The aim of this study was to determine the latent structure of characteristics of leisure-time sporting and other recreation activities practised in the Republic of Croatia. The analysis was based on the survey of 1,126 adults of both sexes who filled in an open-ended questionnaire, which resulted in a list of 93 items sporting and other recreation activities that the subjects wrote as answers ...

OBJECTIVE To examine if there is an increased participation in physical or sporting activities following an Olympic or Paralympic games. DESIGN Overview of systematic reviews. METHODS We searched the Medline, Embase, Cochrane, DARE, SportDISCUS and Web of Knowledge databases. In addition, we searched for 'grey literature' in Google, Google scholar and on the International Olympic Committee ...

Although there is much debate about the positive effects of active sporting pursuits for the young, in reality many young people are still excluded or deterred from taking part as much as they would like. There are still particular bodily performances which are considered more suitable for taking part in mainstream sport, and invariably one of the determining factors relates to gendered perform...

Objective: To compare the angles of both hemibodies and movements associated with sporting gestures in road

An ability to predict the time-to-contact (TTC) of moving objects that become momentarily hidden is advantageous in everyday life and could be particularly so in fast-ball sports. Prediction motion (PM) experiments have sought to test this ability using tasks where a disappearing target moves toward a stationary destination. Here, we developed two novel versions of the PM task in which the dest...

Introduction For many years concussion has been a source of amusement in the sporting arena. Indeed, head and bone-jarring collisions are often celebrated by spectators, whilst players may have viewed concussion as a ‘badge of honour’. It would seem that it is only recently, and in response to high profile examples and emerging scientific reports of the short and long term sequelae of concussio...

ISSUE ADDRESSED Overweight and obesity in Australia is an emerging health concern. Obesity prevention initiatives must consider both physical activity and nutrition to be effective. Community sports venues have the capacity to promote healthy lifestyles through physical activity as well as healthy food choices. METHODS A telephone survey was conducted on parents of children aged 5-17 years in...