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{"title":"Effectiveness and acceptance of virtual reality vs. traditional exercise in obese adults: a pilot randomized trial.","authors":"Evlalia Touloudi, Mary Hassandra, Evangelos Galanis, Gerasimos Pinnas, Charalampos Krommidas, Marios Goudas, Yannis Theodorakis","doi":"10.3389/fspor.2025.1520068","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fspor.2025.1520068","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Obesity is a significant global health concern, increasing the risk of various diseases and health complications. Effective and engaging exercise interventions are urgently needed for obesity management. This pilot study examines the effectiveness of virtual reality (VR)-based exercise compared to traditional exercise, both combined with Self-Determination Theory (SDT)-based counseling, individuals with obesity.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Forty individuals with overweight/obesity were randomly assigned to either a VR-based exercise group (intervention) or a traditional exercise group (control), with both groups receiving SDT-based counseling over 4 weeks. Assessments were conducted pre- and post-intervention.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Participants in the VR-based exercise group showed significant reductions in BMI (2.6%) and body fat mass (5.3%) and consequently in hips circumference, compared to the control group. They also exhibited greater increases in physical activity levels, and improved psychological outcomes, including basic psychological needs (BPN), self-efficacy, self-esteem, and attitudes toward the program comparing with the control group. Moreover, the intervention group scored higher in interest/enjoyment and attitudes towards exercise compared with the control group and showed great results in perceived enjoyment, intention for future use, usability, and positive perceptions of using the VR system. Based on the participants' interviews, VR-based exercise was found to be more enjoyable and engaging.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>These findings suggest that VR-based exercise combined with counseling is more effective than traditional exercise in reducing weight, increasing physical activity, and improving psychological outcomes individuals with obesity. The immersive nature of VR may enhance motivation and adherence to exercise programs, offering a promising alternative for obesity management. However, the study's small sample size, short duration, and reliance on self-reported measures may limit its generalizability. Future research should explore long-term adherence, effectiveness in diverse populations, psychological mechanisms behind engagement, and comparisons with emerging fitness technologies like AI-powered platforms.</p>","PeriodicalId":12716,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Sports and Active Living","volume":"7 ","pages":"1520068"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11962008/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143772137","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}

{"title":"How far along the future path do individuals recognize the path for stepping on multiple footfall targets? A new evaluation method under virtual reality.","authors":"Ryotaro Waki, Kazuyuki Sato, Junki Inoue, Minoru Yamada, Takahiro Higuchi","doi":"10.3389/fspor.2025.1526576","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fspor.2025.1526576","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>The ability to visually recognize the path ahead during walking is essential for adjusting gait patterns in an anticipatory manner to mitigate perturbations induced by tripping. In this study, we aimed to develop a walking task within a virtual reality (VR) environment, termed the VR multi-target stepping (VR-MTS) task, as a method to evaluate the extent to which individuals can recognize the path ahead while continuously stepping on footfall targets.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>As an initial study for the development of the VR multi-target stepping (VR-MTS) task, we tested a sample of young individuals (8 males and 5 females, aged 26.2 ± 3.7 years). Participants donned a head-mounted display (HMD) and walked for a distance of 4 m, under four distinct conditions. Participants were instructed to step on squares of specific color and that participants were instructed to step onto white squares that had been of the footfall target color for all conditions. In three of these conditions, all three colored squares present in the same row-located either one, two, or three rows ahead of the participants-were programmed to change to white (i.e., N + 1, N + 2, and N + 3 conditions). This setup was designed to evaluate the participant's ability to recognize the colors of the footfall targets at varying distances. In the control condition, no changes occurred in the colored squares during the walking task.</p><p><strong>Results and discussion: </strong>The rate of stepping failure was significantly higher under the N + 3 condition compared to the other three conditions. This finding suggests that young individuals are capable of recognizing footfall targets approximately two rows ahead when performing the VR multi-target stepping (VR-MTS) task but encounter difficulties when attempting to recognize targets located three rows ahead. Under the N + 3 condition, participants frequently stepped onto distractor squares, indicating a failure to recognize the stepping target situated three rows ahead, resulting in a random selection of the square to step on. Based on these findings, we conclude that the VR-MTS task is a valid method for evaluating visual recognition of the future path while stepping on multiple footfall targets.</p>","PeriodicalId":12716,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Sports and Active Living","volume":"7 ","pages":"1526576"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11961907/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143772142","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}

