one of the methods to recognize national background and roots, also to maintain historical and cultural nature is to study different dimensions of physical, martial and athletic activities in ancient iran. the aim of the present study was to identify different sport fields and equipment in ancient iran using content analysis of nine versions of ferdowsi’s “shahnameh” and related literature. als...

the safety of sport halls in physical education faculties is important from two perspectives: first, students spend a long time in these sport halls to learn a sport filed; second, they should learn sport safety standards as the future experts. the aim of this research was to study physical education students’ viewpoints on safety in sport halls of physical education faculties of universities i...

We read with interest the editorial written by Dr. Boraita1 on sudden death and sports. In general, we agree with most of the author ́s statements. However, we think that an echocardiographic study especially designed for the diagnosis of anomalies of the coronary arteries should be included in the athletic pre-participation cardiological examination (APCE). Anomalies of the coronary arteries ar...

The concept of school sport on which we are basing our experience is set in the Historical Territory of Bizkaia (Basque Country, Spain) and this is regulated by Bizkaia’s Diputación Foral (Provincial Council), governed by the regional regulations of the Basque Government. This government takes the view that School Sport covers sport activities at teaching centres outside actual school teaching ...

Conceptualized as a process intervention, team building strategies have been used in sport to enhance the cohesion or unity of a team through the development of task and social aspects. To date, team building has been utilized in various settings such as physical education classes, exercise settings, recreational sport, and elite sport. Team building interventions have demonstrated improved per...

Activity recognition in sport is an attractive field for computer vision research. Game, player and team analysis are of great interest and research topics within this field emerge with the goal of automated analysis. As the execution of same activities differs between players and activities cannot be modeled by local description alone, additional information is needed. Inspired by the concept ...

OBJECTIVE To determine factors associated with adult squash players' protective eyewear behaviours. METHODS A survey of 303 players (aged >or =18 years) was conducted at three squash venues in Melbourne, Australia over a three week period in June 2000 to obtain information about protective eyewear use. RESULTS Of 303 participants the response rate was 98.1%; 66.1% were males, with a mean ag...

The purpose was to examine sport participation (excluding physical education classes) of school-aged Chinese children with disabilities attending special schools in Hong Kong. A sample of 237 children, ages 9 to 19, attending 10 special schools in Hong Kong, responded to a sport participation questionnaire in individual interviews. Data were analyzed by gender, two school levels, and five disab...

Objective. To understand the relationships between participation in different types of leisure time sport activity and adolescent obesity, and how those relationships might differ based on race, gender, and household income. Methods. Data consisted of 6667 students that took part in the 1999 to 2006 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. The authors used adjusted Wald tests to examin...

Introduction Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) can be associated with decreased physical activity and impaired physical fitness. Within the past decade targeted therapy has led to improved disease control which has opened the possibilities for JIA-children to participate in dynamic sport activities. However, there are limited evidence-based recommendations as to the physical fitness needed to...