Aim of this study was to assess whether the ability to predict the temporal outcome of a sport action was influenced by the sensorimotor skills previously acquired during a specific sport training. Four groups, each of 30 subjects, were enrolled in this study; subjects of three groups practiced different sports disciplines (i.e., swimming, rhythmic gymnastics, and water polo) at competitive lev...

The aim of this research is to determine the influence sports gymnastics program on motor skills male students. hypothesis that a 15-week training will have positive was conducted sample 54 students aged 20-22 years ± 6 months. A specific tests for gymnastics: push-ups, pull-ups, sweeps, long jump, trunk lifting, leg lunge, squat. Despite limitations study, it can beconcluded experimental lasti...

The aim of the present study was to the analysis of handstand movement in gymnastics by developing the dynamic model. One elite gymnast participated in this study.Seventeenspherical reflective markers were placed on the anatomical landmark of the body to represent the segments. The high-speed video based system was equipped with two cameras.Customized body segment inertia parameters were genera...

physical activity programs in the Netherlands, i.e. gymnastics, swimming, fitness, yoga, game & sports. Programs are usually offered once a week. MBvO was started on an experimental basis in 1966, and has been implemented widely since. The goal of MBvO is to promote optimal functioning in older adults, not only physically, but also mentally and socially. Currently, more than 300,000 older peopl...

Body size and build influence performance in many sports, especially in those belonging to the group of female aesthetic sports (rhythmic gymnastics, artistic gymnastics, and figure skating). These sports pose high specific demands upon the functional, energy, motor and psychological capacities of athletes, but also upon the size, body build and composition of the performers, particularly of th...

OBJECTIVE Vitamin D plays an important role in calcium and bone metabolism. In Australia it has been assumed that all young athletes have good vitamin D levels. A survey of females in an elite gymnastics program was undertaken to determine their vitamin D and dietary calcium status. DESIGN Cross-sectional survey. SETTING Females in an elite gymnastics program at the Australian Institute of ...

Chartered Society of Massage and Medical Gymnastics, but she is recognised to have been an important motive-force in its progress and development, and she continued her untiring work on its behalf to the end of her life. Her work for midwives is also well known to all who have followed the progress of the movement to improve the standard of midwifery and the status of midwives. The memorial wil...

This research investigated different forms of sex bias in teacher expectations relative to gymnastics performance. First, a laboratory experiment including 163 physical education teachers confirmed that stereotypes favorable to boys may influence teacher expectations in gymnastics. Next, a naturalistic study involving 15 teachers and 422 students showed that teachers expected no sex differences...

BACKGROUND Grip lock is a high bar injury in male gymnastics and occurs while the gymnast is rotating around the high bar. Its mechanism and treatment have been poorly documented. STUDY DESIGN Case reports. RESULTS One gymnast sustained an extensor tendon injury and ulnar styloid fracture and was treated nonoperatively. The second gymnast sustained open fracture of the radius and ulna with ...