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Technical and tactical discriminatory factors between winners and defeated elite karate athletes
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Human Kinetics Publishers Inc.
, 2019 , Article)
Purpose: To assess the technical and tactical demands of elite karate athletes in relation to 3 match sequences (ie, advantage, disadvantage, and drawing) and match outcome (ie, win/defeat). Methods: One hundred twenty ...
Playing level and position differences in body characteristics and physical fitness performance among male team handball players
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Frontiers Media S.A.
, 2019 , Article)
The primary aim of the study was to examine the anthropometric characteristics, as well as the physical performance of professional handball players classified by playing position and competition level. Twenty male players ...
The buffering effect of ramadan fasting on emotions intensity: A pilot study
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Maison du Medicine
, 2019 , Article)
The present study attempted to examine how Ramadan fasting could influence positive and negative feelings in healthy Muslims. Ninety-one Muslim fasters (48 women; mean age, 28.6±6.2 years) voluntarily completed an on-line ...
Moments and memories: football and state narratives in Algeria
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Routledge
, 2019 , Article)
A Nation’s memory is selective and sheds light only on a selection of narratives of memory and process of memorizing that serves a nation’s interests. At the core of the Algerian state formation, the question of memory and ...
Effects of exercise training on type 2-diabetes: The role of Meteorin-like protein
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Tabriz University of Medical Sciences
, 2019 , Other)
Diabetes, as a chronic condition affects millions of people worldwide. In the United States, approximately 84 million people have pre-diabetes, a condition that blood sugar is elevated but not to the number that is considered ...
Effect of physical exercise and training on gastrointestinal hormones in populations with different weight statuses
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Oxford University Press
, 2019 , Article)
Several types of hormones exert control over appetite in humans. This narrative review explores the effects of exercise and training on the concentrations of gastrointestinal hormones in healthy and obese individuals. It ...
Harmed Trait Self-Control: Why Do People with a Higher Dispositional Malicious Envy Experience Lower Subjective Wellbeing? A Cross-Sectional Study
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Springer Netherlands
, 2019 , Article)
The literature reveals that dispositional benign and malicious envy can influence subjective wellbeing. Nevertheless, no study has yet explored the mechanisms accounting for their relationships. Therefore, the present study ...
First Physical Activity Report Card for Children and Youth in Lebanon
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Human Kinetics
, 2019 , Article)
Evidence on physical activity (PA) indicators for children and youth at a national level is necessary to improve multilevel support for PA behaviors. Lebanon's first Physical Activity Report Card for children and youth ...
Comparison of a combined strength and handball-specific training vs. Isolated strength training in handball players studying physical education
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Georg Thieme Verlag
, 2019 , Article)
Objectives The purpose of this study was to compare the effect of combined resistance training including handball-specific drill (CRT) with resistance training excluding handball-specific drill training (NSDT). Materials ...
Dynamic stretching alone can impair slower velocity isokinetic performance of young male handball players for at least 24 hours
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Public Library of Science
, 2019 , Article)
There are many adult studies reporting static stretch (SS)-induced deficits and dynamic stretch (DS) performance improvements shortly after the intervention. However, there is only a single study examining stretch-induced ...