• Caffeine use or napping to enhance repeated sprint performance after partial sleep deprivation: Why not both? 

      Romdhani, Mohamed; Souissi, Nizar; Moussa-Chamari, Imen; Chaabouni, Yassine; Mahdouani, Kacem; ... more authors ( 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 ...
    • COVID-19 Lockdown: A Global Study Investigating the Effect of Athletes' Sport Classification and Sex on Training Practices 

      Washif, Jad Adrian; Sandbakk, Oyvind; Seiler, Stephen; Haugen, Thomas; Farooq, Abdulaziz; ... more authors ( Human Kinetics Publishers Inc. , 2022 , Article)
      Purpose: To investigate differences in athletes' knowledge, beliefs, and training practices during COVID-19 lockdowns with reference to sport classification and sex. This work extends an initial descriptive evaluation ...
    • Effect of tethered swimming as postactivation potentiation on swimming performance and technical, hemophysiological, and psychophysiological variables in adolescent swimmers 

      Abbes, Zied; Haddad, Monoem; Bibi, Khalid W.; Mujika, Iñigo; Martin, Cyril; ... more authors ( 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. ...
    • Tracking the commute home from school utilizing GPS and heart rate monitoring: Establishing the contribution to free-living physical activity 

      Collins, Peter; Al-Nakeeb, Yahya; Lyons, Mark ( Human Kinetics Publishers Inc. , 2015 , Article)
      Background: Active school commuting is widely regarded as a key opportunity for youth to participate in physical activity (PA). However, the accurate measurement of the commute home from school and its contribution to total ...