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  • Article
  • Open Access
582 Views
21 Pages

10 December 2025

Mobile games have become one of the fastest-growing segments of the digital economy, and in-app advertisements represent a major source of revenue while shaping consumer attention and memory processes. This study examined the relationship between vis...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
8,572 Views
11 Pages

Spine Posture, Mobility, and Stability of Top Mobile Esports Athletes: A Case Series

  • Wing-Kai Lam,
  • Bob Chen,
  • Rui-Tan Liu,
  • James Chung-Wai Cheung and
  • Duo Wai-Chi Wong

11 May 2022

Professional esports athletes spend a long time in the same sitting posture during training and competition. Mobile esports may exacerbate potential postural problems because of the closer and unsupported arms and because athletes spend more time in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
40 Citations
6,476 Views
13 Pages

The Impact of Agile Management and Technology in Teaching and Practicing Physical Education and Sports

  • Adin-Marian Cojocaru,
  • Marilena Cojocaru,
  • Anca Jianu,
  • Rocsana Bucea-Manea-Țoniş,
  • Dan Gheorghe Păun and
  • Paula Ivan

22 January 2022

The context of the COVID-19 pandemic has caused educational institutions and sports clubs to change their management strategy. Due to the modernization of computer technology, physical education and sports (PES) teachers decided to include this techn...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,788 Views
22 Pages

10 September 2024

The impact of sporting events on local economies and their spatial distribution is a topic of active policy debate. This study adds to the discussion by examining granular cellphone location data to assess the spillover effects of Major League Baseba...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,708 Views
18 Pages

26 November 2020

This study investigates the online spectating behavior of sports fans. Due to the great mobility and low opportunity/switching costs, webcast sports fans’ spectating behaviors are distinct from those associated with traditional spectating chann...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,297 Views
18 Pages

Remotely Controlled Electronic Goalkeeper: An Example of Improving Social Integration of Persons with and without Disabilities

  • Massimiliano Donati,
  • Federico Pacini,
  • Luca Baldanzi,
  • Mauro Turturici and
  • Luca Fanucci

4 June 2023

Social integration is an essential part of the life of every human being, but for people with disabilities, there are many situations in which it is still very low. For instance, in sports and outdoor gaming, there is a barrier between players with a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,995 Views
20 Pages

Attention is an essential psychological component in sports games, which conditions sports success. The purpose of this study was to identify the attention style (internal or external) and the weight of attention qualities depending on the practiced...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,803 Views
15 Pages

Playing for a Healthy Life: Integrating Mobile Exergames in Physical Education

  • Pablo Sotoca-Orgaz,
  • Marta Arévalo-Baeza and
  • José A. Navia

18 February 2025

This study aimed to promote a coherent pedagogical framework for integrating mobile exergames into physical education (PE) as a strategy to reduce sedentary behavior. The intervention was grounded in the game-based learning methodology, assessing the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,190 Views
16 Pages

An Autonomous Human Following Caddie Robot with High-Level Driving Functions

  • Jung Hyun Choi,
  • Kangwagye Samuel,
  • Kanghyun Nam and
  • Sehoon Oh

15 September 2020

Nowadays, mobile robot platforms are utilized in various fields not only for transportation but also for other diverse services such as industrial, medical and, sports, etc. Mobile robots are also an emerging application as sports field robots, where...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,639 Views
11 Pages

Development of a Novel Coaching Platform to Improve Tackle Technique in Youth Rugby Players: A Proof of Concept

  • Ed Daly,
  • Patrick Esser,
  • Alan Griffin,
  • Damien Costello,
  • Justin Servis,
  • David Gallagher and
  • Lisa Ryan

26 April 2022

Rugby union is a field sport that is played at amateur and professional levels by male and female players globally. One of the most prevalent injury risks associated with the sport involves tackle collisions with opposition players. This suggests tha...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
6,071 Views
20 Pages

WeThe15, Leveraging Sport to Advance Disability Rights and Sustainable Development

  • Catherine Carty,
  • Daniel Mont,
  • Daniel Sebastian Restrepo and
  • Juan Pablo Salazar

24 October 2021

#WeThe15 launched at the Tokyo Paralympic Games. It aims to mobilize global partners to level the playing field for the 15% of the global population living with disabilities. This paper examines how current policy, human rights and development object...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
5,856 Views
11 Pages

The Relevance of Mobile Applications in the Learning of Physical Education

  • Lilyan Vega-Ramírez,
  • Rubén Olmedilla Notario and
  • María Alejandra Ávalos-Ramos

13 November 2020

Mobile telephony has developed exponentially, offering a multitude of services that could be optimal for the educational field of physical and sports activity (PSA). The objective of this research was to analyze the use of smartphone by 40 Spanish te...

