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Giornale italiano di educazione alla salute, sport e didattica inclusiva, 2019 The aim of the present study is to to clarify the link between empathy and perceptual-motor models in order to improve the sport-specific prestational model, hence, the development and maximization of sport performance. In this way, the neurophysiological link between empathy and motor action will be highlighted first and in a second step a critical ...
Madonna, Giuseppe, Agosti, Valeria
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High-performance sports medicine [PDF]
Clinical Medicine, 2013 High performance sports medicine involves the medical care of athletes, who are extraordinary individuals and who are exposed to intensive physical and psychological stresses during training and competition. The physician has a broad remit and acts as a 'medical guardian' to optimise health while minimising risks. This review describes this interesting
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Universal temporal features of rankings in competitive sports and games [PDF]
, 2016 Many complex phenomena, from the selection of traits in biological systems to hierarchy formation in social and economic entities, show signs of competition and heterogeneous performance in the temporal evolution of their components, which may eventually
Carlos Gershenson +8 more
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Performance in motor sports [PDF]
British Journal of Sports Medicine, 2001 Motor racing is one of the most physically and mentally challenging of all sports, not only for racing drivers themselves, but also for the teams that play an integral role in the eventual performance of the car. It is my belief that, for such a demanding and popular sport, sports medicine is seriously underused.
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Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 2023 IntroductionClimbing is an increasingly popular activity and imposes specific physiological demands on the human body, which results in unique injury presentations. Of particular concern are overuse injuries (non-traumatic injuries).
Andrew Quarmby +7 more
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A new estimation equation to assess body composition in an athletic population
Journal of the International Society of Sports NutritionBackground Research has shown air displacement plethysmography (ADP) to be a valid and reliable alternative to dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) in the general population; however, its validity and reliability indicate conflicting evidence in an ...
Meghan K. Magee +6 more
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Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition, 2019 Background A limited amount of research has demonstrated beneficial effects of caffeine and theanine supplementation for enhancement of mental performance.
Javier Zaragoza +10 more
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Sports, 2018 The purpose of this study was to assess the body composition of male and female basketball athletes (n = 323) across season, year, and sport-position using air displacement plethysmography. An independent sample t-test assessed sport-position differences.
Jennifer B. Fields +3 more
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The Impact of Professional Sports on Cities’ Economic Performance [PDF]
, 2019 The purpose of this paper is to estimate the impact of professional sports on cities’ economic performance as measured by real per capita income growth and changes in the unemployment rate.
Cassi, Chris, Mensing, Carter
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The development of a new sport-specific classification of coping and a meta-analysis of the relationship between different coping strategies and moderators on sporting outcomes [PDF]
, 2016 There is an ever growing coping and sports performance literature, with researchers using many different methods to assess performance and different classifications of coping.
Carroll, Sean +3 more
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