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Children or athletes? Best practice for safeguarding elite young athletes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
This address explores the status confusion between “child” and “athlete” that arises in elite sport for young people and discuss some of the challenges that this presents to sport providers.
Brackenridge, CH
core  

Exploring new models of elite sport delivery : the case of triathlon in the USA and Australia

open access: yes, 2012
There is a growing body of knowledge that examines the tasks and processes for successful sport and recognizes that sport development activities undertaken within the framework of recruitment, retention, and transition should vary between sports and ...
Kellett, Pamm, Newland, Brianna
core   +1 more source

Liver‐specific lncRNAs associated with liver cancers

open access: yesFEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Long non‐coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are regulatory molecules with various functions. They are more tissue‐specific than proteins and can be used as potential biomarkers, particularly in cancer diagnostics and prognosis. In this review, we have systematically compiled all lncRNAs with exclusive expression in the human liver, verified their liver specificity ...
Olga Y. Burenina   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Military Service Roles and ALS Among Veterans: A Matched Case–Control Study

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While military service is an established risk factor for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), it remains unclear whether this association is linked to combat. We conducted a matched case–control study comparing 191 ALS patients who were veterans of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) with known military service type and 1910 matched controls. The
Asaf Honig   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

FEPSAC Newsletter (September 2017) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Welcome to this issue of the FEPSAC Newsletter – Fédération Européenne de Psychologie des Sport et des Activités Corporelles (European Federation of Sport Psychology). 1.
Fritsch, Julian, Sanchez, Xavier
core   +1 more source

Competition-Based Success Factors During the Talent Pathway of Elite Male Swimmers

open access: yesFrontiers in Sports and Active Living, 2020
Marginal differences in race results between top swimmers have evoked the interest in competition-based success factors of long-term athlete development.
Dennis-Peter Born   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Phenotyping Healthcare Use 2–3 Decades Before the First Multiple Sclerosis Demyelinating Event

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Phenotype hospital, physician, and emergency department (ED) visits by diagnoses and specialty up to 29 years pre‐multiple sclerosis (MS) onset versus a matched population without MS. Methods We identified people with MS (PwMS) using population‐based administrative data from Ontario, Canada (1991–2020).
Helen Tremlett   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Performance behaviour in elite sports [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
To win that one final, to be the best in the world or to become an Olympic champion. That is what high-potential and elite athletes train for. Every day and for many years. The way to get there is dynamic and complex, and full of challenges athletes need to handle. To effectively deal with the challenges this rocky road throws at them, athletes require
openaire   +2 more sources

The ‘30-gold’ ambition and japan’s momentum for elite sport success: feasibility and policy changes

open access: yes, 2020
This article reviews Japan’s elite sport capabilities and analyses Japan’s recent elite sport policy changes.
Jinming Zheng, Dongfeng Liu
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Elite female athletes’ experiences and perceptions of the menstrual cycle on training and sport performance

open access: yesScandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports, 2020
The purpose of the current study was twofold (a) to examine elite female athletes’ experiences of their menstrual cycle, with a focus upon the impact on training and competition performance and (b) the openness of conversation pertaining to the menstrual
Natalie Brown   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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