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Leg and hip muscles show muscle‐specific effects of ageing and sport on muscle volume and fat fraction in male Masters athletes

The Journal of Physiology, EarlyView.
Abstract figure legend Masters athletes were compared with young athletes as well as old and young control subjects in terms of the volume and fat fraction of 17 different hip and leg muscles using a six‐point DIXON magnetic resonance imaging sequence. Furthermore the peak power was determined during a countermovement jump.
Jochen Zange, Joachim Endres, Christoph S. Clemen, Jörn Rittweger   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Self-perceived middle-distance race pace is faster in advanced footwear technology spikes

Journal of Sport and Health Science
Background: Quantifying the potential benefits of advanced footwear technology (AFT) track shoes (i.e., “spikes”) in middle-distance events is challenging, because repeated maximal effort trials (as in sprinting) or aerobic running economy trials (as in ...
Montgomery Bertschy, Victor Rodrigo-Carranza, Ethan W.C. Wilkie, Laura A. Healey, Jeremy Noble, Wayne J. Albert, Wouter Hoogkamer   +6 more
doaj  

Bridging the Sim-to-Real Gap for Athletic Loco-Manipulation [PDF]

arXiv
Achieving athletic loco-manipulation on robots requires moving beyond traditional tracking rewards - which simply guide the robot along a reference trajectory - to task rewards that drive truly dynamic, goal-oriented behaviors. Commands such as "throw the ball as far as you can" or "lift the weight as quickly as possible" compel the robot to exhibit ...
arxiv  

A Multidimensional Perspective on Athletic Identity in Competitive Athletes: Associations With Sociodemographic and Sport‐Specific Variables and Psychological Symptoms

European Journal of Sport Science, Volume 25, Issue 7, July 2025.
ABSTRACT Previous research has measured athletic identity by using multiple questionnaires, which mainly tap into the commitment dimension of athletic identity. The aim of the present study was to develop and investigate the psychometric features of a multidimensional measure to assess sport‐specific identity exploration and commitment dimensions ...
Laurence Claes, Hanna Aerts, Janne Vanderhaegen, Lore Vankerckhoven, Koen Luyckx   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A History of the Present on the "Sportsman" and the "Sportswoman"

Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 2003
The purpose of this article is to disseminate the construction of manliness and womanliness in Swedish sport. Of particular interest is gender equity policy in sport as a new way of creating sexual/gender difference.
Håkan Larsson
doaj  

Volumetric and Diffusion Tensor Imaging Abnormalities Are Associated With Behavioral Changes Post‐Concussion in a Youth Pig Model of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

NMR in Biomedicine, Volume 38, Issue 7, July 2025.
We developed a translational, closed‐head, mild traumatic brain injury in adolescent pigs. DTI and volumetric analysis showed abnormalities in the integrity and volume of white and gray matter structures. Behavioral testing for memory and anxiety also indicated behavioral deficits after injury.
Islam Sanjida, Netzley Alesa, Li Chenyang, Zhang Jiangyang, Dávila‐Montero Bianca, Vazquez Ana, Subbaiah Shaun, Meoded Avner, Munoz Kirk, Colbath Aimee, Huang Jie, Mejia‐Alvarez Ricardo, Manfredi Jane, Pelled Galit   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

“Trees give life. Police take it”: Building and Fighting for Abolitionist Life‐Worlds, from the Weelaunee Forest to Georgia's Jails

Antipode, Volume 57, Issue 4, Page 1536-1556, July 2025.
Abstract DeKalb County, Georgia has been mired in a struggle to defend its forest against the development of a militarised police training facility known as “Cop City”. Drawing on autoethnographic research as a criminalised forest defender and the Stop Cop City movement's social history, I show how forest defenders created abolitionist possibilities ...
Hannah Kass
wiley   +1 more source

Psychophysiological factors of adaptation in elite Paralympic sprint runners with visual impairments – a case study

Physiotherapy Quarterly, 2018
Zhanneta Kozina, Olena Chaika, Marian Cretu, Georgiy Korobeynikov, Olena Repko, Irina Sobko, Yurii Boichuk, Natalia Tararak, Andrii Osiptsov, Mykola Trubchaninov   +9 more
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Assessment of cortical activity, functional connectivity, and neuroplasticity in cerebral palsy using functional near‐infrared spectroscopy: A scoping review

Developmental Medicine &Child Neurology, Volume 67, Issue 7, Page 875-891, July 2025.
Plain language summary: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/dmcn.16286 Abstract Aim To map and critically appraise the literature on the feasibility and current use of functional near‐infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) to assess cortical activity, functional connectivity, and neuroplasticity in individuals with cerebral palsy (CP).
Owais A. Khan, Simin Rahman, Kanishka Baduni, Christopher M. Modlesky   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

History and Legacy of Andean Research in Nuñoa, Peru

American Journal of Human Biology, Volume 37, Issue 6, June 2025.
ABSTRACT The high‐altitude town and associated political district of Nuñoa, Peru, has served as an anthropological field research site for more than 60 years. The earliest studies were initiated by Paul T. Baker and his students from Penn State University in 1962.
Michael A. Little, R. Brooke Thomas, Ralph M. Garruto   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source