Anthropometric Variability of European Taekwondo Champions

A Statistical Analysis of the European Soccer Champions League

1. Introduction Pollard and Reep (1997) point out that " soccer coaches, players, fans, and the media are deeply skeptical and often suspicious, to the point of paranoia, at the suggestion that a statistician might have something useful to offer […] ". Statisticians, though, have a different opinion. Statistical interest on the aspects of the game has been steadily rising over the past decades....

Anthropometric and Postural Variability: Limitations of the Boundary Manikin Approach

Human figure models are commonly used to facilitate ergonomic assessments of vehicle driver stations and other workplaces. One routine method of workstation assessment is to conduct a suite of ergonomic analyses using a family of boundary manikins, chosen to represent a range of anthropometric extremes on several dimensions. The suitability of the resulting analysis depends both on the methods ...

Jumping Champions

Energy Balance during Taekwondo Practice in Elite Male Taekwondo Players

BACKGROUND The goal of this study was to evaluate energy expenditure and dietary intake of nutrients during Taekwondo practice in elite Korean male Taekwondo players. METHODS Elite Korean male high school (high school player: HP; n = 59) and college players (college player: CP; n = 58) wore an accelerometer to measure energy expenditure and recorded their daily dietary intake for nutritional ...

Darwin's champions fight back

Researchers are building their response to the attack by creationism on evolution as interest in Darwin memorabilia continues to grow.