{"title":"Insights into coaching a women's national futsal team.","authors":"Fraser Carson, Tihana Nemčić Bojić, Khatija Bahdur","doi":"10.3389/fspor.2025.1533224","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fspor.2025.1533224","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Tournament coaching is known to provide different challenges to coaching a team across a regular season. There is limited time to prepare, meaning that team roles and objectives need to be established quickly, and communication must be effective.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>This interpretive ethnographic case study explored how the coach of a women's national futsal team approached this, while competing at a week-long tournament in preparation for a World Cup qualification event.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Following the completion of five interviews (one prior to, three during, and one post tournament), thematic coding produced three main themes: (1) Keeping consistency in development and focus, (2) Communicating openly, and (3) Individualizing approaches.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>The coach established a clear goal for the tournament, with the focus on the team's game plan and ability to implement the tactics they want at the World Cup, which helped create performance targets that were independent of the results to help maintain consistency. A transformative leadership style, underpinned by free communication empowered the players to buy into the system and enhanced motivation and commitment. The coach, with her staff, made a deliberate effort to spend time individually with players, as this allowed players to create autonomy, which enhanced commitment. The findings provide insights for coaching women's teams in general and add further information about coaching in an idiosyncratic tournament environment.</p>","PeriodicalId":12716,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Sports and Active Living","volume":"7 ","pages":"1533224"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11959023/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143763650","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}

{"title":"Exploring the effects of long-term physical exercise on persistent and inhibitory self-control: quasi-experimental research.","authors":"Linjing Cheng, Huahui Qin, Yin Yang, Junhua Dang","doi":"10.3389/fspor.2025.1543481","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fspor.2025.1543481","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study aims to explore the effects of long-term physical exercise on different types of self-control, with a focus on persistent and inhibitory self-control. Two experiments were conducted using dual-task paradigms. In Experiment 1, the E-crossing task served as the depletion task, and the grip task was used to measure persistent self-control. Results indicated that long-term exercisers exhibited significantly better persistent self-control than non-exercisers, <i>F</i>(1, 54) = 6.55, <i>p</i> = .013, η <i>_p ²</i>  = 0.11. Experiment 2 employed the Stroop task as the detection task to measure inhibitory self-control. No significant differences were found between the exercise and non-exercise groups in inhibitory self-control performance. These findings suggest that long-term physical exercise may enhance persistent self-control, but its effects on inhibitory self-control remain unclear. The study addresses potential confounding factors, such as task-specific effects and baseline performance differences, and highlights the need for future research to explore diverse self-control tasks and establish causal relationships. The results contribute to the understanding of self-control training and provide insights into the domain-specific effects of physical exercise on self-control.</p>","PeriodicalId":12716,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Sports and Active Living","volume":"7 ","pages":"1543481"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11959021/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143763700","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}

{"title":"Longitudinal investigations of development in handball and its association with relative age effects.","authors":"Jörg Schorer, Irene Faber, Dirk Büsch, Joseph Baker, Nick Wattie","doi":"10.3389/fspor.2025.1528684","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fspor.2025.1528684","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In this paper, we describe two studies on the association among long-term developmental outcomes and relative age effects. To extend or compliment the cross-sectional work done previously, these studies take different approaches to investigate the association of relative age effects on long-term development. In the first, a retrospective approach is taken, while in the second, developmental data for players over a 4-year period is considered. In study 1 the association between relative age effects and later performance at the adult level is presented. The results show different patterns for females and males. In the second study, development during the national youth development system in handball, over four points in time, are presented. Again, changes over time in birth quartile distribution can be seen. These studies suggest relative age researchers should embrace longitudinal designs. These types of approaches would allow explorations of the association of other variables with the observed relative age effects.</p>","PeriodicalId":12716,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Sports and Active Living","volume":"7 ","pages":"1528684"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11958983/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143763703","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}

{"title":"Understanding the bullying phenomenon through the eyes of the youth football coaches in the Portuguese region of Tâmega e Sousa.","authors":"Cátia Vaz, José Eduardo Teixeira, Daniel L Portella, Diogo Monteiro, Pedro Forte, Sandra Silva-Santos, Joana Ribeiro","doi":"10.3389/fspor.2025.1520737","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fspor.2025.1520737","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Bullying is a serious social problem affecting, primarily, children and adolescents in educational and sports environments. Analyzing this phenomenon in contexts where children meet and interact, like football schools/clubs, is critical. The study aims to investigate how youth football coaches perceive bullying and their role in addressing it, as well as to explore bullying as a social phenomenon through the lens of coaches' knowledge and experiences.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Twenty-four coaches from the Portuguese region of Tâmega and Sousa highlighted their awareness and concern about the growth of bullying in football, and that everyone is involved (70.8%).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The victims are \"younger\" (83.3%) and \"teammates\" (54.2%) of the aggressors. Assaults occur mostly due to the victims' \"physical characteristics\", \"behaviors/attitudes\" and \"sexual orientation\". Coaches believe that the aggressors are \"opposing team fans\" (25.5%), \"teammates\" (22.6%), \"male\" (66.67%), \"older\" than the victims (75%), and attack in \"locker rooms\" (23.81%) and in \"stands\" (17.46%). They consider that bullying victims do not seek help (91.67%) due to \"fear\" (79.17%), and that the sports agents react indifferently (50%) to acts of this nature.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Coaches acknowledge that they can play a decisive role in preventing this issue, but do not feel fully prepared to identify warning signs and act in accordance, emphasizing the need to improve coach education through new prevention strategies.</p>","PeriodicalId":12716,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Sports and Active Living","volume":"7 ","pages":"1520737"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11955587/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143752274","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}

