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QJM, 2006 ‘Loonies’, they shouted from the back of the coach. ‘Loonies!’ I can't remember if we had reached the gates of the mental hospital yet, but I was excruciatingly embarrassed, and I prayed that they would stop. It didn't help me very much that I understood, to an extent, what had provoked some of the students in my year to such cruel mockery. It was 1974.
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Autonomic support of endurance, strength and speed performance in athletes
Zaporožskij Medicinskij Žurnal, 2020 Examining the autonomic support of muscular activity in athletes enables an assessment of the ANS impact on achieving a high-level of sports performance at different ages, an identification of interaction patterns between the ANS divisions in the process
S. M. Kanyhina +2 more
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The subject-environment interplay between runners from different Brazilian macro-regions
Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 PurposeOur purpose was to investigate the interplay between runners and their environment using a network approach.MethodsThis cross-sectional study sampled Brazilian runners of both sexes, from the five macro-regions of the country.
Mabliny Thuany +8 more
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Sports, 2023 The third-largest land plant family, Fabaceae (Papilionaceae), includes trees, shrubs, and perennial or annual herbaceous plants containing both numerous beneficial constituents (e.g., proteins, carbohydrates, dietary fibre) and antinutrients (e.g ...
Kinga Kostrakiewicz-Gierałt
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Pre-cooling for endurance exercise performance in the heat: a systematic review [PDF]
, 2012 Background Endurance exercise capacity diminishes under hot environmental conditions. Time to exhaustion can be increased by lowering body temperature prior to exercise (pre-cooling).
Hemmings, S +19 more
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SensorsThe short-term scaling exponent alpha1 of detrended fluctuation analysis (DFA-a1) of heart rate variability (HRV) has been shown to be a sensitive marker for assessing global organismic demands.
Stefano Andriolo +2 more
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Sports, 2023 Purpose: There is scant published research regarding nutrition and insulin strategies for athletic performance in collegiate distance runners with type 1 diabetes mellitus (CDRT1). Acute carbohydrate supplementation (CHOsup) and insulin reduction used to
Amie E. Schroeder +4 more
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AMA Journal of Ethics, 2019 In this image, 3 figures-Hippocrates, a plague doctor, and a modern physician-represent continuity of ethical standards in ancient, medieval, and contemporary medical communities.
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Socio-economic and Demographic Determinants of Household Fertility Decisions
Clinical Sociology ReviewThis study investigates the socio-economic and demographic determinants of household fertility decisions in Nigeria. Using the family system model as framework, a cross-sectional survey design in a retrospective study was adopted. Quantitative data were
Endurance Uzobo
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Altitude Training and Endurance and Ultra-Endurance Performance [PDF]
Muscle Ligaments and Tendons Journal, 2020 Background. Altitude training has been shown to improve endurance and ultra-en-durance performance at altitude, whereas the possible benefits from altitude/hypoxic training for competing at sea level have been, and still are, a matter for debate. Reasons for this discrepancy may result from the variety of protocols utilized in terms of alti-tude ...
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