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Governance of Tunisian sports organizations: what is the matter? 突尼斯体育组织的治理:出了什么问题?
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Frontiers in Sports and Active Living Pub Date : 2025-07-17 eCollection Date: 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.3389/fspor.2025.1556256
Samir Ghodhbani, Nizar Souissi
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Differences in isometric strength and sprinting speed of academy soccer players: a special interest in transition between the age groups and national team selected players. 学院足球运动员等长力量和冲刺速度的差异:对年龄组和国家队选拔队之间过渡的特殊兴趣。
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Frontiers in Sports and Active Living Pub Date : 2025-07-17 eCollection Date: 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.3389/fspor.2025.1630522
Martin Mikulič, Jozef Cholp, Nikolas Nagy, Filip Skala
{"title":"Differences in isometric strength and sprinting speed of academy soccer players: a special interest in transition between the age groups and national team selected players.","authors":"Martin Mikulič, Jozef Cholp, Nikolas Nagy, Filip Skala","doi":"10.3389/fspor.2025.1630522","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fspor.2025.1630522","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Players in European soccer academies frequently advance from the lower to the higher age group. Underdevelopment of their strength and speed capacities increases the risk of injury. On the one hand, this study compared the isometric strength and speed performance of elite youth soccer players regarding age groups. Further, it aimed to recognize differences in relative isometric strength between the national team selected and non-selected academy players. Eighty-three academy players from five age groups of single academy were compared in isometric peak force production in a bilateral knee flexion test (ISO 30°), abduction and adduction tests (ABD and ADD 60°). Their sprinting speed was evaluated by 10 and 30 meter sprint tests, and the 505 change of direction test (COD 180°). Significant age group effects were discovered for absolute isometric strength (<i>p</i> = < 0.001; <i>η</i> <sup>2</sup> = 0.40-0.43) but relative strength differed only between U15 and U19 in ISO 30° (<i>p</i> = 0.04; ES = 1.04). The U14 players were slower than all groups (ES = 0.95-3.68) excluding the U15. These players were slower than U16, U17, and U19 (ES = 1.07-2.37), while U17 overpassed U19 in 180° COD (<i>p</i> = 0.02; ES = 0.22). Consequently, sprinting speed demands are of special interest in the transition of players from the U15 to the U16 age group. The national team players were not relatively stronger in ISO 30° (-0.08 <i>N</i>/kg, <i>p</i> = 0.70; ES = 0.10), ABD 60° (-0.14 <i>N</i>/kg, <i>p</i> = 0.59; ES = 0.13), and ADD 60° (-0.33 <i>N</i>/kg, <i>p</i> = 0.22; ES = 0.31) compared to their academy peers This suggests that maximal relative isometric strength is not of special interest for the selection of academy soccer players to the national team squad.</p>","PeriodicalId":12716,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Sports and Active Living","volume":"7 ","pages":"1630522"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12312405/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144759917","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Sprint interval climbing increases anaerobic training load in elite female +78 kg judo athletes. 短跑间歇攀爬增加了优秀女性+78公斤柔道运动员的无氧训练负荷。
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Frontiers in Sports and Active Living Pub Date : 2025-07-17 eCollection Date: 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.3389/fspor.2025.1581361
Liying Huang, Hu Yao, Xiquan Weng, Hao Chen
{"title":"Sprint interval climbing increases anaerobic training load in elite female +78 kg judo athletes.","authors":"Liying Huang, Hu Yao, Xiquan Weng, Hao Chen","doi":"10.3389/fspor.2025.1581361","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fspor.2025.1581361","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>The decisive movements that determine judo performance rely on anaerobic power. Currently, the optimum training protocol for increasing the anaerobic endurance of heavyweight judo athletes remains elusive due to tricky balance between training loads increase and injury prevention. This study investigated the impact of sprint interval climbing incorporated into the regular training on the anaerobic training load of heavyweight judo athletes.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Five judo athletes of the female +78 kg category from the Chinese national team (average age: 26.8 ± 2.8 years; height: 185.6 ± 5.7 cm; weight: 127.8 ± 5.8 kg; judo training experience: 15 ± 3.5 years) conducted only regular training from October to December 2019 while climbing training was added to regular training from January to March 2020. A climbing fitness test was performed once per month from January to March 2020. The anaerobic training loads in the training and simulated matches were monitored through blood lactate and heart rate metrics, the physical fitness of the subjects was monitored through blood metrics such as creatine kinase, and the internal load of the subjects was assessed using Omegawave Technology readiness scores.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We found that sprint interval climbing increased the levels of blood lactate (<i>P</i> = 0.00) and heart rate metrics (<i>P</i> = 0.00) in the training and/or simulated matches and the performance in the fitness tests. Meanwhile, physiological parameters and the internal load remained comparable before and after climbing training.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>These results suggested that sprint interval climbing increased anaerobic training load without obvious muscular damage or fitness decrease. Finally, lack of a control group due to limited availability of the subjects meeting the criteria and the need to maximize the performance of each subject in future matches was the major limitation of this study.</p>","PeriodicalId":12716,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Sports and Active Living","volume":"7 ","pages":"1581361"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12310667/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144759919","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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The art of falling: identifying the falls scenarios associated with bouldering injuries. 坠落的艺术:识别与抱石受伤相关的坠落场景。
