BACKGROUND Handball is considered an intermittent sport that places an important stress on a player's aerobic and anaerobic metabolism. However, the oxidative stress responses following a handball game remain unknown. We investigated the responses of plasma and erythrocyte antioxidant system and oxidative stress biomarkers following a single handball game. METHODS Fourteen male elite Brazilia...

OBJECTIVE To assess the injury incidence in elite handball, and if gender and previous injuries are risk factors for new injuries. METHODS Cohort study of 517 male and female elite handball players (age groups under (u)16, u-18 and senior). Participants completed a web survey establishing injury history, demographic information and sports experience, and provided weekly reports of time-loss i...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between ball-throwing velocity during a 3-step running throw and dynamic strength, power, and bar velocity during a concentric-only bench-press exercise in team-handball players. METHODS Fourteen elite senior male team-handball players volunteered to participate. Each volunteer had power and bar velocity measured during a conce...

in the past 10 years, the amount of research conducted on psychological aspects of sport injury has been increasing. the purpose of this study was to predict the burnout according to the self-determined motivation in iranian elite handball players before and after the injury. the subjects were 28 injured elite handball players who did not participate in competitions for 4 weeks due to their inj...

The jump shot is one of the most important elements of specific handball motor behaviour. We wanted to assess it with the method of expert modelling. The sample of subjects consisted of ten male elite handball players, members of the national Slovenian teams that play in the first national handball division (average height 191.1 ± 4.48 cm; average body mass 90.0 ± 4.40 kg, average age 23.4 ± 4....

The purpose of this study was to investigate the degree of neuromuscular fatigue and recovery from fatigue, following handball training and handball matches at elite level. The focus was specifically on changes in physical performance when playing three matches over the course of 3 days, which simulates a sequence in international championships. Female players from the Norwegian national handba...

BACKGROUND Several authors have analyzed the incidence of handball injuries in amateur players but information of handball injury in top-level players is very limited. The aim of the study was to analyze the incidence, circumstances and characteristics of handball injuries during major international tournaments. METHODS Injuries during six international handball tournaments were analyzed, usi...

OBJECTIVE Introduction of a neuromuscular training program will increase muscle strength, balance, and proprioception in elite female handball players. DESIGN Prospective intervention study. PARTICIPANTS Thirty-five female team handball players from 2 teams in the elite division participated. Their mean age was 23 (+/-2.5) years, and their mean weight was 69.2 (+/-7.3) kg. They had played h...

Somatotype ratings and percentage body fat of 131 elite Nigerian male athletes, average 24.2 years of age, and belonging to badminton (n = 18), basketball (n = 30), field hockey (n = 24), handball (n = 16), judo (n = 18), and soccer (n = 25) teams were determined. Basketball, handball and soccer players were taller and heavier, and had low percent fat values as compared with the other athletic ...