Can anti-gravity running improve performance to the same degree as over-ground running?

abstract：:An evaluation of a six-week Combined minimal footwear transition and gait-retraining combination vs. gait retraining only on impact characteristics and leg stiffness. Twenty-four trained male runners were randomly assigned to either (1) Minimalist footwear transition Combined with gait-retraining over a six-week perio...

journal_title：Journal of sports sciences

authors： Warne JP,Smyth BP,Fagan JO,Hone ME,Richter C,Nevill AM,Moran KA,Warrington GD

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty specialist marathon runners and 23 specialist ultra-marathon runners underwent maximal exercise testing to determine the relative value of maximum oxygen consumption (VO2max), peak treadmill running velocity, running velocity at the lactate turnpoint, VO2 at 16 km h-1, % VO2max at 16 km h-1, and running time in...

journal_title：Journal of sports sciences

authors： Noakes TD,Myburgh KH,Schall R

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to explore elite coaches' perceptions of how they can both facilitate and impede the development of key mental toughness characteristics in the context of Australian football. Eleven coaches from a previous study (Gucciardi, Gordon, & Dimmock, 2008) were re-interviewed and the transcribed...

journal_title：Journal of sports sciences

authors： Gucciardi DF,Gordon S,Dimmock JA,Mallett CJ

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rules of competitive boardsailing events were changed before the Atlanta Olympic Games. Pumping the sail (pulling repeatedly on the rig) is now allowed and the duration of races has been shortened. Eight members of the French national team (mean age 23+/-2.7 years) participated in this study. Their cardiac and met...

journal_title：Journal of sports sciences

authors： Guével A,Maïsetti O,Prou E,Dubois JJ,Marini JF

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite recent popularity of wrist-worn accelerometers for assessing free-living physical behaviours, there is a lack of user-friendly methods to characterize physical activity from a wrist-worn ActiGraph accelerometer. Participants in this study completed a laboratory protocol and/or 3-8 hours of directly observed fr...

journal_title：Journal of sports sciences

authors： Montoye AHK,Clevenger KA,Pfeiffer KA,Nelson MB,Bock JM,Imboden MT,Kaminsky LA

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Children and adolescents mature at different rates such that individuals competing in the same competition may differ in physical and biological maturity despite being of similar chronological age. Whether or not differences translate into on-field performance in competition is relatively unknown. This study investiga...

journal_title：Journal of sports sciences

authors： Gastin PB,Bennett G

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deci and Ryan's causality orientations theory suggests that there are individual differences in motivational orientation towards initiating and regulating behaviour. They described three causality orientations: autonomy, control and impersonal. The aim of this paper is to describe the development and concurrent validi...

journal_title：Journal of sports sciences

authors： Rose EA,Markland D,Parfitt G

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We hypothesised that habitual physical activity (PA) together with progressive endurance training contributes to the differences in training response (Δ[V(·)]O(2max)) in healthy and physically active male participants. Twenty volunteers (age 30±3 years and [V(·)]O(2max) 54±7 ml·kg⁻¹·min⁻¹) participated in an eight-wee...

journal_title：Journal of sports sciences

authors： Hautala A,Martinmaki K,Kiviniemi A,Kinnunen H,Virtanen P,Jaatinen J,Tulppo M

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human spleen shows a decrease in volume of around 40% early during vigorous exercise and in response to other stressful stimuli such as maximal apnoea and the breathing of hypoxic gas mixtures. Contraction seems an active response, mediated by alpha-adrenergic fibres in the splenic nerve. Given the relatively smal...

journal_title：Journal of sports sciences

authors： Shephard RJ

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to investigate why futsal players decide to dribble. For this purpose, we analysed 396 trials comprising the dribbles (n = 132), passes (n = 131) or shots (n = 133), performed by 70 male futsal players. Passing and shooting angles, and interpersonal distance, including their rates of change (velocity ...

journal_title：Journal of sports sciences

authors： Corrêa UC,de Pinho ST,da Silva SL,Clavijo FA,Souza TO,Tani G

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to compare the recovery kinetics of physical performance and subjective ratings in response to a soccer-specific exercise simulation on natural grass and artificial turf. Physical performance tests and subjective ratings were assessed on 13 professional soccer players before, immediately after, 24 h a...

journal_title：Journal of sports sciences

authors： Nédélec M,McCall A,Carling C,Le Gall F,Berthoin S,Dupont G

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We aimed to assess the cardiovascular responses and locomotory demands of male referees during diverse elite, international, basketball matches, and to investigate the influence of moderating factors (competition sex, level and stage) on these demands. Cardiovascular and locomotory responses were monitored in 123 elit...

journal_title：Journal of sports sciences

authors： Suárez Iglesias D,Leicht AS,Pojskić H,Vaquera A

更新日期：2020-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) rupture, during ski-landing, is caused by excessive knee joint forces and kinematics, like anterior tibial translation, internal tibial rotation, and valgus rotation. It is not well understood how these forces/kinematics are directly related to ski-landing impact. In the present study,...

journal_title：Journal of sports sciences

authors： Yeow CH,Kong CY,Lee PV,Goh JC

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to examine reliability and construct convergent validity of Player Load™ (PL) from trunk-mounted accelerometry, expressed as a cumulative measure and an intensity measure (PL · min-1). Fifteen male participants twice performed an overground football match simulation that included four ...

journal_title：Journal of sports sciences

authors： Barreira P,Robinson MA,Drust B,Nedergaard N,Raja Azidin RMF,Vanrenterghem J

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cross-country skiing is a complex endurance sport requiring technical skills, in addition to considerable physiological and tactical abilities. This review aims to identify biomechanical factors that influence the performance of cross-country skiers. Four electronic databases were searched systematically for original ...