  • Review
  • Open Access
8,971 Views
18 Pages

Velocity-Based Training in Soccer: A Brief Narrative Review with Practical Recommendations

  • Andrés Rojas Jaramillo,
  • Richard B. Kreider,
  • Jorge L. Petro,
  • Diego A. Bonilla,
  • Juan José Gonzalez-Badillo and
  • David Rodriguez-Rosell

Soccer is an intermittent sport characterized by periods of high intensity interspersed with varying levels of recovery. During the game, soccer players are required to perform numerous determinant actions, such as accelerations, decelerations, pace...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,744 Views
12 Pages

Sports Performance Analysis of Wheelchair Basketball Players Considering Functional Classification

  • Víctor Hernández-Beltrán,
  • Luis Felipe Castelli Correia de Campos,
  • Mário C. Espada and
  • José M. Gamonales

12 June 2024

Wheelchair basketball (WB) is a sport modality adapted for people with disabilities who present functional classification (FC) according to their mobility, from 1.0 for players with lesser functional capacity up to 4.5 for great mobility and trunk co...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
5,163 Views
23 Pages

Physical Activity in Cerebral Palsy: A Current State Study

  • Alberto J. Molina-Cantero,
  • Thais Pousada García,
  • Soraya Pacheco-da-Costa,
  • Clara Lebrato-Vázquez,
  • Alejandro Mendoza-Sagrera,
  • Paolo Meriggi and
  • Isabel M. Gómez-González

23 February 2024

This document analyzes a survey conducted in three geographical areas in Spain, focusing on centers for individuals with cerebral palsy (CP). The study aims to determine the adherence rate to recommended physical activity guidelines, assess if there...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,611 Views
12 Pages

Real-Time Sensor-Based Human Activity Recognition for eFitness and eHealth Platforms

  • Łukasz Czekaj,
  • Mateusz Kowalewski,
  • Jakub Domaszewicz,
  • Robert Kitłowski,
  • Mariusz Szwoch and
  • Włodzisław Duch

15 June 2024

Human Activity Recognition (HAR) plays an important role in the automation of various tasks related to activity tracking in such areas as healthcare and eldercare (telerehabilitation, telemonitoring), security, ergonomics, entertainment (fitness, spo...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
3,764 Views
17 Pages

Advances in Badminton Footwear Design: A Systematic Review of Biomechanical and Performance Implications

  • Meixi Pan,
  • Zihao Chen,
  • Dongxu Huang,
  • Zixin Wu,
  • Fengjiao Xue,
  • Jorge Diaz-Cidoncha Garcia,
  • Qing Yi and
  • Siqin Shen

23 June 2025

This systematic review, registered in PROSPERO (CRD42025101243), aimed to evaluate how specific badminton shoe design features influence lower-limb biomechanics, injury risk, and sport-specific performance. A comprehensive search in six databases yie...

  • Article
  • Open Access
92 Citations
10,065 Views
13 Pages

User Engagement and Abandonment of mHealth: A Cross-Sectional Survey

  • Abdulsalam Salihu Mustafa,
  • Nor’ashikin Ali,
  • Jaspaljeet Singh Dhillon,
  • Gamal Alkawsi and
  • Yahia Baashar

24 January 2022

Mobile health (mHealth) apps have great potential to improve health outcomes. Given that mHealth apps have become ubiquitous, there is limited focus on their abandonment. Data concerning crucial metrics, including reasons for adoption and discontinue...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,940 Views
14 Pages

9 November 2024

To permit the collection of quantitative data on start, turn and clean swimming performances in any swimming pool, the aims of the present study were to (1) validate a mobile in-field performance analysis system (PAS) against the Kistler starting blo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
6,754 Views
19 Pages

20 May 2020

Vehicle detection from satellite imagery can support different applications, such as security and situational awareness. In the civilian domain, it can provide quantitative evidence to investigate urban mobility and traffic patterns in cities. Satell...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,454 Views
26 Pages

From Gaze to Game: A Systematic Review of Eye-Tracking Applications in Basketball

  • Michela Alemanno,
  • Ilaria Di Pompeo,
  • Martina Marcaccio,
  • Daniele Canini,
  • Giuseppe Curcio and
  • Simone Migliore

Background/Objectives: Eye-tracking technology has gained increasing attention in sports science, as it provides valuable insights into visual attention, decision-making, and motor planning. This systematic review examines the application of eye-trac...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
8,444 Views
22 Pages

A Study on Physical Exercise and General Mobility in People with Cerebral Palsy: Health through Costless Routines

  • Alberto J. Molina-Cantero,
  • Manuel Merino-Monge,
  • Juan A. Castro-García,
  • Thais Pousada-García,
  • David Valenzuela-Muñoz,
  • Juan Gutiérrez-Párraga,
  • Setefilla López-Álvarez and
  • Isabel M. Gómez-González

Sedentary behavior (SB) is a common problem that may produce health issues in people with cerebral palsy (CP). When added to a progressive reduction in motor functions over time, SB can lead to higher percentages of body fat, muscle stiffness and ass...

  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
3,777 Views
14 Pages

An Integrated Control Plan in Primary Schools: Results of a Field Investigation on Nutritional and Hygienic Features in the Apulia Region (Southern Italy)

  • Vincenzo Marcotrigiano,
  • Giacomo Domenico Stingi,
  • Simona Fregnan,
  • Pantaleo Magarelli,
  • Pietro Pasquale,
  • Samuele Russo,
  • Giovanni Battista Orsi,
  • Maria Teresa Montagna,
  • Christian Napoli and
  • Christian Napoli

28 August 2021

Data concerning overweight and obesity in children and adolescent populations are alarming and represent one of the most serious public health problems of our time. Moreover, it is demonstrated that the school environment may play an important role i...