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Showing 1 to 20 of 73 for “"Male Athletes"”.
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Food Insecurity And Eating Behaviors Of Collegiate Male Athletes
… behaviors in a sample of NCAA Division 1 male, collegiate athletes ≥18 years of age (y). METHODS: A cross-sectional survey of NCAA athletes from a Southeastern Conference (SEC) university was approved by the Institutional Review Board and conducted during August-September, 2016. The …
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Perceptions of Delinquency among Male Athletes and Non-Athletes: A Qualitative Investigation
… in sports helps to deter delinquency, yet athletes who seemingly have it all engage in destructive delinquent lifestyles (Savini, 2008). Many theorists contend that the "jock identity" or "sport hubris" is largely responsible, as people think they will be treated more favorably if they are …
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The application of potentiation in optimizing warm-up procedures in young male athletes
… then a warm-up needs to be able to ensure that athletes are capable of maximal performance at the outset of a game, and do not have to use the first minutes of a game to progress to a point where they are capable of maximal performance. Performance has been shown to be optimised by the inclusion …
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Risk of Low Energy Availability in Elite Male Athletes with Spinal Cord Injury
<p>Recent research examining male able-bodied athletes has suggested that males are at risk for low energy availability (LEA); however, there is a paucity of research pertaining to prevalence amongst male athletes with an impairment. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine the risk of …
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What are the symptoms : exploring depression, anxiety and concussion symptoms among Icelandic male athletes
… in the current study were 366 Icelandic male athletes, ages 18-45 (M = 27.84, SD = 7.14), who played and/or trained at an elite level in football, basketball, handball, ice-hockey or combat sports in Iceland. Participants answered an online questionnaire that asked about their background …
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The effect of dietary standardisation on exercise performance and physiological responses in male athletes
Sport scientists have been using different techniques to control dietary intake in an attempt to minimise the impact of several dietary components on the outcomes of the study. This is achieved by eliminating some components completely from the diet (such as caffeine and alcohol) for few days or …
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Crossing the line: an exploration of the experiences of male athletes who commit crimes.
… in crime. It is not clear the extent to which athletes are involved within crime, or how sport could contribute to criminal behaviour. There is a relative paucity of research into the experiences of athletes who commit crimes. Whilst previous links exist between involvement in sport and violent …
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The influence of sport type and interdependence on the growth experiences of young male athletes
… with the growth experiences of select level male basketball players (n = 150) and distance runners (n = 98), aged 14 to 17 years. This study also examined how growth experiences were related to the outcomes of enjoyment and burnout. Athletes completed the Youth Experiences Survey 2.0 (Hansen …
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Biomechanical measures of lower limb variability, and prediction of non-contact knee injuries risk factors in male athletes
… one of the most popular sports played globally. Male players constitute 82% of football players around the world. As the number of football players increases, we expect more sports injuries to occur. Knee ligament injuries, such as Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL), are considered one of the most …
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Effect of three coaching techniques on the shot put release point and distance of throw for male athletes with intellectual disabilities
… coaching techniques on shot put performance of 9 male athletes with mild and moderate intellectual disabilities (ID). The three coaching techniques were: (a) picture with verbal (PV), (b) demonstration with verbal (DV), and (c) physical assistance with verbal (PAV). An alternating treatment design …
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A cross-sectional cohort study of core stability muscle activation and endurance in elite male athletes and its link with mechanical lower back pain
A dissertation submitted in partial compliance with the requirements for a Master's Degree in Technology: Chiropractic, Durban Institute of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2005.
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Sex-role stereotyping as characterized by selected samples of female and male high school coaches
… sex-role stereotyping among a random sample of female and male coaches in Northern California as they perceived sample of males and females and male and female athletes.</p><p>The subproblems were: (1) To determine significant differences between male and female coaches in sex-role stereotyping of …
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Framing the 2012 Olympics: A Content Analysis of International Newspaper Coverage of Female Athletes
… was designed to identify the representation of female athletes in the media during the 2012 London Olympics. Coders analyzed 617 mentions of male and female athletes in order to determine the quantity and quality of coverage during the 2012 Olympics. The research mostly supported previous …
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The relationship between anxiety and depression symptoms, and help-seeking intentions in individual sport athletes and university students in Iceland : the moderating role of gender and participant status
… 375 University students and 187 individual sport athletes, 18 years and older were included in the study. A significant main effect of symptoms on help-seeking intentions was observed among females and this was moderated by participant status; female athletes with depression symptoms reported …
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Personality traits and cognitive performance in elite athletes
… been done to investigate this relationship in athletes. Our study therefore aims to investigate the correlations between certain personality traits and cognitive performance in a sample of elite hockey players. 25 male athletes completed the ‘WebNeuro Sport’ assessment by the Brain Resource …
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High school athletic participation : its relationship to student development
… relationship among the developmental factors of athletes, both male and female, and non-athletes, both male and female.In order to complete the study, demographic data was collected from the participating students at the same time as the measurement through the SDTI-2. All information was …
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Exercise in Youth and Long-Term Effects on Bone and Joints
… prospective cohort study that followed 46 active male athletes into a mean 29 years of retirement and 24 age-matched controls. The second used a cross-sectional mixed model design that included 329 measurements in 193 active and former male soccer players and 450 measurements in 280 controls, all …
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Evaluation of injury surveillance data collected during major multisport games: Informing a standardized prospective injury surveillance system for the Canada Games
… The second project investigated injuries in both male and female able-bodied athletes competing in the same sports at the CG. Available registration and medical reports from the 2009-2019 summer and winter games were coded using the IOC consensus statement and OSIICS. The Summer Games had an …
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Characterizing the physiological and physical correlates to performance in highly trained artistic swimmers
… over the years. In addition to these changes male athletes have been permitted to compete internationally in mixed doubles since 2015 [1], however this thesis will focus solely on the physiological responses of female AS athletes. Despite AS making its Olympic debut 35 years ago it is a sport …
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