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Loaded plyometrics and short sprints with change-of-direction training enhance jumping, sprinting, agility, and balance performance of male soccer players
( MDPI AG , 2021 , Article)This project investigated effects of 8 weeks of biweekly loaded combined plyometric and short sprint with change-of-direction training an in-season regimen of young soccer players. An experimental (n = 17, age: 16.5 ± 0.5 ... -
COVID-19 Pandemic and Physical Exercise: Lessons Learnt for Confined Communities
( Frontiers Media S.A. , 2021 , Article)The novel pandemic called "Coronavirus Disease 2019" (COVID-19), as a global public health emergency and global threat, has affected many countries in unpredictable ways and impacted on physical activity (PA) behaviors to ... -
Reviewing the relationship between physiology of breathing and physical activity in anxiety disorders
( Montenegrin Sports Academy , 2021 , Article Review)The possible influence of the quality of breathing on physical activity remains the subject of numerous scientific studies in different fields, including not only the most basic physiological and biological concepts but ... -
A new perspective on cardiovascular drift during prolonged exercise
( Elsevier Inc. , 2021 , Article)Prolonged exercise induces cardiovascular drift, which is characterized by decreasing mean arterial pressure (MAP), stroke volume and heart rate increase. Cardiovascular drift has been debated for a long time. Although the ... -
Physical activity as a counteracting measure to mitigate the harmful effects of COVID-19 lockdowns: Special focus on healthy children, adolescents, adults, elderly, athletes, and people with Down syndrome
( Elsevier , 2021 , Book chapter)The novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) that originated in China in December 2019 has become a global public health emergency and has had a major impact on physical activity behaviors globally. ... -
Effects of covid-19 lockdown on physical activity, sedentary behavior, and satisfaction with life in Qatar: A preliminary study
( MDPI , 2021 , Article)This study examined the effects of home confinement on physical activity (PA) and life satisfaction during the COVID-19 outbreak in Qatar. A total of 1144 subjects participated (male: n = 588; female: n = 556; age: 33.1 ± ... -
Effects of plyometric and short sprint with change-of-direction training in male u17 soccer players
( MDPI AG , 2021 , Article)This project investigated the effect of adding 8 weeks of bi-weekly plyometric and short sprint with change-of-direction (PSSCoD) training into standard training for elite youth soccer players from Tunisia. A training group ... -
Can body fat percentage, body mass index, and specific field tests explain throwing ball velocity in team handball players?
( MDPI , 2021 , Article)This study examined the physical fitness, anthropometry, and throwing velocity of normal weight and overweight male team handball players. Twenty-five players from the Qatar handball first professional league participated. ... -
The effect of post-lunch napping on mood, reaction time, and antioxidant defense during repeated sprint exercice
( Institute of Sport , 2021 , Article)To compare the effects of two nap opportunities (20 and 90 min) to countermeasure the transient naturally occurring increased sleepiness and decreased performances during the post-lunch dip (PLD). Fourteen highly trained ... -
The effects of loaded plyometrics and short sprints in u19 male soccer players in Tunisia
( MDPI AG , 2021 , Article)We investigated adding 8 weeks of bi-weekly loaded plyometric and short sprints (LPaSS) training into training for under 19 (U19) soccer players. An experimental group (EG, n = 18, age: 17.5 ± 0.58 years, body mass: 67.4 ... -
Effect of coronavirus-19 restrictions in male handball players: Physical activity, sedentary behavior, and satisfaction with life
( MDPI , 2021 , Article)This experiment examined physical activity (PA), sitting time, and satisfaction with life (SL) in European (45%) and Middle Eastern and North African (MENA; 55%) handball players (n = 418; age: 25.6 ± 6.8 years; body mass: ... -
Modalities of student responses in football games according to players' cognitive structures
( MDPI , 2021 , Article)This work is part of a semio-constructivist conception of learning sport and physical education that emphasizes the primary role of language action in the co-construction of knowledge in/through action. The aim is to study ... -
Sleeping habits during COVID-19 induced confinement: A study from Jordan
( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)Sleep can significantly modulate the immune response to infectious agents. In the current study, changes in sleep quality during COVID-19-induced confinement among adults were investigated. This was a cross-sectional survey ... -
Spatial, temporal, and demographic patterns in prevalence of chewing tobacco use in 204 countries and territories, 1990-2019: A systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)Summary Background Chewing tobacco and other types of smokeless tobacco use have had less attention from the global health community than smoked tobacco use. However, the practice is popular in many parts of the world ... -
Swimming exercise improves short- and long-term memories: Time-course changes
( American Physiological Society , 2021 , Article)The beneficial effects of exercise training on memory formation are well documented. However, the memory enhancement profile following the time-course of exercise training remains unknown. In this investigation, changes ... -
Effect of tethered swimming as postactivation potentiation on swimming performance and technical, hemophysiological, and psychophysiological variables in adolescent swimmers
( Human Kinetics Publishers Inc. , 2021 , Article)Objectives: To investigate whether tethered swimming (TS) performed 8 minutes before a 50-m freestyle swimming sprint could be an effective postactivation potentiation method to improve performance in young swimmers. ... -
Caffeine use or napping to enhance repeated sprint performance after partial sleep deprivation: Why not both?
( Human Kinetics Publishers Inc. , 2021 , Article)Purpose: To compare the effect of a 20-minute nap opportunity (N20), a moderate dose of caffeine (CAF; 5 mg·kg-1), or a moderate dose of caffeine before N20 (CAF+N) as possible countermeasures to the decreased performance ... -
The influence of environmental and core temperature on cyclooxygenase and PGE2 in healthy humans
( Springer Nature , 2021 , Article)Whether cyclooxygenase (COX)/prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) thermoregulatory pathways, observed in rodents, present in humans? Participants (n = 9) were exposed to three environments; cold (20 °C), thermoneutral (30 °C) and hot ... -
Supramaximal-Exercise Training Improves Heart Rate Variability in Association With Reduced Catecholamine in Obese Adults
( Frontiers Media , 2021 , Article)This study investigates the effect of 6 weeks of supramaximal exercise training (SET) on heart rate variability (HRV) and associated factors in sedentary obese (OB) and normal-weight (NW) adults. In this study, 19 OB [22.9 ... -
Covid-19 pandemic and quality of life among Romanian athletes
( Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) , 2021 , Article)The aim of this study was to analyze athletes’ quality of life during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study involved 249 athletes between 15 and 35 of age, M = 21.22, SD = 5.12. The sample was composed of eight Olympic Games ...
