Sport and Health Sciences
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Sex‑Specific Changes in Physical Performance Following Military Training: A Systematic Review
(Springer Verlag, 2018-09-19)Introduction Men and women joining the military undergo the same training, often in mixed-sex platoons. Given the inherent physiological and physical performance differences between men and women, it is reasonable to ... -
The Validation of Session Rating of Perceived Exertion for Quantifying Internal Training Load in Adolescent Distance Runners
(Human Kinetics, 2018-08-30)PURPOSE: To investigate the effect of measurement timing and concurrent validity of session (sRPE) and differential (dRPE) ratings of perceived exertion as measures of internal training load (ITL) in adolescent distance ... -
Preserved Object Weight Processing after Bilateral Lateral Occipital Complex Lesions
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press (MIT Press) /, 2018-07-19)Object interaction requires knowledge of the weight of an object, as well as its shape. The lateral occipital complex (LOC), an area within the ventral visual pathway, is well known to be critically involved in processing ... -
Web-Based Intervention Using Behavioral Activation and Physical Activity for Adults With Depression (The eMotion Study): Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
(JMIR Publications, 2018-07-16)Background: Physical activity is a potentially effective treatment for depression and depressive relapse. However, promoting physical activity in people with depression is challenging. Interventions informed by theory and ... -
A 9-month jumping intervention to improve bone geometry in adolescent male athletes.
(Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2018-07-31)PURPOSE: Sports have different effects on bone development and effective interventions to improve bone health of adolescent athletes are needed. The purpose of the study was to investigate the effect of a 9-month jumping ... -
Mechanisms of blood pressure control following acute exercise in adolescents: effects of exercise intensity on haemodynamics and baroreflex sensitivity.
(Wiley, 2018-07-11)NEW FINDINGS: What is the central question of this study? What are the autonomic and vascular components of the baroreflex during hypotension following different exercise intensities in adolescents? What is the main finding ... -
Tart cherry concentrate does not enhance muscle protein synthesis response to exercise and protein in healthy older men.
(Elsevier, 2018-06-08)BACKGROUND: Oxidative stress and inflammation may contribute to anabolic resistance in response to protein and exercise in older adults. We investigated whether consumption of montmorency cherry concentrate (MCC) increased ... -
The reliability and validity of the pupil behaviour questionnaire: a child classroom behaviour assessment tool
(Taylor & Francis, 2018-05-23)This paper assesses the reliability and validity of the teacher-completed Pupil Behaviour Questionnaire (PBQ), by comparing it to the already extensively validated teacher-completed Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire ... -
Perceptual and prefrontal cortex haemodynamic responses to high-intensity interval exercise with decreasing and increasing work-intensity in adolescents.
(Elsevier, 2018-07-22)OBJECTIVES: Affect experienced during high-intensity interval exercise (HIIE) is dependent on work-intensity, but the influence of increasing (low-to-high (L-H)) or decreasing (high-to-low (H-L)) work-intensity during HIIE ... -
Analysis of oxygen uptake efficiency parameters in young people with cystic fibrosis.
(Springer Verlag, 2018-07-12)PURPOSE: This study characterised oxygen uptake efficiency (OUE) in children with mild-to-moderate cystic fibrosis (CF). Specifically, it investigated (1) the utility of OUE parameters as potential submaximal surrogates ... -
Movement Strategies for Countermovement Jumping are Potentially Influenced by Elastic Energy Stored and Released from Tendons
(Nature Publishing Group, 2018-02-02)The preferred movement strategies that humans choose to produce work for movement are not fully understood. Previous studies have demonstrated an important contribution of elastic energy stored within the Achilles tendon ... -
Agreement Between Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry and Quantitative Ultrasound to Evaluate Bone Health in Adolescents: The PRO-BONE Study.
(Human Kinetics, 2018-05-26)PURPOSE: The present study aims to investigate the association between dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) and quantitative ultrasound (QUS) parameters and the intermethods agreement in active males. METHODS: In this ... -
Agreement Between Standard Body Composition Methods to Estimate Percentage of Body Fat in Young Male Athletes.
(Human Kinetics, 2018-03-15)PURPOSE: To examine the intermethods agreement of dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) and foot-to-foot bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) to assess the percentage of body fat (%BF) in young male athletes using ... -
Are we overestimating Physical Activity prevalence in children?
(Human Kinetics, 2018)Background: Physical activity guidelines state that children should achieve at least 60 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity (MVPA) on each day of the week. Accurate assessment of adherence to these ... -
Wrist-worn accelerometry for runners: Objective quantification of training load
(Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2018-07-31)Purpose: This study aimed to apply open-source analysis code to raw habitual physical activity data from wrist-worn monitors to: 1) objectively, unobtrusively and accurately discriminate between ‘running’ and ‘non-running’ ... -
A randomised trial of observational learning from 2D and 3D models in robotically assisted surgery.
(Springer Verlag (Germany), 2018-05-14)BACKGROUND: Advances in 3D technology mean that both robotic surgical devices and surgical simulators can now incorporate stereoscopic viewing capabilities. While depth information may benefit robotic surgical performance, ... -
Prolonged forearm ischemia attenuates endothelium-dependent vasodilatation and plasma nitric oxide metabolites in overweight middle-aged men
(Springer Verlag (Germany), 2018-05-21)PURPOSE: Repeated cycles of endothelial ischemia-reperfusion injury and the resulting respiratory burst contribute to the irreversible pathophysiology of vascular diseases, and yet, the effects of ischemia reperfusion on ... -
Nitrate-responsive oral microbiome modulates nitric oxide homeostasis and blood pressure in humans
(Elsevier, 2018-05-25)Imbalances in the oral microbial community have been associated with reduced cardiovascular and metabolic health. A possible mechanism linking the oral microbiota to health is the nitrate (NO3-)-nitrite (NO2-)-nitric oxide ... -
Assessment of Maximal Isometric Hand Grip Strength in School-aged Children.
(De Gruyter Open, 2018-03-15)Background: Hand grip strength (HGS) test is commonly used as an indicator of overall muscle strength in medical and sport practices. Recently, several studies have proposed that the measurement of the maximal HGS depends ... -
Mindfulness mediates the relationship between mental toughness and pain catastrophizing in cyclists
(Taylor & Francis, 2018-06-05)The purpose of this study was to examine the direction and magnitude of the relationship between mental toughness and pain catastrophizing and to explore whether mindfulness mediated this relationship. The design of the ...