Recently added articles from Journal of Sports Science and Medicine:
Comparison of lactate threshold, glucose, and insulin levels between OLETF and LETO rats after all-out exercise.(Research article)(Report)
Sep 01, 2009; Chang, Hyukki ... Introduction It is well known that animals including humans with obesity and diabetic mellitus have decreased aerobic exercise capacity (Kjaer et al., 1990). Such individuals require exercise prescription with proper exercise intensity compared to healthy individuals (ACSM, ...
Effect of rest interval length on the volume completed during upper body resistance exercise.(Research article)(Report)
Sep 01, 2009; Miranda, Humberto ... Introduction Resistance training can increase maximal strength, hypertrophy, power, and localized muscular endurance. The prescriptive variables are numerous, and may include: exercise order, rest intervals between sets and exercises, frequency, velocity of movement, number of ...
Effects of the administration of feedback on performance of the BMX cycling gate start.(Research article)(Report)
Sep 01, 2009; Zabala, Mikel ... Introduction Bicycle Moto-Cross (BMX) is a cycling discipline that consists of racing across a track with jumps, banked turns and other obstacles over a distance between 300 and 400 metres lasting about 40-45 seconds; the aim of the riders is to reach the finish line in the best ...
Arm vs. combined leg and arm exercise: blood pressure responses and ratings of perceived exertion at the same indirectly determined heart rate.(Research article)(Report)
Sep 01, 2009; Di Blasio, Andrea ... Introduction The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that physical inactivity causes 1.9 million deaths and 19 million disability-adjusted life years annually worldwide (WHO, 2002). At the same time, epidemiological studies have shown the powerful influence of increased ...
Angiotensin-converting enzyme genotype affects skeletal muscle strength in elite athletes.(Research article)(Report)
Sep 01, 2009; Costa, Aldo Matos ... Introduction Numerous studies have attempted to quantify the genetic contribution of physical phenotypes to skeletal muscle strength (Beunen and Thomis, 2004). Based on simple differences of muscle mass (Seeman et al., 1996) or by other factors (Narici et al., 1989), a strong ...
Effects of fatigue on frontal plane knee motion, muscle activity, and ground reaction forces in men and women during landing.(Research article)(Report)
Sep 01, 2009; Smith, Michael P. ... Introduction Injury to the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is a devastating event. Women tear their ACL 2-8 times more frequently than men (Rozzi et al., 1999). Numerous studies have investigated the possible reasons why there is such a discrepancy between the sexes. The cause ...
Exercise-induced arterial adaptations in elite judo athletes.(Research article)(Report)
Sep 01, 2009; Karagounis, Panagiotis ... Introduction Numerous studies have attempted to quantify the genetic Previous studies (Bloor, 2005; Giannattasio et al., 1992; Green et al., 2004; Huonker et al., 2003; Maiorana et al., 2003; Naylor et al., 2006; Sandgren et al., 1999) have researched the field of ...
A motivational music and video intervention improves high-intensity exercise performance.(Research article)(Report)
Sep 01, 2009; Barwood, Martin J. ... Introduction Music and video have separately been used to enhance sports performance as part of preparatory routines (Szabo et al., 1999; Templin and Vernacchia, 1995), skill acquisition (Onestak, 1997) or during the intervals between games, halves or sequences (Bishop et al., ...
Gender differences in sport injury risk and types of injuries: a retrospective twelve-month study on cross-country skiers, swimmers, long-distance runners and soccer players.(Research article)(Report)
Sep 01, 2009; Ristolainen, Leena ... Introduction In general patterns of injuries in athletes have been assumed to be more sport-specific than gender-specific. Presently, most sport injury studies that have investigated gender differences have focused exclusively on knee injuries (Arendt and Dick, 1995; Dugan, ...
The difference in respiratory and blood gas values during recovery after exercise with spontaneous versus reduced breathing frequency.(Research article)(Report)
Sep 01, 2009; Kapus, Jernej ... Introduction In some sports, the environment is inappropriate for direct measurement of respiratory and blood gas parameters during exercise. Moreover, the attachment of cumbersome measurement equipment may influence the motion technique and consequently increase energy cost. To ...
