Sport Massage Training and Development

Sport, Peace and Development

Abdominal muscle training in sport.

This paper evaluates several abdominal exercises, and highlights factors which are important for their safe prescription and effective use. The function of the abdominal muscles and hip flexors is considered, and the importance of the infra-umbilical portion of the rectus abdominis is emphasized. The effects of flexion on the lumbar spine are outlined. The trunk curl, sit-up, and straight leg r...

Ambient Intelligence Systems for Personalized Sport Training

Several research programs are tackling the use of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) at specific fields, such as e-Health, e-Inclusion or e-Sport. This is the case of the project "Ambient Intelligence Systems Support for Athletes with Specific Profiles", which intends to assist athletes in their training. In this paper, the main developments and outcomes from this project are described. The archite...

Apnea: a new training method in sport?

The physiological responses to apnea training exhibited by elite breath-hold divers may contribute to improving sports performance. Breath-hold divers have shown reduced blood acidosis, oxidative stress and basal metabolic rate, and increased hematocrit, erythropoietin concentration, hemoglobin mass and lung volumes. We hypothesise that these adaptations contributed to long apnea durations and ...

Sport Training System Based on ECG Monitor

Heart rate variability (HRV) is a physiological phenomenon denoting inconstancy of the interval between heart beats. Power spectrum analysis of heart rate variability (HRV-PSA) is as a non-invasive tool, which is currently used for a variety of purposes, such as quantification of autonomic modulation during exercise and recovery, assessment of autonomic changes associated with the short-term an...