The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between marathon performance time (MPT) and some training factors recorded for a given number of weeks prior to a race. Twenty-two runners, age 28-54 years, participated as subjects in this…

Sport as a cultural fact, reflected in it the characteristics of the society in which it is immersed, but at the same time constitutes a tool with which to act on the system, a vehicle of social change capable of…

Changes in the presynaptic inhibition of spinal alpha-motoneurons were studied in
athletes during motor activities of different types. In the state where muscles were at
relative rest, the presynaptic inhibition of spinal alpha-motoneurons of the m. soleus
was stronger in…

In most of the triathlon races, the 10km-run is critical to win and, just a few seconds, may separate the gold and the silver medal. To our best knowledge, no study has analyzed the biomechanical differences among the first qualified…

Athletic taping is an adjunct mechanism adopted as a preventive measure of injuries or post-injury rehabilitation and prophylaxis. The tape is chosen properly so that it could be able to properly strap the body parts, e.g., ankle, wrist, finger, etc.…

The current focus on the use of new technologies and media for teaching-learning purposes has led to an intensifying interest in the properties and peculiarities of educational videogames. Creating a learning environment within a video game might be an opportunity…

Applying the method of main components by Hotelling and the method of rotation of the main components, i.e. Varimax rotations by Keiser, the latent structure of basketball efficiency was established. It was based on the fourteen manifest indicators of efficiency.…

In order to keep the life and works of J.A. Samaranch alive in the memory of the Olympic section of the Journal of Human Sport and Exercise, the Editorial Committee has decided to recover a previously unpublished interview from the…

There is a long history for sports as a marketing vehicle. With enormous business opportunities and expanding market, Chinese enterprises, large and small, are taking advantages of "in-depth marketing" to build their brand names with all their resources and promote…

Using a dynamic systems perspective, this study investigated whether distance functioned as a control parameter that might alter children’s place kicking patterns. Nineteen children (mean age = 8.1 years) kicked 3 times at each of 5 randomly ordered distances (1.524,…