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The Assessment of the Effect of Gaze Direction Instruction on the Stabilisation During Artistic Gymnastic Landing. [PDF]
ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to assess the effect of gaze direction instruction on postural stabilisation and muscle activity during landings after various motor tasks in artistic gymnastics. Eighteen female gymnasts (aged 14.0 ± 2.7 years) performed four different landing tasks: drop landing, backward somersault, forward somersault (SF) and a ...
Pavlasová K +4 more
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Training load and recovery during a pre-olympic season in professional rhythmic gymnasts [PDF]
Context: Rhythmic gymnastics requires a high level of complexity and perfection of technical gestures, associated with well-developed physical and artistic capacities.
Filho, Mauricio +12 more
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The retirement experiences of elite female gymnasts: Self identity and the physical self [PDF]
This study explored experiences of retirement from elite sport among a sample of retired female gymnasts. Given the young age at which female gymnasts begin and end their sport careers, particular attention was afforded to the role of identity and the ...
Katie Warriner +3 more
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The purpose of this chapter is to review the distribution and determinants of injury rates as reported in the pediatric gymnastics injury literature, and to suggest measures for the prevention of injury and directions for further research.An extensive search of Pubmed was conducted using the Text and MeSH words "gymnastics" and "injury" and limited to ...
Dennis J, Caine, Larry, Nassar
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Direction detection thresholds of passive self-motion in artistic gymnasts [PDF]
In this study, we compared direction detection thresholds of passive self-motion in the dark between artistic gymnasts and controls. Twenty-four professional female artistic gymnasts (ranging from 7 to 20 years) and age-matched controls were seated on a ...
Hossner, Ernst-Joachim +4 more
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Gymnasts and orienteers display better mental rotation performance than nonathletes [PDF]
The aim of this study was to examine whether athletes differ from nonathletes regarding their mental rotation performance. Furthermore, it investigated whether athletes doing sports requiring distinguishable levels of mental rotation (orienteering ...
Rubeli, Benjamin +4 more
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The aim of this study was to determine the long term effect of dynamic range of motion (DROM) stretching technique and static stretching (SS) on hip range of motion (ROM), hip isometric strength and vertical jump performance in female gymnasts.
Ana Ferri-Caruana +2 more
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Purpose: This study described and analyzed practices and perceptions of rhythmic gymnastics coaches, medical staff, and athletes on training-load management.
Bara Filho, Maurício G. +3 more
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BODY COMPOSITION PROFILE OF ELITE GROUP RHYTHMIC GYMNASTS
The aim of this study was to analyze the anthropometric characteristics, training experience, body composition and biological maturity of Elite group gymnasts. 84 RG group gymnasts from the 2009 and 2010 World Cup were evaluated.
Lurdes Ávila-Carvalho +3 more
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