Browsing by Author "Bragazzi, Nicola Luigi"

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    • The Associations Between Physical Performance and Anthropometric Characteristics in Obese and Non-obese Schoolchild Handball Players 

      Hermassi, Souhail; van den Tillaar, Roland; Bragazzi, Nicola Luigi; Schwesig, René ( Frontiers Media S.A. , 2021 , Article)
      This study investigated the relationship of body fat and fitness measures in schoolchild handball players. Twenty-eight young male handball players from handball first youth league volunteered for the present investigation ...

    • Big Data in Cardiology: State-of-Art and Future Prospects 

      Dai, Haijiang; Younis, Arwa; Kong, Jude Dzevela; Puce, Luca; Jabbour, Georges; ... more authors ( Frontiers Media , 2022 , Article Review)
      Cardiological disorders contribute to a significant portion of the global burden of disease. Cardiology can benefit from Big Data, which are generated and released by different sources and channels, like epidemiological ...

    • Body fat is a predictor of physical fitness in obese adolescent handball athletes 

      Hermassi, Souhail; Bragazzi, Nicola Luigi; Majed, Lina ( MDPI AG , 2020 , Article)
      We examined the relationships between body fat (BF) and field measures of physical fitness in adolescent handball players. Twenty nine players (age: 16.6 ± 1.72 years; body mass: 79.8 ± 17.0 kg; height: 1.70 ± 0.12 m; body ...

    • Continuous Blood Glucose Monitoring Increases Vigorous Physical Activity Levels and Is Associated With Reduced Hypoglycemia Avoidance Behavior In Youth With Type 1 Diabetes 

      Jabbour, Georges; Bragazzi, Nicola Luigi ( Frontiers Media , 2021 , Article)
      The primary goal of this study was to explore physical activity (PA) levels, hypoglycemia fear scores and hypoglycemia episodes according to insulin administration and blood glucose monitoring methods in youth with type 1 ...

    • The COVID-19 pandemic: How to maintain a healthy immune system during the lockdown - A multidisciplinary approach with special focus on athletes 

      Yousfi, Narimen; Bragazzi, Nicola Luigi; Briki, Walid; Zmijewski, Piotr; Chamari, Karim ( Institute of Sport , 2020 , Article)
      On January 31, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak of a novel coronavirus responsible for an infection termed COVID-19 as a global public health emergency. To slow the spread of the coronavirus, ...

    • The effect of a sand surface on physical performance responses of junior male handball players to plyometric training 

      Hammami, Mehrez; Bragazzi, Nicola Luigi; Hermassi, Souhail; Gaamouri, Nawel; Aouadi, Ridha; ... more authors ( BioMed Central Ltd. , 2020 , Article)
      Background: The effects of 7 weeks plyometric training on a stable surface and on sand were compared in junior male handball players. Methods: A team of experienced players was divided randomly between three groups, ...

    • Effects of home confinement on the intensity of physical activity during the covid-19 outbreak in team handball according to country, gender, competition level and playing position: A worldwide study 

      Hermassi, Souhail; Bouhafs, El Ghali; Bragazzi, Nicola Luigi; Ichimura, Shiro; Alsharji, Khaled E.; ... more authors ( MDPI AG , 2021 , Article)
      This study investigated effects of home confinement on physical activity (PA) in Team Handball during the COVID-19 outbreak. A total of 1359 handball players participated (age: 23 ± 6 years). Participants from Europe, ...

    • Global age-sex-specific all-cause mortality and life expectancy estimates for 204 countries and territories and 660 subnational locations, 1950–2023: a demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023 

      Austin E, Schumacher; Zheng, Peng; Barber, Ryan M; A, Bhoomadevi; Aalipour, Mohammad Amin; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2025 , fla  &   Article)
      BackgroundComprehensive, comparable, and timely estimates of demographic metrics—including life expectancy and age-specific mortality—are essential for evaluating, understanding, and addressing trends in population health. ...

    • Global disease burden attributed to low physical activity in 204 countries and territories from 1990 to 2019: Insights from the Global Burden of Disease 2019 Study 

      Ammar, Achraf; Trabelsi, Khaled; Hermassi, Souhail; Kolahi, Ali Asghar; Mansournia, Mohammad Ali; ... more authors ( Institute of Sport , 2023 , Article)
      The purpose of this investigation is to estimate the global disease burden attributable to low physical activity (PA) in 204 countries and territories from 1990 to 2019 by age, sex, and Socio-Demographic Index (SDI). ...

