BACKGROUND Reduced time dedicated to physical education and free play in recent decades emphasizes the need to promote opportunities for sport participation in adolescents in order to increase physical activity levels. The purpose of this study was to examine the association of sociodemographic and biological characteristics, behavioural patterns, and school-related and sport-specific variables...

In Wisconsin, consumption of Great Lakes fish is an important source of exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT), polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), and other halogenated hydrocarbons, all of which may act as potential risk factors for breast cancer. We examined the association between sport-caught fish consumption and breast cancer incidence as p...

This article investigates the impacts of global legal rulings and political agreements on domestic sport, charts responses national governing bodies to these changes. The studies that impacted employment practices within professional sport. impact 2003 Kolpak ruling 2000 Cotonou Agreement movement sportspeople is analysed. Through context English county cricket, this develops Appadurai’s concep...

1 Department of Sports Sciences, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD), Vila Real Portugal. 2 CIDESD UTAD Research Unit, Sport Sciences, Exercise and Health Department, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Vila Real Portugal. Authors submitted their contribution of the article to the editorial board. Accepted for printing in Journal of Human Kinetics vol. 41/2014 on June 2...

Implications for Bio-Feedback and Assistive Devices Zachary F. Lerner, Sarah P. Shultz, Wayne J. Board, Stacey Kung, and Raymond C. Browning 1 School of Biomedical Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA [email protected] 2 School of Sport and Exercise, Massey Univeristy, Wellington, NZ [email protected], [email protected] 3 Department of Health and Exe...

1 Department of Sports Biomechanics, Faculty of Physical Education and Sports Science, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran. 2 Laboratory of Neuromechanics, Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences at Serres, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. . Authors submitted their contribution of the article to the editorial board. Accepted for printing in Journal of Huma...

1 Department of Genetics, University of Szczecin, Poland. 2 Department of Physical Culture and Health Promotion, University of Szczecin, Poland. 3 Galen Medical Center, Bieruń, Poland. 4 Academy of Physical Culture and Sport, Gdańsk, Poland. Authors submitted their contribution of the article to the editorial board. Accepted for printing in Journal of Human Kinetics vol. 31/2012 on March 2012....