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Sports, Volume 12, Issue 2

2024 February - 25 articles

Cover Story: This paper presents a study focusing on the training characteristics and performance markers of elite young female endurance athletes, specifically three U23 triathletes. The aim was to analyze the training load, anthropometric values, and performance evolution over the course of the 2021 season. Training intensity distribution was highlighted using the triphasic model, while training load was based on the ECO model. The athletes showed improvements in VO2max, power, speed, and swimming speed associated with lactate thresholds. They maintained a high weekly training volume, with a polarized training intensity distribution. The study suggests a combination of traditional and block periodization models for optimal performance enhancement. View this paper
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Articles (25)

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,200 Views
10 Pages

19 February 2024

This study examines the maturity status and relative age effect in elite youth taekwondo Croatian National Team athletes. Measurements of biological age, maturity offset, and body composition were taken from a sample of 17 junior athletes. Difference...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
11,130 Views
18 Pages

Analyzing Injury Patterns in Climbing: A Comprehensive Study of Risk Factors

  • Markéta Kovářová,
  • Petr Pyszko and
  • Kateřina Kikalová

19 February 2024

Climbing, a sport with increasing popularity, poses diverse risks and injury patterns across its various disciplines. This study evaluates the incidence and nature of climbing-related injuries, focusing on how different disciplines and climbers’ pers...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
4,116 Views
13 Pages

Biomechanical Factors Predisposing to Knee Injuries in Junior Female Basketball Players

  • Néstor Pérez Mallada,
  • María Jesús Martínez Beltrán,
  • María Ana Saenz Nuño,
  • Ana S. F. Ribeiro,
  • Ignacio de Miguel Villa,
  • Carlos Miso Molina,
  • Ana María Echeverri Tabares,
  • Andrés Paramio Santamaría and
  • Hugo Lamas Sánchez

16 February 2024

This cross-sectional observational study aims to determine isokinetic normality data at different speeds, and isometric data of ankle and knee joints, in healthy basketball players aged 15–16 years old. The participants were recruited through n...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
7,420 Views
19 Pages

The Effects of Physical and Mental Fatigue on Time Perception

  • Reza Goudini,
  • Ali Zahiri,
  • Shahab Alizadeh,
  • Benjamin Drury,
  • Saman Hadjizadeh Anvar,
  • Abdolhamid Daneshjoo and
  • David G. Behm

15 February 2024

The perception of time holds a foundational significance regarding how we elucidate the chronological progression of events. While some studies have examined exercise effects on time perception during exercise periods, there are no studies investigat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
5,490 Views
14 Pages

The Relationship between Dynamic Balance, Jumping Ability, and Agility with 100 m Sprinting Performance in Athletes with Intellectual Disabilities

  • Ghada Jouira,
  • Dan Iulian Alexe,
  • Dragoș Ioan Tohănean,
  • Cristina Ioana Alexe,
  • Răzvan Andrei Tomozei and
  • Sonia Sahli

14 February 2024

Sprinting is a competitive event in athletics that requires a combination of speed, power, agility, and balance. This study investigated the relationship between dynamic balance, jumping ability, and agility with 100 m sprinting performance in athlet...

  • Review
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,405 Views
21 Pages

Cognitive Fitness: Harnessing the Strength of Exerkines for Aging and Metabolic Challenges

  • Mona Saheli,
  • Mandana Moshrefi,
  • Masoumeh Baghalishahi,
  • Amirhossein Mohkami,
  • Yaser Firouzi,
  • Katsuhiko Suzuki and
  • Kayvan Khoramipour

13 February 2024

Addressing cognitive impairment (CI) represents a significant global challenge in health and social care. Evidence suggests that aging and metabolic disorders increase the risk of CI, yet promisingly, physical exercise has been identified as a potent...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,088 Views
10 Pages

11 February 2024

Background: Concussion examination is based primarily on clinical evaluation and symptomatic reporting. Pupillary light reflex (PLR) metrics may provide an objective physiological marker to inform concussion diagnosis and recovery, but few studies ha...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,134 Views
11 Pages

Excessive Knee Internal Rotation during Grand Plié in Classical Ballet Female Dancers

  • Aspasia Fotaki,
  • Athanasios Triantafyllou,
  • Panagiotis Koulouvaris,
  • Apostolos Z. Skouras,
  • Dimitrios Stasinopoulos,
  • Panagiotis Gkrilias,
  • Maria Kyriakidou,
  • Sophia Stasi,
  • Dimitrios Antonakis-Karamintzas and
  • Georgios Papagiannis
  • + 2 authors

7 February 2024

Classical ballet dancers are exposed daily to physically demanding movements. Among these, the Grand Plié stands out for its biomechanical complexity, particularly the stress applied to the knee joint. This study investigates the knee kinemati...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,643 Views
14 Pages

7 February 2024

The aim of this study was to assess the acute and long-term effects of karate kata training on body posture (range of motion (ROM)) and musculoskeletal pain in elite karate athletes. Twelve kata athletes from the Polish national team participated in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
7,659 Views
15 Pages

Training Characteristics, Performance, and Body Composition of Three U23 Elite Female Triathletes throughout a Season

  • Sergio Sellés-Pérez,
  • Hector Arévalo-Chico,
  • José Fernández-Sáez and
  • Roberto Cejuela

7 February 2024

(1) Background: There is a lack of data on the long-term training characteristics and performance markers of elite young female endurance athletes. The aim of this study was to present the training load (ECOs), as well as the evolution of the anthrop...

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