    • Global incidence, prevalence, years lived with disability (YLDs), disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs), and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 371 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 

      Alize J, Ferrari; Santomauro, Damian Francesco; Aali, Amirali; Abate, Yohannes Habtegiorgis; Abbafati, Cristiana; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2024 , Article)
      Background Detailed, comprehensive, and timely reporting on population health by underlying causes of disability and premature death is crucial to understanding and responding to complex patterns of disease and injury ...

    • Lockdown Duration and Training Intensity Affect Sleep Behavior in an International Sample of 1,454 Elite Athletes 

      Romdhani, Mohamed; Fullagar, Hugh H.K.; Vitale, Jacopo A.; Nédélec, Mathieu; Rae, Dale E.; ... more authors ( Frontiers Media S.A. , 2022 , Article)
      Objective: To investigate the effect of 1) lockdown duration and 2) training intensity on sleep quality and insomnia symptoms in elite athletes. Methods: 1,454 elite athletes (24.1 ± 6.7 years; 42% female; 41% individual ...

    • Physical Fitness and Academic Performance in Normal Weight, Overweight, and Obese Schoolchild Handball Players in Qatar: A Pilot Study 

      Hermassi, Souhail; Hayes, Lawrence D.; Bragazzi, Nicola Luigi; Schwesig, René ( Frontiers Media S.A. , 2021 , Article)
      This study aimed to investigate the relationships between physical fitness and academic performance in youth handball players of different BMI classifications. Thirty-three male handball players (age: 10.3 ± 0.61 years; ...

    • The prevalence of feeding and eating disorders symptomology in medical students: an updated systematic review, meta-analysis, and meta-regression 

      Fekih-Romdhane, Feten; Daher-Nashif, Suhad; Alhuwailah, Amthal H.; Al Gahtani, Haifa Mohammed Saleh; Hubail, Suad Abdulla; ... more authors ( Springer , 2022 , Article Review)
      Purpose: Medical students have a higher risk of developing psychological issues, such as feeding and eating disorders (FEDs). In the past few years, a major increase was observed in the number of studies on the topic. The ...

    • Ramadan fasting and infectious diseases: A systematic review 

      Bragazzi, Nicola Luigi; Briki, Walid; Khabbache, Hicham; Rammouz, Ismail; Mnadla, Sofiane; ... more authors ( Journal of Infection in Developing Countries , 2015 , Article)
      Ramadan represents the fourth of the five pillars of the Islamic creed. Although patients are exempted from observing this duty, they may be eager to share this moment of the year with their peers. However, there are no ...

    • Ramadan Fasting and Patients with Cancer: State-of-the-Art and Future Prospects 

      Bragazzi, Nicola Luigi; Briki, Walid; Khabbache, Hicham; Rammouz, Ismail; Chamari, Karim; ... more authors ( Frontiers Media , 2016 , Article)
      Ramadan fasting represents one of the five pillars of the Islam creed. Even though some subjects (among which patients) are exempted from observing this religious duty, they may be eager to share this particular moment of ...

    • A tale of two stories: COVID-19 and disability. A critical scoping review of the literature on the effects of the pandemic among athletes with disabilities and para-athletes. 

      Puce, Luca; Trabelsi, Khaled; Ammar, Achraf; Jabbour, Georges; Marinelli, Lucio; ... more authors ( Frontiers Media , 2022 , Article)
      The still ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically impacted athletes, and, in particular, para-athletes and athletes with disabilities. However, there is no scholarly appraisal on this topic. Therefore, a critical scoping ...

    • Validation of the arabic-tunisian version of the french competitive state anxiety inventory-2 revised (csai-2r): Insights from an exploratory factor analysis 

      Mnedla, Sofiene; Bragazzi, Nicola Luigi; Chiorri, Carlo; Elloumi, Ali; Briki, Walid ( Acta Medica Mediterranea , 2018 , Article)
      Aim: The Competitive State Anxiety Inventory-2 Revised (CSAI-2R) is one of the most frequently used instruments when quantitatively investigating competitive state anxiety in the field of sport psychology research. The ...