1 School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Science, University of Essex, Colchester, United Kingdom, 2 Institute of Sport and Exercise Science, University of Worcester, Worcester, United Kingdom, CAPS UMR1093, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Université de Bourgogne-Franche Comté, Dijon, France, 4 School of Psychology, University of Central Lancashire, Pre...

This report documents the program and the outcomes of Dagstuhl Seminar 11271 “Computer Science in Sport Special emphasis: Football”. There were five sessions over the course of three days focusing on separate specific aspects on the relevance, applications and current issues pertaining to computer science in sport. The first session on the first day was about RoboCup – the history, types of gam...

T o date, most initiatives to prevent sports injuries have been based on intuition rather than the solid experimental basis demanded by evidence based medicine. For example, since many eye injuries are sustained in activities such as ice hockey and squash, it is inferred that protection of the eyes and/or face should be required of all playing these sports. Likewise, because many serious head i...

the aim of this study was to examine the fourfold role of sport media (culturalization, educational, informing and social participation) in developing sport for all culture. this study was a descriptive – correlation survey. the statistical population of this study consisted of sport and media experts. a researcher – made questionnaire was used to collect the data; its validity was approved by ...

the aim of this research was to design and codify a development strategy for sport for all in kerman province. the statistical sample of this research consisted of 30 physical education professors of higher education institutes, physical education managers of academic board in sciences, research and technology ministry, physical education managers and experts, managers of sport clubs participat...

Understanding why sport fans socially interact with other fans, participate in team-related discussions, recruit new members, and retain membership in sport fan communities is an important issue for sport marketers. In this study, we tested a model of fan community identification that included outcome and moderator variables in the contexts of two major professional sport leagues (soccer and ba...

BACKGROUND Organized sport provides one option for children to be physically active. However, there is a paucity of information about the relationship between children's participation in organized sport and their diet, and specifically their sports drink consumption. Therefore, the relationship between sports participation in children and the consumption of sports drinks, sugar-sweetened bevera...

the purpose of the present study was to investigate the viewpoints of managers and experts on sport tourism development in khorasan razavi province. the statistical population consisted of managers and experts of tourism and sport in this province. the present study was of analytic descriptive kind. with regard to the lack of a standardized questionnaire complying with the goals of this study, ...

A literature search and narrative review was carried out with the intent of determining the current level of knowledge regarding the chiropractic treatment of athletes for the purpose of sport performance enhancement. Of the fifty-nine relevant articles retrieved, only 7 articles of variable quality were obtained which specifically investigated/discussed chiropractic treatment and its involveme...

Team Members Carla Rêgo Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto; Pediatric Unit CUF Hospital Alice Silva Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto Sandra Torres Faculty of Psychology, University of Porto Sandra Abreu Faculty of Nutrition, University of Porto Luís Belo Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto Henrique Nascimento – Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto Susana Vale Faculty of S...