A total sample of 304 athletes was selected from first class clubs related to four common sports (football, handball, volleyball and basketball) and compared with 53 non-athlete adults. Weight, height, mid-arm circumference and skinfold thickness were measured to assess their body composition. The findings revealed that there were differences in body composition among athletes according to the ...

Tibial tubercle avulsion fractures most commonly occur in adolescent boys and usually result from pushing off or landing while jumping. These fractures are relatively uncommon but can have a significant functional effect. The purpose of this study was to determine the long-term outcome with return to play in 8 adolescent basketball players with at least 4 years of postoperative reconditioning. ...

The aims of this study were to determine the type, frequency and amount of dietary supplement consumption among a group of professional basketball players. The type, amount and specific timing of supplement use were recorded by 55 professional basketball players from seven different teams of the First Spanish Basketball League. Most participants (58%) consumed dietary supplements. Multivitamins...

Shot accuracy is very important for success in wheelchair basketball (WB) and games. The kinematics of the ball affects shot accuracy. main purposes this study are to comparethe according outcomes WB players’ shots shooting players. Male senior athletes (17 basketball, 6 WB) voluntarily participated research. Participants made static from spots (n=1515) analyses were made. separated into 4 grou...

Supplementation has beneficial effects in immune system and can antioxidant enzymes activity increases during the exercise and protects the tissue against the oxidative stress. L-Carnitine is a famous Supplement and helps to protect against the oxidative stress during and after intense or prolonged exercise. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of L-Carnitine supplementation on t...

BACKGROUND Use of microfracture in the knees of National Basketball Association (NBA) players is controversial. HYPOTHESES (1) There would be a high rate of return to sport (RTS) in NBA players following microfracture, (2) players would RTS the season following surgery, (3) preoperative player performance would not be significantly different on RTS, and (4) there would be no significant diffe...

The authors presumed that it was possible to replace certain criteria of the expert system aimed at evaluating actual quality of basketball players, proposed by Trninić et al., with the corresponding indicators of situation-related efficiency (official statistics of the game). Hence, the aim of this study is to verify the potential of establishing such a combined model of expert system that wou...

this study examined the effect of general and specific practice on the presence of a special skill. 24 healthy university students with no history of basketball were selected. after a pretest, they performed constant and variable practice (in constant and variable groups) for 5 weeks and 3 sessions per week. a performance test was conducted at the end of every week and retention and transfer te...

The aim of the present research was to analyze the body composition (BC) and the differences in BC among different playing position in professional basketball, handball and futsal players. BC was assessed in 70 professional indoor team sport players. Players were divided in 4 groups depending on the playing position: group 1, point guard, center/wings and defense; group 2, shooting guard/small ...

Recent player tracking technology provides new information about basketball game performance. The aim of this study was to (i) compare the game performances of all-star and non all-star basketball players from the National Basketball Association (NBA), and (ii) describe the different basketball game performance profiles based on the different game roles. Archival data were obtained from all 201...