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NHL Heavyweights: Narratives of Violence and Masculinity in Ice Hockey [PDF]

open access: yesPhysical Culture and Sport: Studies and Research, 2016
Sport is often considered a masculine area of social life, and few sports are more commonly associated with traditional norms of masculinity than ice hockey. Ice hockey is played with a great level of intensity and body contact. This is true for both men
Tjønndal Anne
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Elite Ice Hockey Players’ Well-Being: A Scoping Review [PDF]

open access: yesSports
As mental health has gained prominence in recent years, elite ice hockey players have shared their experience of psychological problems, including adverse alcohol use, anxiety, depression, distress, eating disorders, and sleep disturbances. Mental health
Pierre-Luc Veillette   +4 more
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“It's unrealistic”: experiences of Swedish elite female ice hockey players considering parenthood [PDF]

open access: yesFrontiers in Sports and Active Living
IntroductionThe number of elite female athletes combining athletic careers with mothering has increased during the last decades. Many mother-athletes return to an equal or an even better level of performance postpartum.
M. Bergström   +4 more
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Preparticipation screening in young female elite ice hockey players [PDF]

open access: yesFrontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
ObjectivesThe occurrence of sudden cardiac death (SCD) in competitive athletes has led to a discussion about appropriate preparticipation screening models.
Alexander Mohl   +13 more
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Talent Identification in Elite Adolescent Ice Hockey Players: The Discriminant Capacity of Fitness Tests, Skating Performance and Psychological Characteristics

open access: yesSports, 2022
Background: The process of talent identification in ice hockey occurs during middle adolescence when players are selected to participate in “off-season” evaluation camps, where coaches observe their fitness levels and status of development. Recently, the
Jean Lemoyne   +4 more
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Standing on the ice: experiences of women national ice hockey players in Turkey

open access: yesPhysical Culture and Sport: Studies and Research, 2021
The purpose of this phenomenological study was to examine within the framework of symbolic interaction theory and field theory how women national ice hockey players understand ice hockey through their experiences.
Doğusan Sena Nur, Koçak Funda
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The Relationship between On-Ice and Off-Ice Performance in Elite Male Adolescent Ice Hockey Players—An Observation Study

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2021
In elite adolescence ice hockey players, overall skating performance is an essential performance factor and should be measured adequately, whereas the relationship between on-ice and off-ice performance is not well known.
Herbert Wagner   +5 more
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Effect of testosterone in young ice-hockey players on hematological, biochemical parameters and the level of physical performance

open access: yesСпортивная медицина: наука и практика, 2023
Ice-hockey combines intense physical activity at high speed with elements of power struggle. Testosterone is the main anabolic hormone, an increase in which during adolescence is associated with faster growth, increased muscle mass, physical strength ...
N. V. Aksenova   +4 more
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Float like a Butterfly: Comparison between Off and On-Ice Torso Kinematics during the Butterfly Stance in Ice Hockey Goalkeepers

open access: yesSensors, 2022
In ice hockey, the butterfly style/stance is a technique distinguished by the goalkeepers (goalie) dropping to their knees to block attempts to score. Although this goalie style has been around for many years, comparisons between on and off-ice attire ...
Stuart A Evans   +3 more
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Prevalence of upper extremity pain and disability in elite football, ice hockey and floorball players [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Men's Health, 2023
In athletes, injuries and medical conditions affecting the upper extremities are quite common. However, there has been limited research on the occurrence of joint pain in the peripheral upper extremities among elite athletes. Thus, this study aimed to
Alena Buková   +3 more
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