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Showing 1 to 20 of 196 for “"RC1200 Sports Medicine"”.
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EFFECT OF POST-EXERCISE COLD WATER IMMERSION ON MOLECULAR RESPONSES TO HIGH-INTENSITY INTERMITTENT EXERCISE
The balance between the stress of training and competition and sufficient recovery is critical within the development of athletic performance. This stems from the need to recover between successive intense periods of exercise and provide sufficient time through which to adapt to the prescribed …
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The Hormonal Profile of Elite Super League Players During and After Competition
It has been suggested that steroid hormones, particularly testosterone and cortisol, may play an important role in skeletal muscle growth, repair and even motivation to train, which have obvious implications for elite rugby. However, the hormonal profile of elite Super League players during and …
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Effect of soccer match-play on markers of anterior cruciate ligament injury risk
Non-contact anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries have a high prevalence in soccer players, and this particularly during the latter stages of match-play. Gaining a better understanding of how match-play increases ACL injury risk will benefit the development of effective screening and injury …
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Proteomic analysis of diurnal variation in human skeletal muscle performance
… diurnal variation. Time-of-day differences in sports performance and muscle function are widely reported, and typically, performance is ~10 % greater in the evening compared to the morning. This is consistent with our result in Chapter 3; we investigated this chapter by conducting a battery of …
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Monitoring Fatigue Status in Elite Soccer Players
The physical demands of soccer players competing in the English Premier League have significantly increased in recent years (Barnes et al. 2014; Bush et al. 2015). Elite soccer players are required to compete on a weekly and often bi-weekly basis during a 9-month competitive season. During periods …
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Anticipation and visual search in elite sport; the effects of anxiety, training and expertise
The aim of this thesis was to examine the influence of high-anxiety, training and expertise-level on perceptual-cognitive skills in the sport of badminton. First, the coupling between observed badminton serves, visual search behaviour and anticipation judgements of athletes ranging in expertise was …
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The Impact of Prolonged Strenuous Exercise on Right Ventricular Structure and Function: Insights from Novel Echocardiography and Electrocardiography
The body of evidence investigating post-exercise changes in left (LV) and right ventricular (RV) structure and function, commonly referred to as exercise induced cardiac fatigue (EICF), demonstrates a reduction in both systolic and diastolic function. RV dilatation and reduced LV filling are also …
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AN ASSESSMENT OF THE INTRA AND INTER-RATER RELIABILITY OF THE FUNCTIONAL MOVEMENT SCREEN™
The aim of this thesis is to comprehensively investigate the reliability of the Functional Movement Screen ™ (FMS). The study presents the findings of a comprehensive reliability study, which demonstrates differences between the intra‐ and inter‐ rater reliability of the FMS. The intra‐rater …
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Ischaemic preconditioning in exercise and disease: One size fits all?
Ischaemia reperfusion injury (IR-injury) occurs when blood supply to a certain area of the body is blocked, and is subsequently followed by reperfusion. During the period of ischaemia, tissue is damaged as a result of lack of oxygen. Rapid reperfusion is mandatory, but unfortunately causes damage …
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Understanding factors that influence uptake to exercise referral schemes: A qualitative study of participant experiences
Background: Physical inactivity has been found to be the fourth leading cause of mortality worldwide. The health benefits of participating in regular physical activity (PA) are well documented. Exercise referral schemes (ERS) promote PA and have been shown to have a positive impact on chronically …
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An analysis of the physical demands of international female soccer match-play and the physical characteristics of elite players
… using a computerised tracking system (Prozone Sports Ltd., Leeds, England). A total of 167 individual match observations from 122 players competing in competitive international matches during the 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 seasons were completed. Total distance and total high-speed running …
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The impact of acute and chronic administration of short-acting β2-agonists on urinary pharmacokinetics and athletic performance
Exercise Induced Bronchoconstriction (EIB) is common amongst elite athletes. Short-acting β2-agonists represent the first-line treatment of EIB, however; limited data currently exists examining the ergogenic and pharmacokinetic impact of chronic short-acting β2-agonist administration. Furthermore, …
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The impact of long-term soccer-specific training on the physical development of elite junior soccer players
The goal of any soccer talent development programme is to guide players towards professional characteristics. In order to maximise this process it is essential to gain an insight into their individual characteristics. Within this specific population there are many factors from maturation, hormonal, …
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Determinants of Elite Rowing Performance: Implications for Developing Rowers
Olympic Rowing is a ‘power endurance’ sport with a range of anthropometric, physiological and technical requirements. Literature examining the physiological determinants of elite rowing performance has rarely included the analysis of different groups or their longitudinal development. Elite rowing …
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Factors affecting the ability to undertake repeated sprint performance
… is better representative of field based team sports activity (consisting of a total of 10 sprints, 3-s in duration with 30-s of passive recovery). It was established that a number of performance measures of RSA non-motorised treadmill running in both protocols were reliable. However, measures …
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The influence of the frequency of directional change on the physiological responses to intermittent exercise in elite football players.
Despite the common occurrence of directional change in football, few studies have attempted to investigate the demands of players performing such movement patterns (Stevens et al., 2014; Akenhead et al., 2014; Dellal et al., 2010). The aim of the current thesis was to identify the physiological …
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THE IMPACT OF CONCURRENT-TRAINING ON THE PHYSIOLOGICAL ADAPTATIONS TO SPORT SPECIFIC EXERCISE IN ELITE FOOTBALLERS
… training time available players often perform sports-specific endurance-training and high-load, low repetition resistance-training on the same day (Hoff et al., 2006). Empirical evidence highlights that when two disparate forms of muscular contraction are trained within the same training cycle, …
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Running, Attention Restoration Theory and Environmental Compatibility.
The psychological responses to exercise have often taken place without a theoretical framework. Attention Restoration Theory (ART, Kaplan, 1995), previously used to explain the psychological responses to particular environments, most notably, nature, has been expanded beyond its current paradigm to …
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The impact of exercise and thermal training interventions on thermoregulatory and cardiovascular function in young and post-menopausal females
The female reproductive hormone oestrogen influences cardiovascular and thermoregulatory control. A dramatic decline in oestrogen during the menopause causes cardiovascular and thermoregulatory dysfunction resulting in hot flushes (HFs). HFs consist of feelings of intense heat with rapid increases …
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Sensory and Cognitive Influences on Oculomotor and Whole-body Coordination during Standing Turns
It is well-established that turning on the spot or changing the direction of walking involves a stereotyped sequence of eye, head and body segment rotation characterized by an anticipatory gaze strategy driven primarily by eye movements (nystagmus). However, the relationship between eye movements …
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