Objective:The purpose of this study is to examine the acute effects combine foam roller (FR) and routine warm-up protocols on some performance parameters in combat athletes. Material Methods: A total 16 fighters (boxing, kickboxing, muaythai) athletes, 7 female 9 male, were included study. The was carried out with 2 measurements an interval 1 week. On first day, athletes tested for flexibility,...

With the increase in jogging and distance running as a means of attaining and maintaining fitness, and in the light of the difficulty in advising certain groups of patients about their capacity for such exercise, we report on several potentially avoidable factors in the death of a 45 year old Sheffield Marathon runner in June 1983.

Rearfoot strike (RFS) in children running produces impact forces that give rise to a transient stress wave traveling through the body. It could contribute development of injuries. The purpose this study was determine RFS prevalence during childhood while at self-selected velocity prospective longitudinal cohort study. A total 175 (68 girls), aged 6 14 years, participated sample divided into thr...

same or otherwise with the choice between alternatives? Does identically the same ego, without any further modification or qualification, choose to steal a loaf of bread that would also have chosen to go hungry? If yes, then how does the Neo-libertarian differ from the old-fashioned indifferentist ? If no, how does he differ from a determinist — from a determinist that is, who sees that the int...

The aim of this study was to describe the kinematical demands placed on soccer assistant referees during the 2003 U-17 World Championship, and to examine the relationship between the results in the fitness tests adopted by FIFA and match activities. Twenty-two international-level assistant referees were observed during 12 matches and computerized analysis of match activities was performed using...

PURPOSE This study presents an exercise protocol utilizing movement patterns specific to rugby union forward and assesses the reproducibility of scores from this test. METHODS After habituation, eight participants (mean+/-SD: age=21+/-3 y, height=180+/-4 cm, body mass=83.9+/-3.9 kg) performed the Bath University Rugby Shuttle Test (BURST) on two occasions, 1 wk apart. The protocol comprised 1...