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Jernej Pleša; Žiga Kozinc; Chris Bishop; Nejc Šarabon – Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 2024
We investigated the associations and differences between dynamic strength index (DSI) calculated from different types of vertical jump (countermovement jump; CMJ and squat jump; SJ) and different isometric knee joint angles (30, 60 and 90[degrees]), and associations with force-velocity (FV) profile and its constituent variables (maximal…
Descriptors: Muscular Strength, Human Body, Exercise, Motion
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Kurt, Songül; Ibis, Serkan; Aktug, Zait Burak; Altundag, Emre – JTRM in Kinesiology, 2023
The aim of this study was to examine the effect of core exercises on swimmers Functional Movement Screen (FMS) test scores and swimming performance. A total of 32 volunteer children aged 12-15 participated in this study. Participants were separated into 3 main groups: the control group (CG; N = 10) that did not perform any exercises, the swimming…
Descriptors: Aquatic Sports, Athletes, Early Adolescents, Psychomotor Skills
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Fukuoka, Tatsuyuki; Ono, Takahiro; Hori, Kazuhiro; Kariyasu, Makoto – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2022
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of tongue-strengthening exercise (TSE) on tongue strength and effortful swallowing pressure in young healthy adults. Method: Thirteen young healthy volunteers (six men, seven women; M[subscript age] = 20.5 ± 0.5 years) performed 8 weeks of isometric TSE 3 days per week. A tongue…
Descriptors: Human Body, Motor Reactions, Muscular Strength, Young Adults
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Baikoglu, Selin – Journal of Education and Learning, 2020
90-95% of vitamin D which has the supreme function of regulating many metabolisms in tissues and organs, is taken from the sunlight through skin. Since wrestling is performed in sun-protected sports halls, we think that a vitamin D replacement will improve the performance of wrestlers, especially as the limited exposure to sunlight is compared to…
Descriptors: Males, Muscular Strength, Athletics, Athletes
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Bauer, Pascal; Kraushaar, Lutz; Most, Astrid; Hölscher, Sophie; Tajmiri- Gondai, Shahin; Dörr, Oliver; Troidl, Christian; Bauer, Timm; Nef, Holger; Hamm, Christian W.; Keller, Till – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2019
Purpose: To evaluate vascular function and its relationship to cardiorespiratory fitness in professional handball athletes. Method: We examined 30 male professional handball athletes (age 27 [plus or minus] 4 y) and 10 male sedentary controls (age 26[plus or minus] 5 y) at rest. The workup included exercise testing via ergometry. To assess…
Descriptors: Exercise Physiology, Athletics, Team Sports, Athletes
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Zhanibek, Kuderiev; Zh, Beknazarov; Kasymbayeva, J.; Sh, Shonov E.; Minarbekov, D. I.; Sydykov, N.T. – Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences, 2021
In the Republic of Kazakhstan, specialists in the field of Physical culture and Sports are faced with the problem of increasing interest in practicing folk national sports, based on the creation of both theoretical paradigms and a more evidence-based comprehensive practical database of research in scientific and methodological orientation. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Athletes, Athletics, Physical Fitness
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Erol, Sadettin – International Journal of Curriculum and Instruction, 2022
In this study, it was aimed to examine the effects of static and dynamic core exercises applied to football players aged 10-12 years on some physical fitness characteristics. The mean age of 12,4±0,4 years, average body weight of 43,2±0.31 kg, average height of 153,5±0.32 cm and average age of 4.32 years in sports, 32 male football players who…
Descriptors: Exercise, Athletes, Team Sports, Physical Fitness
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Koç, Murat; Saritas, Nazmi – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2019
This study was conducted to investigate the effect of respiratory muscle training on respiratory functions and aerobic and anaerobic strength in adolescent taekwondo athletes. Between the ages of 12-17, 32 taekwondo athletes participated in the study. Participating athletes were randomly divided into two groups as "experimental group"…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Athletes, Foreign Countries, Human Body
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Griffiths, Brad; Grant, James; Langdown, Louis; Gentil, Paulo; Fisher, James; Steele, James – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2019
Purpose: Resistance training is often performed in a traditional training style using deliberate relatively longer repetition durations or in an explosive training style using maximal intended velocities and relatively shorter repetition durations. Both improve strength, "power" (impulsivity), and speed. This study compared explosive and…
Descriptors: Team Sports, Athletes, Exercise, Muscular Strength
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Kutlay, Emine; Gönkek, Pelin; Köksal, Ahmet – Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences, 2022
The purpose of this study is to increase awareness among physical education teachers by analyzing the trends in reaching exercise programs on the Google platform during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. The exercise trends sought on the Google Trends platform between March 2020 and March 2021, when the pandemic was most intense, were…
Descriptors: Physical Education Teachers, COVID-19, Pandemics, Online Searching
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Alp, Mahmut; Ozdinc, Mahmut – European Journal of Educational Sciences, 2021
This paper focuses on the effects of plyometric trainings on upper extremity anaerobic power and shotspeed in 20 volunteer male handball players, who are in the men's handball team at Süleyman Demirel University. Players were randomly divided into two groups as handball training group (HTG) and plyometric training group (PTG). While HTG continued…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Training, Males, Athletes
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Cengizel, Elif – African Educational Research Journal, 2020
The present study aims to investigate the relationship between speed and isokinetic knee strength applied at different angular velocities in female volleyball players. 11 female volleyball players from the senior category volunteered in the study (meanage: 20.2±3.9 years, meanheight: 176.8±7.1 cm, meanweight: 66.6±5.7 kg). Isomed 2000 isokinetic…
Descriptors: Females, Athletes, Team Sports, Muscular Strength
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Aykora, Emrah – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2019
This study is intended to analyze any improvement in flexibility, balance, strength (hand, grip, arm, torso, leg) and physiological (body weight, body mass index, body fat percentage) parameters for elementary school children with no background of sport climbing in a sport climbing training they attend. The physical and physiological parameters of…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Physical Activities, Athletics, Adventure Education
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Nalbant, Özgür; Kinik, Ahmet Metin – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2018
The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of suspension training on agility and strength performance in elite male basketball players. The study was carried out on Demir Insaat Büyükçekmece male U-21 basketball players who are the members of one of the U-21 teams of the Turkish Basketball Federation. 20 volunteer basketball players with…
Descriptors: Athletics, Team Sports, Athletes, Muscular Strength
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Kayantas, Idris; Söyler, Mehmet – African Educational Research Journal, 2020
This study combines the results of studies on the effect of plyometric training on back and leg muscle strength in different places and times to reveal the overall effect sizes of these results. For this purpose, between 2000-2020 years of plyometric training method in Turkey, back and legs taken the subject of the effect on muscle strength…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Exercise Physiology, Training, Muscular Strength
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