Basic Capabilities Needed for the Development of Iranian Elementary School Students   V. Mahmoodi, Ph.D.* M. Abooyee Ardekaan, Ph.D.** Sh. Nayyeri, Ph.D.*** N. Yegaanli****   The capability approach presented by Amartya Sen, the infamous economist, has changed the very foundations and methods of measuring personal and social welfare. Many of the areas of scientific study have adapted t...

Sport and exercise medicine involves the provision of preventative and reactive care for all aspects of health in relation to sport and the use of exercise prescription in the management of health and disease. This article gives an overview of the specialty as it develops in the UK.

CONTEXT Acute tibial shaft fractures represent one of the most severe injuries in sports. Return rates and return-to-sport times after these injuries are limited, particularly with regard to the outcomes of different treatment methods. OBJECTIVE To determine the current evidence for the treatment of and return to sport after tibial shaft fractures. DATA SOURCES OVID/MEDLINE (PubMed), EMBASE...

Accurate temporal information processing is critically important in many motor activities within disciplines such as dance, music, and sport. However, it is still unclear how temporal information related to biological motion is processed by expert and non-expert performers. It is well-known that the auditory modality dominates the visual modality in processing temporal information of simple sti...

No previous research in squash has considered the time between shots or the proximity of the ball to a wall, which are two important variables that influence shot outcomes. The aim of this paper was to analyse shot types to determine the extent to which they are played in different court areas and a more detailed analysis to determine whether the time available had an influence on the shot sele...

From 17.09.06 to 20.09.06, the Dagstuhl Seminar 06381 Computer Science in Sport was held in the International Conference and Research Center (IBFI), Schloss Dagstuhl. During the seminar, several participants presented their current research, and ongoing work and open problems were discussed. Abstracts of the presentations given during the seminar as well as abstracts of seminar results and idea...

1 In keeping with our efforts to cover the lifespan in this special section of the newsletter, we have invited contributions that focus on sport and physical activity in children, adolescents, and adults. The goal of this issue is to highlight the range of approaches to studying sport and exercise used across disciplines and cultural settings, including reports from Egypt, Europe, Canada, and t...