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A moral intervention reduces doping likelihood in british and Greek athletes: Evidence from a cluster randomized control trial
(2021)
Objectives: The authors aimed to develop a moral intervention and to determine whether it was more effective in preventing doping than an educational (i.e., knowledge-based) intervention; their primary outcome was doping ...
Impact of Warm-Up on Muscle Temperature and Athletic Performance
(2022)
Purpose: We performed two studies to investigate: the minute-by-minute changes in muscle temperature following a 20-min warm-up routine (Study-1) and the impact of the typical post-warm-up period of inactivity on the ...
Strength Profile of Hip Abductor and Adductor Muscles in Youth Elite Soccer Players
(2019)
The main objective of this study was to provide an extensive isokinetic profile of the hip joint in youth soccer players, where the literature is limited. Additionally, this study investigated the effect of age on isokinetic ...
Validation of the suter questionnaire after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy in the Greek population
(2018)
Background & aims: The purpose of this study was to validate the Greek version of Suter questionnaire in order to be used for the evaluation of patients after Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy (LSG). Methods: A total of 170 ...
Effect of a simulated heat wave on physiological strain and labour productivity
(2021)
Background: The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of a simulated heat-wave on the labour productivity and physiological strain experienced by workers. Methods: Seven males were confined for ten days in controlled ...
Effects of whole-body vibration training frequency on neuromuscular performance: A randomized controlled study
(2019)
This study compared the efficacy of two whole-body vibration (WBV) protocols with equal training volume and different frequency of training sessions/week on body composition and physical fitness. Sixty male air force cadets ...
Can sport-specific training affect vertical jumping ability during puberty?
(2019)
Vertical jumping ability (VJ) is an important component for successful performance in various team sports such as volleyball, basketball, and soccer. There is evidence that the sport-specific training in these sports may ...
Strength Training Induces Greater Increase in Handgrip Strength than Wrestling Training per se
(2020)
This study investigated the effectiveness of a specialized strength training program on maximal handgrip strength in young wrestlers. 72 young wrestlers (36 children: 8-10 years-old and 36 adolescents:13-15 years-old) ...
Does Performance Calibration Generalize Across Sport Tasks? A Multiexperiment Study in Physical Education
(2019)
Three experiments examined students' calibration in physical education in relation to task characteristics. Participants in the 3 experiments were 388 students. Calibration accuracy and bias were calculated based on students' ...
Anatomy Learning from Prosected Cadaveric Specimens Versus Plastic Models: A Comparative Study of Upper Limb Anatomy
(2020)
Human cadaveric prosections are a traditional, effective, and highly appreciated modality of anatomy learning. Plastic models are an alternative teaching modality, though few studies examine their effectiveness in learning ...