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Menopause osteoporosis and bone intervention using lifestyle exercise: A randomized controlled study

open access: yesJournal of Mid-Life Health, 2023
Background: The aim of the study was to examine the feasibility for postmenopausal women of a bone-strengthening jumping intervention, which has been previously successful for premenopausal women.
Jacky J Forsyth
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A Wearable System for the Estimation of Performance-Related Metrics during Running and Jumping Tasks

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2021
Athletic performance, technique assessment, and injury prevention are all important aspects in sports for both professional and amateur athletes. Wearable technology is attracting the research community’s interest because of its capability to provide ...
Salvatore Tedesco   +8 more
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Effectiveness of D-Mat on Improving Basic Jumping Motions in Early Children in Palembang

open access: yesKinestetik, 2023
Mastery of basic movements must start from an early age, because mastering basic movement abilities is an important foundation for children to be able to be involved in many kinds of physical activities in the future.
Dewi Septaliza   +3 more
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Power Amplification for Jumping Soft Robots Actuated by Artificial Muscles

open access: yesFrontiers in Robotics and AI, 2022
Robots composed of soft materials can passively adapt to constrained environments and mitigate damage due to impact. Given these features, jumping has been explored as a mode of locomotion for soft robots.
Adriane Fernandes Minori   +5 more
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Fitness profiles of professional futsal players: identifying age-related differences

open access: yesBiomedical Human Kinetics, 2020
Study aim: The aim of this study was to determine the fitness profiles of senior and junior futsal players and to identify potential differences between the studied age groups.
Sekulic Damir   +5 more
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Constructing Capability Test of shooting from jumping position By Accuracy And Tolerance Performance In Handball [PDF]

open access: yesمجلة الرافدين للعلوم الرياضية, 2009
The study aims at: Constructing capability test of shooting from jumping position by accuracy and tolerance performance in handball. The scope of the study includes the following: - Human scope: youth players of the Northern Area Handball Clubs.
Saαd Jameel
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Jumping Locomotion Strategies: From Animals to Bioinspired Robots

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2020
Jumping is a locomotion strategy widely evolved in both invertebrates and vertebrates. In addition to terrestrial animals, several aquatic animals are also able to jump in their specific environments. In this paper, the state of the art of jumping robots
Xiaojuan Mo   +6 more
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MECHANICAL LOWER LIMB MUSCLE FUNCTION AND ITS ASSOCIATION WITH PERFORMANCE IN ELITE TEAM GYMNASTS

open access: yesScience of Gymnastics Journal, 2019
TeamGym (TG) differs from individual gymnastics as it is performed in teams including 6-12 participants competing in acrobatic performance in three disciplines:  trampette jumping, tumbling track jumping, and floor exercises.
Ole H. Hansen   +3 more
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A Systematic Review: Significance of Plyometric Training on Functional Performance and Bone Mineral Density in Basketball Players of Different Age Groups

open access: yesСпортивная медицина: наука и практика, 2023
Aim: Basketball necessitates a holistic approach to player development, encompassing both skill and physicality, with a critical emphasis on understanding these requirements due to its complex tactics. Plyometric training’s potential in sport performance
A. T. Anversha, V. Ramalingam
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Optimal leap angle of legged and legless insects in a landscape of uniformly distributed random obstacles

open access: yesRoyal Society Open Science, 2021
We investigate theoretically the ballistic motion of small legged insects and legless larvae after a jump. Notwithstanding their completely different morphologies and jumping strategies, some legged and legless animals have convergently evolved to jump ...
Fabio Giavazzi   +3 more
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