journal_title：Journal of sports sciences

authors： Zoppirolli C,Hébert-Losier K,Holmberg HC,Pellegrini B

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to determine the variations in substrate utilization between men and women matched for ventilatory threshold (Tvent) during incremental arm cranking and leg cycling exercise at 70, 85, 100 and 115% of the mode-specific Tvent. Recreationally active men (n=12) and women (n=10) with similar valu...

journal_title：Journal of sports sciences

authors： Yasuda N,Ruby BC,Gaskill SE

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Physical inactivity is proven to be a risk factor for non-communicable diseases and all-cost mortality. Public health policy recommends community settings worldwide such as the workplace to promote physical activity. Despite the growing prevalence of workplace team sports, studies have not synthesised their benefits w...

journal_title：Journal of sports sciences

authors： Brinkley A,McDermott H,Munir F

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coordination of dynamic interceptive movements is predicated on cyclical relations between an individual's actions and information sources from the performance environment. To identify dynamic informational constraints, which are interwoven with individual and task constraints, coaches' experiential knowledge provides...

journal_title：Journal of sports sciences

authors： Greenwood D,Davids K,Renshaw I

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Emotions experienced before and during sports competition have been found to influence sports performance. Emotion regulation is defined as the automatic or deliberate use of strategies to initiate, maintain, modify or display emotions (Gross & Thompson, 2007) and is proposed to occur when a discrepancy exists between...

journal_title：Journal of sports sciences

authors： Lane AM,Beedie CJ,Jones MV,Uphill M,Devonport TJ

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated whether heart rate (HR)-derived parameters are accurate performance predictors in endurance recreational runners. One hundred thirty recreational athletes completed an incremental running test (4´running + 1´rest). After each stage, we recorded HR, % of maximum HR (%HRmax), and blood lactate. We also a...

journal_title：Journal of sports sciences

authors： Etxegarai U,Insunza A,Larruskain J,Santos-Concejero J,Gil SM,Portillo E,Irazusta J

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two studies investigated the structure of different athlete leadership networks and its relationship to cohesion using social network analysis. In Study 1, we examined the relationship between a general leadership quality network and task and social cohesion as measured by the Group Environment Questionnaire (GEQ). In...

journal_title：Journal of sports sciences

authors： Loughead TM,Fransen K,Van Puyenbroeck S,Hoffmann MD,De Cuyper B,Vanbeselaere N,Boen F

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we examined: (a) the effects of perceived motivational climate and coaching character-building competency on prosocial and antisocial behaviours towards team-mates and opponents in field hockey and netball; (b) whether the effects of perceived character-building competency on sport behaviours are mediat...

journal_title：Journal of sports sciences

authors： Boardley ID,Kavussanu M

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that increased availability of blood-borne glucose would improve endurance after carbohydrate loading. A single-leg exercise model was employed, taking advantage of the fact that supercompensation of muscle glycogen occurs only in a previously exercised limb. Endura...

journal_title：Journal of sports sciences

authors： Hardman AE,Williams C

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to determine the foot strike patterns (FSP), rearfoot position at initial contact (RPic, i.e., No INV/EVE) and foot rotation in children in relation to age. A total of 932 children aged 3 to 16 years participated in this study. A sagittal and frontal-plane video was recorded using a high-...

journal_title：Journal of sports sciences

authors： Latorre Román PÁ,Redondo Balboa F,Párraga Montilla J,Soto Hermoso VM,Consuegra González PJ,García Pinillos F

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cognitive effects of acute aerobic exercise were investigated in endurance-trained individuals. On two occasions, 21 cyclists; 11 male (VO2max: 57 ± 9 mL·kg-1·min-1) and 10 female (VO2max: 51 ± 9 mL·kg-1·min-1), completed 45 min of fixed, moderate-intensity (discontinuous) cycling followed by an incremental ride t...

journal_title：Journal of sports sciences

authors： McCartney D,Desbrow B,Irwin C

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this article, we examine the question of what information is processed during observational learning by evaluating a variety of methods, theories, and empirical data. Initially, we review work involving neuroimaging techniques and infant imitation. We then evaluate data from behavioural experiments involving adults...

journal_title：Journal of sports sciences

authors： Hodges NJ,Williams AM,Hayes SJ,Breslin G

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an effort to evaluate the mechanisms underpinning performance in alpine ski racing, researchers have focused on the predictive validity of measures derived from fitness assessments. However, a limitation of this literature is the absence of practice time, since prolonged training may naturally develop specific fitn...

journal_title：Journal of sports sciences

authors： DeCouto BS,Fawver B,Taylor T,Williams AM

更新日期：2020-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Drug abuse by adolescents has been investigated in various surveys that reported correlations between age, gender, and activity. However, none of these studies included chemical analyses to help substantiate the statements of participants. In the present study, the urine specimens of 964 students (439 females, 525 mal...

journal_title：Journal of sports sciences

authors： Thevis M,Sauer M,Geyer H,Sigmund G,Mareck U,Schänzer W

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study investigated birthdate (known as the Relative Age Effect; RAE) and birthplace as determinants of expertise in an international sample of elite ice hockey players. The sample included 566 World Junior (WJR) ice hockey players from four countries (Canada, n = 153; USA, n = 136; Sweden, n = 140; Finland...

journal_title：Journal of sports sciences

authors： Bruner MW,Macdonald DJ,Pickett W,Côté J

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parkour landing techniques differ from performances of other sports as they are practiced in urban spaces with uncontrolled surfaces and drop heights. Due to the relatively young age of the sport, few studies have tried to understand how practitioners - called traceurs - succeed at performing these dynamic performance...

journal_title：Journal of sports sciences

authors： Maldonado G,Soueres P,Watier B

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00