1 There are different ways of placing sports in social life, and the workplace is one of them. The Scandinavian countries are internationally known for their particular development of company sport. This is linked to the dynamics of Nordic welfare society and political concern about ‘public health’. On the basis of recent Danish research, current practices of company sport are examined. There i...

BACKGROUND We examined the relationships of endurance and strength exercise training and the adolescent duration of training to arterial stiffness in young adult men. We hypothesized that young adults participating in endurance sports would have decreased arterial stiffness, whereas those in strength-based sports would have increased arterial stiffness. In addition, we predicted that these tren...

this study was conducted to examine family social capital and sport participation adolescent students. the statistical population consisted of male and female students in rasht city who were studying at third grade state high schools in 2011-2012 (n=5682). the sample was 415 adolescent students (155 males, 265 females) who were selected by cluster-stratified sampling method using morgan table. ...

BACKGROUND Within the context of problem-behaviour theory, this study investigated the intra-relationship between attitudes and behaviours towards exercise, sport involvement, violence in sport-related events, eating fruits, smoking and hashish or ecstasy use in a sample of Greek adolescents. Age and gender patterns are considered. METHODS Participants were 5991 Greek school pupils who respon...

BACKGROUND This study examined cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between physical activity, sedentary behavior, and depressive symptoms among adolescents. METHODS Participants were 155 adolescents (14.4 years±0.61) in 2004 (40% boys). Data collection occurred in 2004 and again in 2006. At both time points, participants completed the Centers for Epidemiological Studies Depression S...

Abstract. The player of squash has a choice between two options when his/her opponent changes the score from 8:7 to 8:8. The player to receive has to decide whether to play until 9th or until 10th point. We observe in this paper that the score of the squash game can be modelled as a Markov chain. Thus using standard techniques of Markov processes, we can derive the optimal strategy for the squa...

the aim of this study was strategic pathology of sport and youth general office of kermanshah province in sport based on swot model. in this descriptive survey, the statistical population included managers, deputies, staff of sport and youth offices and presidents and vice-presidents of sports associations (n=186). the statistical sample was equal to population (census sampling method) but 150 ...

BACKGROUND Few studies have examined the benefits of regular physical activity, and risks of sedentary behaviour, in young children. This study investigated associations between participation in sports and screen-entertainment (as components of physical activity and sedentary behaviour), and emotional and behavioural problems in this population. METHODS Cross-sectional analysis of data from 1...