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Frontiers in Sports and Active Living Pub Date : 2025-07-17 eCollection Date: 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.3389/fspor.2025.1609133
Erwan Beurienne, Nicolas Bailly, Maxime Luiggi, Cécile Martha, Claire Bruna-Rosso, Maxime Wylomanski, Michel Behr, Marine Dorsemaine
{"title":"The art of falling: identifying the falls scenarios associated with bouldering injuries.","authors":"Erwan Beurienne, Nicolas Bailly, Maxime Luiggi, Cécile Martha, Claire Bruna-Rosso, Maxime Wylomanski, Michel Behr, Marine Dorsemaine","doi":"10.3389/fspor.2025.1609133","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fspor.2025.1609133","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Bouldering has seen a significant rise in popularity, accompanied by an increase in related injuries, primarily caused by falls. To enhance prevention strategies and improve protective mats, it is crucial to understand the mechanisms behind these injuries. However, there is limited knowledge about the specific fall scenarios leading to bouldering injuries. The aim of this study was to provide a detailed description of accident scenarios and fall kinematics leading to bouldering injuries.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Adults (aged 18 and above) who experienced an acute fall-related injury while bouldering were invited to complete a self-reported online survey. They were recruited between February 2024 and March 2025 through emails and QR-code posters via university mailing lists and partnerships with French bouldering gym franchises. A total of 245 participants provided personal information, descriptions of their injuries, details about the climbing routes, and fall scenarios, including the kinematics of the fall.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A majority of the injuries affected the lower limb (67% of the case) with ankle sprain being the primary injury. Most of the falls (85%) were involuntary with 62% of them starting in a vertical position, frequently followed by a rotation during the fall (62%), and resulted in a feet first landing (74%). Most injuries happened after falls from vertical walls (45%) and steep walls (29%), primarily from the middle (32%) and the top (47%) sections of the wall.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>These results provide a first detailed description of the fall scenarios associated with injuries in bouldering and show that different injury mechanisms (such as vertical versus leaning positions during a fall) result in distinct patterns of injury. Such findings could be used to develop new pads with higher density or multi-layering, or to devise safer falling techniques that can be taught by trainers.</p>","PeriodicalId":12716,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Sports and Active Living","volume":"7 ","pages":"1609133"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12312403/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144759928","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Coercive compliance? Anti-doping systems in tennis and athlete mental health. 强制遵守吗?网球反兴奋剂系统与运动员心理健康。
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Frontiers in Sports and Active Living Pub Date : 2025-07-16 eCollection Date: 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.3389/fspor.2025.1636161
Jill Colangelo, Alexander Smith, Malte Christian Claussen, Joao Mauricio Castaldelli-Maia, Michael Liebrenz
{"title":"Coercive compliance? Anti-doping systems in tennis and athlete mental health.","authors":"Jill Colangelo, Alexander Smith, Malte Christian Claussen, Joao Mauricio Castaldelli-Maia, Michael Liebrenz","doi":"10.3389/fspor.2025.1636161","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fspor.2025.1636161","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Recently, a group of professional tennis players (i.e., the Professional Tennis Players Association) filed a legal case against several governing bodies in the sport. This suit intends to challenge the alleged disregard for athlete wellbeing when enforcing anti-doping policy, as this can engender adverse effects even in unintentional or unproven cases. This complaint is set against the background of several high-profile doping proceedings in tennis, which have further revealed potential inconsistencies in integrity investigations and processes. Accordingly, the purpose of this article is to explore the possibly harmful conditions for athletes described in this litigation, as well as to acknowledge the need for multi-faceted support among professional players. In doing so, this perspective paper also draws attention to the need for fairness in professional sport, alongside proposing ways in which sport psychiatrists and sports medicine physicians can advise and advocate for education for players, other healthcare specialists, and governing bodies.</p>","PeriodicalId":12716,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Sports and Active Living","volume":"7 ","pages":"1636161"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12307390/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144753201","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Stress and its impact on elite athletes' wellbeing and mental health-a mini narrative review. 压力及其对优秀运动员健康和心理健康的影响——一个小型的叙述性回顾。
