Strategic Self-Talk Assists Basketball Free Throw Performance Under Conditions of Physical Exertion. [PDF]
Front Sports Act Living, 2022 The purpose of the present study was to examine the effects of a strategic self-talk intervention on basketball free throw performance under conditions of physical exertion. Forty-one male basketball players (Mage = 23.19 years) participated in the study.
Galanis E +5 more
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Effects of Physical Exertion on Early Changes in Blood-Based Brain Biomarkers: Implications for the Acute Point of Care Diagnosis of Concussion. [PDF]
J Neurotrauma, 2023 Blood-based brain biomarkers (BBM) such as glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and ubiquitin carboxy-terminal hydrolase L1 (UCH-L1) have potential to aid in the diagnosis of concussion.
Bazarian JJ +9 more
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Dopamine facilitates the translation of physical exertion into assessments of effort. [PDF]
NPJ Parkinsons Dis, 2023 AbstractOur assessments of effort are critically shaped by experiences of exertion. However, it is unclear how the nervous system transforms physical exertion into assessments of effort. Availability of the neuromodulator dopamine influences features of motor performance and effort-based decision-making.
Padmanabhan P +6 more
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Effects of Whole-Body Stretching Exercise during Lunch Break for Reducing Musculoskeletal Pain and Physical Exertion among Healthcare Professionals. [PDF]
Medicina (Kaunas), 2023 Background and Objectives: To investigate the effect of whole-body stretching (WBS) exercise during lunch break for reducing musculoskeletal pain and physical exertion among healthcare professionals. Methods: Full-time healthcare professionals working in
Alqhtani RS +4 more
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Update on headaches associated with physical exertion
Cephalalgia, 2023 Background Headaches associated with physical exertion include headache precipitated by coughing or other Valsalva maneuvers, headache brought on by prolonged physical exercise, sexual headaches and cardiac cephalalgia. Objective To review and update the clinical characteristics, etiologies, pathophysiology and management of these headaches related to ...
Vicente González-Quintanilla +2 more
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Anger or emotional upset and heavy physical exertion as triggers of stroke: the INTERSTROKE study. [PDF]
Eur Heart J, 2022 Aims In INTERSTROKE, we explored the association of anger or emotional upset and heavy physical exertion with acute stroke, to determine the importance of triggers in a large, international population.
Smyth A +14 more
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Effects of 5-Week of FIFA 11+ Warm-Up Program on Explosive Strength, Speed, and Perception of Physical Exertion in Elite Female Futsal Athletes. [PDF]
Sports (Basel), 2022 Futsal is a sport that originates from soccer and is increasingly practiced all over the world. Since training and warm-up protocols should be sport-specific in order to reduce injuries and maximize performance, this study aimed to evaluate the effects ...
Patti A +11 more
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Non-Invasive Physiological Monitoring for Physical Exertion and Fatigue Assessment in Military Personnel: A Systematic Review. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2021 During operational activities, military personnel face extremely demanding circumstances, which when combined lead to severe fatigue, influencing both their well-being and performance.
Bustos D +6 more
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The Main Causes and Mechanisms of Increase in Cardiac Troponin Concentrations Other Than Acute Myocardial Infarction (Part 1): Physical Exertion, Inflammatory Heart Disease, Pulmonary Embolism, Renal Failure, Sepsis. [PDF]
Vasc Health Risk Manag, 2021 The causes and mechanisms of increased cardiac troponin T and I (cTnT and cTnI) concentrations are numerous and are not limited to acute myocardial infarction (AMI) (ischemic necrosis of cardiac myocytes).
Chauin A.
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Effortfulness of Visual Working Memory: Gauged by Physical Exertion
Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 2022 Active maintenance of information in working memory (WM) is an essential but effortful cognitive process. Yet, the effortful nature of WM remains poorly understood. Here, we constructed a model to evaluate how perceived effort of WM is directly compared to that of physical exertion.
Weizhen Xie, Weiwei Zhang
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