BACKGROUND Information on sleep quality and insomnia symptomatology among elite athletes remains poorly systematised in the sports science and medicine literature. The extent to which performance in elite sport represents a risk for chronic insomnia is unknown. OBJECTIVES The purpose of this systematic review was to profile the objective and experienced characteristics of sleep among elite at...

Unlike UML and some ER versions, ORM currently allows a fact type to be objectified only if it either has a spanning uniqueness constraint or is a 1:1 binary fact type. This article argues that this restriction should be relaxed, and replaced by a modeling guideline that allows some n-ary associations to be objectified even if their longest uniqueness constraint spans n-1 roles. The pros and co...

Aim: This study aimed to monitor the behavior of overtraining and motivations dimensions, as well verify whether these dimensions correlate in preparatory competitive periods over season. Methods: Professional soccer players (n = 32) answered Stress Recovery Questionnaire for Athletes (RESTQ-Sport 76) Sport Motivation Scale (SMS) during periods. Results: Intrinsic amotivation sport-specific rec...

Over the last 10 years, the influence of the dog–owner relationship on dog behaviour has received growing attention, unlike the working dog handler’s relationship. Using a questionnaire addressed to the 430 dog handlers of the Belgian army in 2001 (303 respondents), this study investigated the association between the time spent by handlers with their military dog (MD) and some behaviours of the...

OBJECTIVE Waist circumference, BMI and hip circumference are differentially associated with mortality. We investigated the potential influence of selected lifestyle aspects such as smoking, alcohol intake, sports activity and education. METHOD The Danish prospective study 'Diet, Cancer and Health' recruited 27,179 men and 29,875 women from 1993 to 1997. Cox regression models were used to esti...

BACKGROUND High participation rates in sport and increasing recognition of how diet benefits athletic performance suggest sports settings may be ideal locations for promoting healthy eating. While research has demonstrated the effect of tobacco and alcohol sponsorship on consumption, particularly among youth, few studies have examined the extent or impact of food and beverage company sponsorshi...

BACKGROUND The definition of health incorporates the physical, social and mental domains, however the Physical Activity (PA) guidelines do not address social health. Furthermore, there is insufficient evidence about the levels or types of PA associated specifically with psychological health. This paper first presents the results of a systematic review of the psychological and social health bene...

This study examines associations between sport/physical activity space, community formation and social life among Shanghai’s highly skilled migrant demographic. There is limited illustration of the roles sport physical exercise provision spaces play in this cohort’s lives, participation their host societies. Yet, such evidence value determining policy, urban development engagement initiatives. ...