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Frontiers in Sports and Active Living Pub Date : 2025-07-16 eCollection Date: 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.3389/fspor.2025.1630784
Barbara Nuetzel
{"title":"Stress and its impact on elite athletes' wellbeing and mental health-a mini narrative review.","authors":"Barbara Nuetzel","doi":"10.3389/fspor.2025.1630784","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fspor.2025.1630784","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Within the context of elite sports, the term \"health\" is tantamount to maximum physical performance. From the very beginning of their athletic careers, elite athletes are trained to prioritize performance over health in order to be successful. To reach the top and competitive goals, they often cannot avoid situations that might be endangering their health. A career in elite sports means that elite athletes must take extreme health risks and at the same time protect their health to continuously deliver peak performances. According to Fletcher and Hanton, psychological research is confronted with a particular challenge because elite athletes are subject to numerous stressors both during and after their sports career. The examination of the relevant stress-related factors (relationships, competitive pressure, defeat, injuries, etc.) points to a growing body of evidence signifying that these factors could be responsible for mental health problems in the target population. Because these challenges are multidimensional in nature, a comprehensive understanding of this topic's complexity is required. To obtain an understanding of stressors and resources in elite sport, the author performed a narrative mini review of 3 databases covering studies published up to 2023.</p>","PeriodicalId":12716,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Sports and Active Living","volume":"7 ","pages":"1630784"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12307481/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144753204","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Drop jump performance differences between ACL-injured and healthy semi-professional male soccer players. acl损伤与健康半职业男子足球运动员跳远表现差异研究
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Frontiers in Sports and Active Living Pub Date : 2025-07-16 eCollection Date: 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.3389/fspor.2025.1618284
Dimitrije Cabarkapa, Damjana V Cabarkapa, Yu Song, Andrew C Fry, Thordis Gisladottir, Milos Petrovic
{"title":"Drop jump performance differences between ACL-injured and healthy semi-professional male soccer players.","authors":"Dimitrije Cabarkapa, Damjana V Cabarkapa, Yu Song, Andrew C Fry, Thordis Gisladottir, Milos Petrovic","doi":"10.3389/fspor.2025.1618284","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fspor.2025.1618284","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The purpose of this study was to examine differences in lower-body neuromuscular performance characteristics between ACL-injured athletes and their healthy counterparts, including peak take-off and landing force asymmetries. Forty-four semi-professional male soccer players volunteered to participate in the present investigation, from which 16 had previously undergone ACL reconstruction procedures and 28 were healthy controls. Following the warm-up completion, athletes performed three non-consecutive drop jumps (30 cm) with no arm swing while landing on a uni-axial force plate system sampling at 1,000 Hz. The injured athletes were screened nine months post-operative procedures and all athletes were active members of their respective soccer teams. The dependent variables included the force-time metrics within both the eccentric and concentric phases of the drop jump. Independent t-tests or Mann-Whitney U-tests were used to examine statistically significant (<i>p</i> < 0.05) differences in each variable (ACL-injured vs. healthy controls). The results revealed that ACL-injured athletes tend to display significantly lower jump heights (39.4%), shorter eccentric duration (21.1%), and greater peak drive-off force asymmetries (50.6%) when compared to their non-injured counterparts. Also, despite not reaching the level of statistical significance and being small-to-moderate in magnitude, ACL-injured participants attained shorter contact times (8.8%) and greater peak impact force asymmetry (16.1%).</p>","PeriodicalId":12716,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Sports and Active Living","volume":"7 ","pages":"1618284"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12307506/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144753202","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Enhancing golf swing performance through M1-targeted transcranial direct current stimulation: a double-blind, randomized crossover study. 通过靶向m1的经颅直流电刺激提高高尔夫挥杆表现:一项双盲、随机交叉研究。
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Frontiers in Sports and Active Living Pub Date : 2025-07-16 eCollection Date: 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.3389/fspor.2025.1615617
Hongbin Xiang, Hwang Woon Moon, Lu Li, Kyung Yoo
