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Do objective neighbourhood characteristics relate to residents’ preferences for certain sports locations? A cross-sectional study using a discrete choice modelling approach

BMC Public Health, 2017
Background The number of sports facilities, sports clubs, or city parks in a residential neighbourhood may affect the likelihood that people participate in sports and their preferences for a certain sports location.
Ineke Deelen, Marijke Jansen, Nico J. Dogterom, Carlijn B. M. Kamphuis, Dick Ettema   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sports Participation and Humeral Torsion [PDF]

Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy, 2009
Cross-sectional study.To examine differences between arms in humeral torsion in adult and adolescent throwing and nonthrowing athletes, and nonathletic adults.It is hypothesized that humeral retrotorsion develops by, and is beneficial for, throwing.
Rod J, Whiteley, Karen A, Ginn, Leslie L, Nicholson, Roger D, Adams   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

The Influence of Family Sports Attitude on Children’s Sports Participation, Screen Time, and Body Mass Index

Frontiers in Psychology, 2021
Background: Children’s physical health is an important resource for a country’s future construction. However, researchers found that the physical fitness of young children around the world has declined during the two decades, from 1992 to 2012.
Yin Lian, Yin Lian, Chen Peijie, Wang Kun, Zhang Tingran, Zhang Tingran, Liu Hengxu, Yang Jinxin, Lu Wenyun, Luo Jiong   +9 more
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Research on the Influence of Media Internalized Pressure on College Students’ Sports Participation—Chained Intermediary Analysis of Social Physique Anxiety and Weight Control Self-Efficacy

Frontiers in Psychology, 2021
Purpose: Discuss the relationship among college students’ media internalized pressure, social physique anxiety, weight control self-efficacy, and sports participation in providing a reference for promoting college students to develop healthy and ...
Yiyi Ouyang, Jiong Luo, Jinsheng Teng, Tingran Zhang, Kun Wang, Jing Li   +5 more
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Determinants of new participation in sports groups among community-dwelling older adults: Analysis of a prospective cohort from The Otassha Study

PLoS ONE, 2022
Participation in sports groups has health benefits for older adults, such as preventing functional limitations and social isolation. Encouraging participation in sports groups may be an important means of health promotion in older adults.
Manami Ejiri, Hisashi Kawai, Yoshinori Fujiwara, Kazushige Ihara, Yutaka Watanabe, Hirohiko Hirano, Hunkyung Kim, Shuichi Obuchi   +7 more
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Social Acceptance in Physical Education and the Regular Classroom: Perceived Motor Competency and Frequency and Type of Sports Participation

Children, 2023
This study examined relations of primary school children’s perceived physical competence and sports participation (frequency and type) with social acceptance in the regular classroom and physical education (PE) and whether these relations differed ...
Anne G. M. de Bruijn, Femke van der Wilt
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Sickle Cell Disease Is an Inherent Risk for Asthma in a Sibling Comparison Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Sickle cell disease (SCD) and asthma share a complex relationship. Although estimates vary, asthma prevalence in children with SCD is believed to be comparable to or higher than the general population. Determining whether SCD confers an increased risk for asthma remains challenging due to overlapping symptoms and the ...
Suhei C. Zuleta De Bernardis, Okeleji Olayinka, Mariam Z. Quraishi, Lakshmi V. Srivaths, Deborah L. Brown, Neethu M. Menon, Ricardo A. Mosquera, Ashwin P. Patel, James M. Stark, Aravind Yadav   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

How parental involvement in youth sports impacts on school adjustment: a dual mediation pathway via sports interest and extracurricular sports participation

Frontiers in Public Health
IntroductionThis study aimed to examine whether parental involvement in youth sports influences Chinese adolescents’ school adjustment and to investigate the mediating roles of extracurricular sports participation and sports interest in this relationship.
Haoyuan Zheng, Zubing Xiang, Wenli Yang
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Loneliness in sports active and non-active school-age children: Can sport protect children against loneliness?

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2023
IntroductionThis study aims to examine can sport protect children against loneliness and, if yes, whether this relationship depends on gender and/or sports-related variables.MethodsThe sample includes 762 10-year-old children (414 boys).
Tatjana Tubić, Toni Modrić, Damir Sekulić, Antonino Bianco, Izet Radjo, Patrik Drid   +5 more
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Effects of Title IX and Sports Participation on Girls' Physical Ability and Weight [PDF]

, 2007
Summarizes findings from "Effects of Title IX and Sports Participation on Girls' Physical Ability and Weight," a study of how legislation to increase girls' participation in sports affected physical activity levels, body mass index, and body ...
Deanna Lewis, Robert Kaestner, Xin Xu
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