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Nutritional Intake of Elite Japanese Track-and-Field Athletes

International Journal of Sport Nutrition, 1999
Mean daily intakes of energy and nutrients were surveyed from 3-day food records for 62 elite Japanese track-and-field athletes (28 males and 34 females) selected to participate in the 1994 Asian Championship games held in Hiroshima, Japan. Mean energy intakes of male and female athletes were 3,141 kcal (±592) and 2,508 kcal (±537), respectively. Based
K, Sugiura, I, Suzuki, K, Kobayashi
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Exploring Women Track and Field Athletes' Meanings of Muscularity

Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 2009
Women athletes often struggle with attaining the muscular body needed to compete successfully, while at the same time negotiating expectations to conform to a lean and toned ideal. The purpose of this study was to explore women track and field athletes’ meanings of muscularity.
Amber D. Mosewich, Adrianne B. Vangool, Kent C. Kowalski, Tara-Leigh F. McHugh   +3 more
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Assessment of balance among adolescent track and field athletes

Sports Biomechanics, 2016
Track and field events place different demands on athletes and may have an effect on balance. This study investigated the effects of event specialty, gender, and leg dominance on balance among adolescent track and field athletes. Forty healthy adolescent track and field athletes (male = 23, female = 17) categorised into three different groups (sprinter 
Adam C, Knight, Megan E, Holmes, Harish, Chander, Amari, Kimble, Joshua Ty, Stewart   +4 more
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Posterior Thigh Muscle Injuries in Elite Track and Field Athletes

The American Journal of Sports Medicine, 2010
Introduction: Posterior thigh muscle injuries in athletes are common, and prediction of recovery time would be of value. Hypothesis: Knee active range of motion deficit 48 hours after a unilateral posterior thigh muscle injury correlates with time to full recovery. Study Design: Cohort study (prognosis); Level of evidence, 2.
Nikolaos Malliaropoulos, Emmanuel Papacostas, Olga Kiritsi, PGD-MSK Rad, Agapi Papalada, Nikolaos Gougoulias, Nicola Maffulli   +6 more
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Spirometry and Airway Reactivity in Elite Track and Field Athletes

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine, 1997
To characterize spirometry and to document the incidence of exercise-induced bronchospasm (EIB) during competition in elite track and field athletes.Spirometry was performed in 120 men and 69 women athletes before competition and peak expiratory flows in 50 men and 23 women athletes before and after competition.The 1991 (Randalls Island, NY, U.S.A ...
R B, Schoene, K, Giboney, C, Schimmel, J, Hagen, J, Robinson, R B, Schoene, W, Sato, K N, Sullivan   +7 more
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Ventilatory and heart rate chemosensitivity in track-and-field athletes

European Journal of Applied Physiology and Occupational Physiology, 1990
Fifty-four male track-and-field athletes and 18 male non-athletes were examined by isocapnic progressive hypoxia and CO2 rebreathing tests. Ventilatory and heart rate (HR) responses to hypoxia were analysed by a hyperbolic relationship and the ventilatory response to hypercapnia by a linear regression.
Y, Ohyabu, A, Usami, I, Ohyabu, Y, Ishida, C, Miyagawa, T, Arai, Y, Honda   +6 more
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Knee Ligament Injuries in Track and Field Athletes

2021
Track and field is composed of a variety of events including running, throwing, jumping, and combined events. Although injuries to knee ligaments, including the anterior and posterior cruciate ligaments and medial and lateral collateral ligaments, occur less frequently in track and field than in other sports, knee ligament injuries may still occur in ...
Gibbs C. M., Hughe J. D., Dal Fabbro G., Hankins M. L., Alkhelaifi K., Zaffagnini S., Musahl V.   +6 more
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Communication profiles and sport experiences of collegiate track and field athletes

Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 2023
Athletes often communicate with one another and exchange information, attitudes, and feelings that can influence their sport experiences. In an effort to better understand the sport communication context, the purpose of the current study was to (a) describe communication profiles of athletes (b) examine potential predictors (i.e., team identity, sex ...
Christine E. Pacewicz, Alan L. Smith
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Athletics: Track and Field in the Heat

2019
Heat and humidity are often major factors affecting Athletics—Track and Field performance and can also be a danger to athletes’ health and safety. However, while heat and humidity are known to impair endurance performance, including long-distance running and race walking events, high temperatures may positively influence performance in explosive events,
Juan-Manuel Alonso, Jordan Santos
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College Athletes Under Pressure: Eating Disorders Among Female Track and Field Athletes

The American Economist, 2020
Eating disorders are a widespread problem for college female athletes. This article builds on this research by collecting survey data from female college track and field athletes at 30 universities. Results find that the division level is not a significant driver of eating disorders.
Michael A. Quinn, Stephanie Robinson
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