{"title":"Enhancing golf swing performance through M1-targeted transcranial direct current stimulation: a double-blind, randomized crossover study.","authors":"Hongbin Xiang, Hwang Woon Moon, Lu Li, Kyung Yoo","doi":"10.3389/fspor.2025.1615617","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fspor.2025.1615617","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study investigated whether transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) targeting the primary motor cortex (M1) can induce acute enhancements on golf swing performance, particularly in tasks requiring long-driving distance capacity and accuracy control.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Eight professional golfers participated in a double-blind, randomized, crossover trial consisting of two conditions: active tDCS (A-tDCS) and sham tDCS (S-tDCS). Stimulation was applied over the left M1 for 20 min. Participants performed 10 swings each for three tasks (driver, iron, and wedge) both pre- and post-intervention. Performance metrics included long-driving distance variables (clubhead speed, ball speed, carry distance) and accuracy-related variables (face angle, side distance, and spatial error Data were analyzed using 2 × 2 repeated-measures ANOVAs, with <i>post hoc t</i>-tests and effect sizes (Hedge's <i>g</i>) where significant interactions were found.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Significant Time × Condition interactions indicated that A-tDCS improved carry distance and ball speed in iron tasks and carry distance in driver task (<i>p</i> < .05), with large effect sizes (<i>g</i> > 0.8). Side deviation also decreased significantly under A-tDCS in the iron task, indicating enhanced accuracy. No stimulation-specific effects were observed for the wedge task.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>M1-targeted A-tDCS can acutely enhance golf swing long-driving distance capacity and accuracy in tasks requiring substantial force output. This technique is promising as a performance-enhancing tool for golfers, offering a low-fatigue alternative to traditional high-intensity training.</p>","PeriodicalId":12716,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Sports and Active Living","volume":"7 ","pages":"1615617"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12307367/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144753203","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Barriers and facilitators to sports participation in autistic Europeans: insights from a large-scale questionnaire survey. 自闭症欧洲人参与体育运动的障碍和促进因素:来自大规模问卷调查的见解。
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Frontiers in Sports and Active Living Pub Date : 2025-07-16 eCollection Date: 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.3389/fspor.2025.1580462
Célia Ruffino, Nicolas Gueugneau, Sidney Grosprêtre
{"title":"Barriers and facilitators to sports participation in autistic Europeans: insights from a large-scale questionnaire survey.","authors":"Célia Ruffino, Nicolas Gueugneau, Sidney Grosprêtre","doi":"10.3389/fspor.2025.1580462","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fspor.2025.1580462","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Autism is a neurodevelopmental condition affecting both social interactions and individual motor coordination with a wide spectrum of characteristics and support needs varying significantly across individuals. Given the increasing prevalence of autism, effective interventions are crucial to improving quality of life. Physical activity has been recognized as a valuable tool for enhancing physical fitness and reducing autism-related traits, such as repetitive behaviors and social difficulties. However, autistic individuals tend to be less active than non-autistic. The SACREE Sport & Autism project, part of the European ERASMUS + initiative, aims to bridge the gap between standard sports recommendations and autistic individuals' needs. This study seeks to provide an overview of sports participation among autistic Europeans and identify factors influencing their engagement in physical activities.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Using an online questionnaire translated into five languages, data was collected from 540 respondents across several European countries. Most responses were provided by parents or caregivers (64.3%), while 25.5% came directly from autistic individuals.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Findings revealed that 71.2% of respondents engage in regular physical activity, with an average of 2.45 sessions per week lasting approximately 65 min each. Individual sports dominate, comprising 79% of reported activities, with aquatic exercises being the most common. While many participants acknowledge the benefits of physical activity, 74% believe that sports are not sufficiently accessible for autistic individuals. The primary reasons for non-participation include a lack of suitable facilities (54.1%) and uncertainty about where to practice (22.2%).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The study underscores the importance of structured physical activity in improving both physical health and autism-specific characteristics. However, the findings highlight discrepancies between current practices and recommended physical activity levels. Increased accessibility to adapted sports programs, better awareness campaigns, and policy reforms are needed to encourage greater participation. Furthermore, the study suggests that practice type plays a key role, with individual, predictable activities being preferred over dynamic, team-based sports. By shedding light on sports habits among autistic individuals, this research provides a foundation for tailored interventions and public policies aimed at fostering an inclusive and sustainable sports culture across Europe.</p>","PeriodicalId":12716,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Sports and Active Living","volume":"7 ","pages":"1580462"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12307315/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144753200","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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The USADA's supposed orthodox approach to anti-doping: a power strategy and a threat to trust. 美国反兴奋剂机构所谓的正统反兴奋剂方法:权力战略和对信任的威胁。
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Frontiers in Sports and Active Living Pub Date : 2025-07-16 eCollection Date: 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.3389/fspor.2025.1619707
Fabien Ohl
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