Physiological responses of elite junior Australian rules footballers during matchplay.(Research article)(Report)
Sep 01, 2009; Veale, James P. ... Introduction It is now accepted that the general physical demands of team sports involve prolonged exercise periods comprising of frequent high intensity bursts interspersed with low intensity recovery periods (Shireffs, 2005). Recent time-motion studies in Australian Football ...
Effects of consecutive basketball games on the game-related statistics that discriminate winner and losing teams.(Research article)(Report)
Sep 01, 2009; Ibanez, Sergio J. ... Introduction Performance analysis in ball team sports such as basketball is a fundamental tool for coaches, allowing them to have valid and reliable information concerning their team and opponents. Generally, coaches and researchers use this information to identify the most ...
Effect of the Rotor crank system on cycling performance.(Research article)(Report)
Sep 01, 2009; Jobson, Simon A. ... Introduction Power output, the product of torque and pedal velocity, is a key determinant of cycling performance (Coyle, 1995). Torque is determined by the effective force applied perpendicular to the crank arm and by crank arm length (Bertucci et al., 2005b). The maintenance of ...
The nephrotoxicity risk in rats subjected to heavy muscle activity.(Research article)(Report)
Sep 01, 2009; Oner, Gulsen ... Introduction In recent years, lifelong physical activity has been recommended for everyone in order to improve their physiological and functional capacity. Today, even the elderly under medication are encouraged to do daily exercises (Ichikawa et al. 2000). It is known that ...
Importance of automatic external defibrillator: save a life in athletic fields.
Sep 01, 2009; Kasikcioglu, Erdem ... Dear Editor-in-Chief Sudden cardiac death (SCD) among athletes is major unexpected and tragic event that is more detected in world population within recent years due to the increasing and widespread preoccupation with sports (Maron et al., 1996; Maron, 2003). Acute ...
Comparison of metabolic gas analysis between a standard laboratory system and a portable device.(Letter to the editor)(Letter to the editor)
Sep 01, 2009; Stroud, Leah C. ... <AU>Stroud, Leah C.^Feiveson, Alan H.^Ploutz-Snyder, Robert^De Witt, John K.^Everett, Meghan E.^Gernhardt, Michael L.</AU> Dear Editor-in-Chief The recent development of portable metabolic gas analysis systems gives scientists the capability of measuring ...
Profile of position movement demands in elite junior Australian rules footballers.(Research article)(Report)
Sep 01, 2009; Veale, James P. ... [FIGURE 1 OMITTED] Introduction Australian Football (AF) is played on an oval pitch, ranging between 130-150 m by 150-190 m, by two teams of 22 players, with each match lasting between 100 and 120 minutes (See Figure 1and Table 1 for position placement and ...
Relationships between physical education students' motivational profiles, enjoyment, state anxiety, and self-reported physical activity.(Research article)(Report)
Sep 01, 2009; Yli-Piipari, Sami ... Introduction Research has shown that participation in school physical education (PE) may affect students' motivation to engage in physical activity because it has the potential to provide both positive and negative experiences for the student population (Hagger et al., 2003; ...
Association between sarcopenia-related phenotypes and aerobic capacity indexes of older women.(Research article)(Report)
Sep 01, 2009; de Oliveira, Ricardo Jaco ... Introduction The aging process is associated with a progressive decline in most physiological systems. Among the most important changes with regard to quality of life and functional independence are declines in muscle strength and aerobic capacity (Fleg et al., 2005). For ...
Quantification of the impaired cardiac output response to exercise in heart failure: application of a non-invasive device.(Research article)(Report)
Sep 01, 2009; Myers, Jonathan ... Introduction The cardiopulmonary exercise test (CPX) has been widely used over the last two decades in the management of patients with chronic heart failure (CHF). Its applications include classifying the severity of disease, evaluating the effects of therapy, estimating ...
