UNLABELLED The lay press, scientists, and physicians appear to believe that gymnasts are continually getting smaller and that their "smallness" is a health risk. PURPOSE To assess the historical changes in the size and age of the US women's Olympic gymnastics teams from 1956 to 2008. METHODS The official records from the US Olympic Committee and USA Gymnastics of Olympic team members were a...

CONTEXT The imaging of pediatric sports injuries of the elbow requires an understanding of the interaction between biomechanical forces common in sports and the developing skeleton. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION A PubMed search was performed using the terms elbow, radiology, and sports with the search limited to children up to 18 years of age. No limits were set on the range of years searched. Article...

The authors investigated the evaluative consequences of sequential performance judgments. Recent social comparison research has suggested that performance judgments may be influenced by judgments about a preceding performance. Specifically, performance judgments may be assimilated to judgments of the preceding performance if judges focus on similarities between the two. If judges focus on diffe...

The aims of this study were: (1) to analyze the diversity and variety body difficulty elements in individual routines elite rhythmic gymnasts that competed at 2013 2014 Lisbon World Cup; (2) compare these characteristics across different ranking groups; (3) identify hierarchize variables most contribute success score competition. 288 were analyzed based on difficulty, according 2013-2016 Code P...

Complex skills with aerial phases, such as somersaults or release-regrasp skills make up about 45 % of all elements in artistic gymnastics. The underlying mechanics of these skills have been studied extensively, and visual information is thought to assist gymnasts in skill performance. However, empirical evidence on the role of gaze behavior and its interplay with movement behavior in complex s...