[Purpose] Sufficient sleep is required for maximal performance and good mood. Japan has three national wheelchair basketball teams: Top male, Top female, and Under-23 (U23) male teams. Using these team members as model, this study investigated the difference of sleep status of wheelchair basketball players by age and gender. [Subjects and Methods] There were 44 participants: 14 in the Top male ...

Performance assessment has become an invaluable component of monitoring player development and within talent identification programs in soccer, yet limited performance data are available for female soccer players across a wide age range. The aim of this study was to describe the physical performance characteristics of female soccer players ranging in age from 12 to 21 years. High-level female s...

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of radiographic knee osteoarthritis (OA) as well as knee-related symptoms and functional limitations in female soccer players 12 years after an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury. METHODS Female soccer players who sustained an ACL injury 12 years earlier were examined with standardized weight-bearing knee radiography and 2 self-administered patient q...

OBJECTIVE To analyse the incidence, characteristics and circumstances of injuries during a female youth amateur football tournament in Kenya. DESIGN 14 injury recorders prospectively registered and classified all injuries during all matches. Four physiotherapists and two doctors supported the injury recorders. SETTING A 2-day Mathare Youth Sports Association (MYSA) inter-provincial football...

the aim of this study was to determine the relationship between leadership styles of coaches and satisfaction of iranian elite judo players which was carried out by a descriptive – correlation field method. the statistical population of this study consisted of all 162 judo players of premier league in iran. statistical sample consisted of 125 judo players based on morgan sample size table. in o...

we aimed to analyze the range of motion (rom) and internal rotation (ir) and external rotation (er) isokinetic strength according to humeral retroversion of the dominant shoulder.we included 40 elite baseball players in korea (obp group: n=20 players with careers spanning >10 years, age: 19.37±2.21 years, height: 181.00±5.41 cm, weight: 84.58±7.85 kg; bbp group: n=20 players with careers spanni...

This study used a single bout of repeated high-intensity sprint exercise as variable to compare the performance and recovery time handball players within typical age range for team sport athletes. Two test groups (U20 players, n = 12, mean 18 years; senior 17, 27 years) were observed during after their interval consisting four sets 6 × 40 m all-out change-of-direction sprints. U20 outperformed ...

The aim of this study was to assess physical fitness, match performance and development of fatigue during competitive matches at two high standards of professional soccer. Computerized time-motion analyses were performed 2-7 times during the competitive season on 18 top-class and 24 moderate professional soccer players. In addition, the players performed the Yo-Yo intermittent recovery test. Th...