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Correlates of Regular Participation in Sports Groups among Japanese Older Adults: JAGES Cross-Sectional Study. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Participation in a sports group is key for the prevention of incident functional disability. Little is known about the correlates of older adults' participation in sports groups, although this could assist with the development of effective health ...
Mitsuya Yamakita +3 more
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Risk taking in Extreme Sports: A phenomenological perspective [PDF]
, 2010 Participation in extreme sports is enjoying incredible growth while more traditional recreational activities such as golf are struggling to maintain numbers.
Brymer, Eric
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High school sports programs differentially impact participation by sex
Journal of Sport and Health Science, 2015 Background: Among numerous health benefits, sports participation has been shown to reduce the risk of overweight and obesity in children and adolescents.
Keith M. Drake +6 more
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Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 2022 Physical fitness is a powerful marker of health in adolescents and young adults. The purpose of this study was to measure the relationships between age, sex, body mass index, and sports club participation on physical fitness.
Alexis Barbry +6 more
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Can participation in sports during childhood influence physical activity in adulthood?
Motriz: Revista de Educacao Fisica, 2017 Aims: The promotion of sports participation during the early years of life is important not only because it promotes health during childhood and adolescence, but also because it has benefits in adulthood.
Santiago Maillane-Vanegas +7 more
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Scientific Reports, 2023 Sports participation has potential to promote physical activity in youth. Unfortunately, sports participation and physical activity may decline from childhood to adolescence and into adulthood.
Charlotte Raadkjær Lykkegaard +8 more
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Sports participation is worth two letter grades in undergraduate admissions decisions [PDF]
, 2019 The current study aimed to assess the impact of sports participation on undergraduate admissions decisions at universities, colleges, and conservatoires in the United Kingdom. A between subjects, experimental design was employed.
Lavallee, David
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Sports participation and psychosocial health: a longitudinal observational study in children
BMC Public Health, 2018 Background It is well known that sports participation is positively associated with psychosocial health in children, but details about this association over time are lacking.
Janet Moeijes +3 more
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Trends in sports participation in adolescents: Data from a large-scale sample in the US adolescents
Frontiers in Public Health, 2022 BackgroundAlthough changes in overall physical activity (PA) have been identified in adolescents, the trend in sports participation is still understudied.
Yu Deng, Anhui Fan
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Sport Events for Sport Participation: A Scoping Review [PDF]
Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 2021 Research on sport participation impacts from sport events has been sporadic. This scoping review assesses the current state of literature that addresses impacts, legacies, and leveraging of sport events for sport participation outcomes and the gaps in terms of study context and research designs.
Teare, Georgia, Taks, Marijke
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