.78 ± 0.09 m; weight 69.75 ± 2.56 kg) participated in the study. All measurements and performances were carried out at Akdeniz University, Faculty of Sport Science indoor sports area. Volunteers who were smokers, alcohol users, or had any medical illnesses or injuries related to performance were not
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External Focus Reduces Accuracy and Increases Antagonist Muscle Activation in Novice Adolescent Soccer Players
Serkan Uslu and Emel Çetin Özdoğan
Dual-Task Interference Slows Down Proprioception
Linjing Jiang, Satoshi Kasahara, Tomoya Ishida, Yuting Wei, Ami Chiba, Mina Samukawa, and Harukazu Tohyama
). Participants with any current or history of orthopedic or neurological diseases were excluded from this study. Prior to inclusion, the participants were provided with information regarding this study and were required to sign an informed consent form. This study was approved by the review board of the Faculty
Levels of Gnostic Functions in Top Karate Athletes—A Pilot Study
Tatiana Tapajcikova, Dávid Líška, Ladislav Batalik, Clea P. Tucker, and Alena Kobesova
with The Code of Ethics of the World Medical Association and was the study was approved by the ethics committee of the Slovak Medical University, Faculty of HealthCare, Banská Bystrica, number 2/2021. Table 1 Descriptive Characteristics of Both Groups Karate group ( n = 36) General population control
Validation of a Novel Reaction Time Test Specific for Military Personnel
Danica Janicijevic, Sergio Miras-Moreno, Alejandro Pérez-Castilla, Jesús Vera, Beatriz Redondo, Raimundo Jiménez, and Amador Garcia-Ramos
, and (c) the gun-shaped mouse used to evoke the specific response. Procedures Military personnel were evaluated at the Spanish military base of Cerro Muriano (Brigada Guzmán el Bueno, Córdoba), while the university students were tested at the faculty of sports sciences in Granada. The testing
Balance Recovery Strategy in Children With and Without Hearing or Visual Impairments
Hamed Zarei, Ali Asghar Norasteh, Lauren J. Lieberman, and Ali Brian
greater than one in static and after-perturbation conditions. It seems that in after-perturbation conditions, HI children used a different strategy to maintain and restore balance compared with comparison and VI children. Acknowledgments The researcher thanks the head of the Faculty of Physical Education
Principal Component Analysis can Be Used to Discriminate Between Elite and Sub-Elite Kicking Performance
Michal Vagner, Daniel J. Cleather, Petr Kubový, Vladimír Hojka, and Petr Stastny
provided informed written consent, and the study was approved by the institutional ethics committee of the Charles University, Faculty of Physical Education (No. 50/2018, February 2, 2018) in accordance with the ethical standards of the Declaration of Helsinki. Instrumentation Kinematic data describing
Acute Effect of Brace Use on Upper-Extremity Functionality in Adolescent Individuals With Idiopathic Scoliosis: A Cross-Sectional Study
Kamil Yilmaz, Fatih Celik, and Bayram Sonmez Unuvar
conducted between October 2022 and February 2023. Ethical approval was obtained from the Ethics Committee of KTO Karatay University Faculty of Medicine for Non-Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Research (Decision number: 2022/029), and the methods in line with the Declaration of Helsinki were followed
The Effects of Number and Separation of Support Lines on the Size, Velocity, and Smoothness of Handwriting
Ivonne H.F. Duiser, Annick Ledebt, John van der Kamp, and Geert J.P. Savelsbergh
visual disabilities that potentially affect fine motor coordination (assessment based on schoolteachers’ report). None of the volunteer children met these exclusion criteria. The ethical committee of the Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, approved the study
Range of Motion Remains Constant as Movement Rate Decreases During a Repetitive High-Speed Knee Flexion–Extension Task
José Pedro Correia, João R. Vaz, Erik Witvrouw, and Sandro R. Freitas
) history of central nervous system injury or disease, and (c) current injury or disease preventing the execution of the experimental protocol. All individuals signed an informed consent form prior to participating in the study, which was approved by the Faculty of Human Kinetics institutional review board (8
Do Cognitive, Physical, and Combined Tasks Induce Similar Levels of Mental Fatigue? Testing the Effects of Different Moderating Variables
Ana Rubio-Morales, Jesús Díaz-García, Carlos Barbosa, Jelle Habay, Miguel Ángel López-Gajardo, and Tomás García-Calvo
Experts have highlighted the importance of coaches knowing the level of mental fatigue (MF) induced by different tasks. This study aimed to compare the mentally fatiguing nature of cognitive, physical, and combined tasks and, additionally, assess the effect of different moderating variables on MF. Twenty-three physically active (16 males: M age = 24 years; seven females: M age = 22.57 years) participants performed three experimental sessions: (a) physically fatiguing: 30 min of cycloergometer work (at 65%–75% of maximum heart rate), (b) mentally fatiguing: 30 min of an incongruent Stroop task, and (c) mixed fatiguing: 30 min of combining the physically and mentally fatiguing protocols. Subjective MF (visual analog scale), reaction time (psychomotor vigilance task), and cognitive performance (Stroop) were measured throughout the different protocols. Results showed significant increments in subjective MF after all tasks, with the mental and mixed protocols showing significantly higher increases. Only the mentally fatiguing protocol caused significant impairments in reaction time. No significant effects of sex, years of experience, or degree of mental toughness were observed. These results suggest that the use of all these tasks, and especially the mentally fatiguing exercises, should be avoided immediately prior to competitions due to the negative consequences of MF on performance. Moreover, this effect seems to be independent of the sex, years of experience, or mental toughness of athletes.
