femoroacetabular impingement syndrome (FAIS) and (2) to compare clinical results with a ...
Jade Owens BS   +5 more
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Toward an explanation of continuous improvement in expert athletes: The role of consciousness in deliberate practice [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
In a body of research spanning three decades, Janet Starkes and her colleagues have produced a wealth of empirical evidence on the importance of deliberate practice in the development of elite performers.
Moran, Aidan, Toner, John
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A pilot study comparing the metabolic profiles of elite-level athletes from different sporting disciplines [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Background: The outstanding performance of an elite athlete might be associated with changes in their blood metabolic profile. The aims of this study were to compare the blood metabolic profiles between moderate- and high-power and endurance elite ...
A Boldyrev   +51 more
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Sexual harassment and eating disorders in female elite athletes - A controlled study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
The aims were to examine the percentage of female elite athletes and controls reporting sexual harassment and abuse (SHAB), and whether a higher percentage of female athletes with eating disorders (ED) had experienced SHAB.
B. Berglund   +27 more
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Asthma in Elite Athletes

open access: yesClinical Pulmonary Medicine, 2010
There is a high prevalence of asthma among elite performance athletes, particularly those who train and compete with high ventilation rates in austere environments, such as cross country skiers and swimmers. How best to assess, diagnose, and treat asthma or exercise-induced bronchoconstriction (EIB) in athletes remains controversial.
Martin, N, Pavord, I
openaire   +1 more source

Somatotypes and hand-grip strength analysis of elite cadet sambo athletes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
The objectives of this research were to establish somatotype and hand-grip strength between elite cadet male and female sambo athletes divided by weight categories.
Casals Vázquez, Cristina   +7 more
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Acute effects of caffeine supplementation on taekwondo performance: the influence of competition level and sex

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2023
The purpose of this study was to assess the effects of acute caffeine supplementation on physical performance and perceived exertion during taekwondo-specific tasks in male and female athletes with varying expertise.
Ibrahim Ouergui   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Perfectionism and achievement goals in young Finnish ice-hockey players aspiring to make the Under-16 national team [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Research on perfectionism suggests that is it useful to differentiate between perfectionistic strivings and perfectionistic concerns. Regarding the 2 x 2 achievement goal framework, the usefulness of this differentiation was recently demonstrated in a ...
Antony M. M.   +54 more
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Is athletic background associated with a future lower prevalence of risk factors for chronic disease?

open access: yesJournal of Exercise Science & Fitness, 2014
This cross-sectional study examined whether the prevalence of behavioral and biological risk factors of former elite athletes (both men and women), differed from nonelite athletes and nonathletes.
Cristiano H.X. Batista, José M. Soares
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Elite Athletes and COVID-19 Lockdown: Future Health Concerns for an Entire Sector

open access: yesJournal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology, 2020
In this editorial, we focused our attention on elite athletes during the COVID-19 lockdown. A high level of physical fitness is required by elite athletes irrespective of the specific type of sport.
Antonio Paoli, Giuseppe Musumeci
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