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Sports, Volume 9, Issue 5

2021 May - 17 articles

Cover Story: Muscle power depends on several biological attributes, including muscle fiber composition and muscle fascicle length. Therefore, it is relevant to explore the possible relationship between muscle fiber composition and fascicle length in a particular muscle, as well as their contribution to human muscle power performance in individuals with minimal exposure to systematic resistance/power training. Such individuals may have muscles with long fascicles, together with a predominance of type II muscle fibers. This hypothesis suggests that, in sedentary individuals, certain phenotypes should exist, by which muscles with longer fascicles may also be characterized by a proportional predominance of type II and %CSA. View this paper
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Articles (17)

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
8,611 Views
14 Pages

10 May 2021

Emotional intelligence (EI) is considered a determinant of sports performance. Two opposing perspectives have been discussed in the theoretical discourse on EI: EI as an ability versus EI as a trait, both widely differing in content and method of ass...

  • Review
  • Open Access
64 Citations
19,057 Views
24 Pages

The Influence of Growth, Maturation and Resistance Training on Muscle-Tendon and Neuromuscular Adaptations: A Narrative Review

  • Nakul Tumkur Anil Kumar,
  • Jon L. Oliver,
  • Rhodri S. Lloyd,
  • Jason S. Pedley and
  • John M. Radnor

The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of the growth, maturation and resistance training-related changes in muscle-tendon and neuromuscular mechanisms in youth, and the subsequent effect on performance. Sprinting, jumping, kicking, and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
5,713 Views
9 Pages

Total Training Volume and Muscle Soreness Parameters Performing Agonist or Antagonist Foam Rolling between Sets

  • Haroldo Gualter Santana,
  • Bruno Lara,
  • Filipe Canuto Almeida da Silva,
  • Pedro Medina Eiras,
  • Gabriel Andrade Paz,
  • Jeffrey M. Willardson and
  • Humberto Miranda

29 April 2021

Background: Foam rolling (FR) has become very popular in recent years; however, the practice of FR between sets of resistance training (RT) for the lower limbs needs further examination. Purpose: Therefore, the purpose of the present study was to exa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
6,150 Views
10 Pages

A Comparison of Peak Intensity Periods across Male Field Hockey Competitive Standards

  • Eoin Cunniffe,
  • Adam Grainger,
  • Walter McConnell,
  • Ulrik McCarthy Persson,
  • Eamonn Delahunt,
  • Colin Boreham and
  • Catherine Blake

29 April 2021

This investigation aimed to compare the international level peak intensity period of male field hockey players to those experienced during professional and amateur club hockey match play. Twenty-seven players from an international squad were monitore...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
5,036 Views
10 Pages

Applicability of Maximal Ergometer Testing and Sprint Performance in Adolescent Endurance and Sprint Trained Swimmers

  • Adam J. Pinos,
  • Elton M. Fernandes,
  • Eric Viana,
  • Heather M. Logan-Sprenger and
  • David J. Bentley

28 April 2021

Sprint swimming is a short duration, high intensity sport requiring a relatively greater contribution of energy from anaerobic metabolism. Understanding energy system utilization for the classification of a competitive swimmer (sprint or distance) ma...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
6,682 Views
13 Pages

Weak Association between Vastus Lateralis Muscle Fiber Composition and Fascicle Length in Young Untrained Females

  • Thomas Mpampoulis,
  • Spyridon Methenitis,
  • Constantinos Papadopoulos,
  • Giorgos Papadimas,
  • Polyxeni Spiliopoulou,
  • Angeliki-Nikoletta Stasinaki,
  • Gregory C. Bogdanis,
  • Giorgos Karampatsos and
  • Gerasimos Terzis

28 April 2021

The aim of the study was to investigate the relationships between vastus lateralis muscle fiber length and fiber type composition in individuals with minimal exposure to systematic resistance/power training. In sixty female physical education student...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,884 Views
7 Pages

Accentuated Eccentric Loading in the Bench Press: Considerations for Eccentric and Concentric Loading

  • Christopher B. Taber,
  • Jared R. Morris,
  • John P. Wagle and
  • Justin J. Merrigan

27 April 2021

This study examined the effects of accentuated eccentric loading (AEL) on bench press velocities across a spectrum of concentric and eccentric loads. Ten strength trained men (bench press one-repetition maximum (1-RM): 124.3 ± 19.4 kg; relative stren...

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