BACKGROUND Injury prevention programs have recently been created for various sports. However, a longitudinal study on badminton injuries, as assessed by a team's dedicated medical staff, at the gymnasium has not been performed. OBJECTIVES We aimed to perform the first such study to measure the injury incidence, severity and type as the first step in creating a badminton injury prevention prog...

The aims of this study were to establish the physical and physiological attributes of elite and sub-elite Malaysian male badminton players and to determine whether these attributes discriminate elite players from sub-elite players. Measurements and tests of basic anthropometry, explosive power, anaerobic recovery capacity, badminton-specific movement agility, maximum strength, and aerobic capac...

BACKGROUND Lunge is one frequently executed movement in badminton and involves a unique sagittal footstrike angle of more than 40 degrees at initial ground contact compared with other manoeuvres. This study examined if the shoe heel curvature design of a badminton shoe would influence shoe-ground kinematics, ground reaction forces, and knee moments during lunge. METHODS Eleven elite and fifte...

The present research studies and compares the effect of participating in team sports (soccer and volleyball) and individual sports (table tennis and badminton) on depression among high school students of Khoramdareh City in the period of 2006-2007. Research method is semi-empirical and the population of the research includes 1300 high school students of which 100 students with depression (rangi...

The lunge is regularly used in badminton and is recognized for the high physical demands it places on the lower limbs. Despite its common occurrence, little information is available on the biomechanics of lunging in the singles game. A video-based pilot study confirmed the relatively high frequency of lunging, approximately 15% of all movements, in competitive singles games. The biomechanics an...

Current research demonstrates increased learning rates in differential learning (DL) compared to repetitive training. To date, little is known on the underlying neurophysiological processes in DL that contribute to superior performance over repetitive practice. In the present study, we measured electroencephalographic (EEG) brain activation patterns after DL and repetitive badminton serve train...

This study aims to investigate Badminton players' emotional intelligence, psychological hardiness, and resilience. These variables are crucial constructs that influence an individual's ability cope with adversity, manage emotions, enhance performance in competitive sports such as badminton. The utilizes a quantitative research design, employing validated questionnaire assess sample consists of ...

Neuroimaging studies of professional athletic or musical training have demonstrated considerable practice-dependent plasticity in various brain structures, which may reflect distinct training demands. In the present study, structural and functional brain alterations were examined in professional badminton players and compared with healthy controls using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and rest...