{"title":"Relationships between outdoor physical activity, health-related quality of life, and sleep in 8-to-12-year-old children: an exploratory study.","authors":"Callista Zayatz, Olivia Hopko, Karlie Gambino, Rocco Paluch, Stephanie Anzman-Frasca, Mackenzie J Ferrante","doi":"10.3389/fspor.2025.1516699","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fspor.2025.1516699","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Children today are at high risk of chronic disease partially because of a sedentary lifestyle. High levels of physical activity in children have been linked to increased physical and psychological wellbeing and high sleep quality. Further, time spent outdoors has also been linked to overall wellbeing in children. Outdoor physical activities may have additional benefits for children, especially in winter when indoor sedentary time increases. The present online survey study examined relationships between parent reports of 8-to-12-year-old children's (<i>n</i> = 47) general physical activity, hiking frequency, health-related quality of life (a measure of children's physical, psychological, and social wellbeing; HRQoL), and sleep routines in winter 2023. Parent-reported frequency of children's hiking was predictive of their overall wellbeing, where those who hiked more frequently had higher HRQoL scores (<i>ß</i> = 1.20, <i>p</i> = 0.01, <i>R</i> ² = 0.24). More frequent hiking was also related to more consistent bedtime and waking routines (<i>ß</i> = 0.19, <i>p</i> = 0.02, <i>R</i> ² = 0.27; <i>ß</i> = 0.19, <i>p</i> = 0.009, <i>R</i> ² = 0.22). In contrast, overall weekly physical activity level was not predictive of HRQoL scores or sleep<i>.</i> The results support further investigation into hiking as a health promotion intervention for youth.</p>","PeriodicalId":12716,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Sports and Active Living","volume":"7 ","pages":"1516699"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11949907/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143752240","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}

{"title":"A Bayesian approach to predict performance in football: a case study.","authors":"Gabriel G Ribeiro, Lilia C C da Costa, Paulo H Ferreira, Diego C do Nascimento","doi":"10.3389/fspor.2025.1486928","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fspor.2025.1486928","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Football is the most practiced sport in the world and can be said to be unpredictable, i.e., it sometimes presents surprising results, such as a weaker team overcoming a stronger one. As an illustration, the Brazilian Championship Series A (<i>Brasileirão</i>) has historically been shown to be one of the most outstanding examples of this unpredictability, presenting a large number of unexpected outcomes (perhaps given its high competitiveness). This study unraveled attack and defense patterns that may help predict match results for the 2022 Brazilian Championship Series A, using data-driven models considering 10 variations of the Poisson countable regression model (including hierarchy, overdispersion, time-varying parameters, or informative priors). As informative priors, the 2021 Brazilian Championship Series A's information from the previous season was adopted for each team's attack and defense advantage estimations. The proposed methodology is not only helpful for match prediction but also beneficial for quantifying each team's attack and defense dynamic performances. To assess the quality of the forecasts, the de Finetti measure was used, in addition to comparing the goodness-of-fit using the leave-one-out cross-validation metric, in which the models presented satisfactory results. According to most of the metrics used to compare the methods, the dynamic Poisson model with zero inflation provided the best results, and, to the best of our knowledge, this is the first time this model has been used in a subjective football match context. An online framework was developed, providing interactive access to the results obtained in this study in a Shiny app.</p>","PeriodicalId":12716,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Sports and Active Living","volume":"7 ","pages":"1486928"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11949986/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143751902","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}

{"title":"Mental health challenges and substance use in student-athletes: prevalence and impact.","authors":"Erin M Moore, Maylasia A Simmons, Julianna Threatt","doi":"10.3389/fspor.2025.1527793","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fspor.2025.1527793","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Mental health significantly impacts athletes' daily functioning and performance. Some coping techniques, such as substance abuse, can lead to addictive behaviors detrimental to sport participation.</p><p><strong>Purpose: </strong>This study aimed to identify the prevalence of anxiety, depression, and substance use in varsity student-athletes, examine their associations, and determine if academic and athletic factors (e.g., competition level, current sport season) are linked to these issues.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>An anonymous survey assessed mental health (anxiety and depression) and substance use in varsity athletes aged 18-25 participating in organized sports (high school, Junior College, NAIA, and NCAA Divisions I, II, III) and enrolled in academic classes. Four validated surveys were used: GAD-7 for anxiety, PHQ-9 for depression, AUDIT for alcohol use, and TAPS for substance use.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Sixty-two participants (19.87 ± 1.47 years; males: 30.6%, females: 67.7%) completed the study. Most participants (45.2%) were in-season, and 54.8% competed at the NCAA Division III level. Elevated levels of anxiety (64.5%), depression (62.9%), and substance use (alcohol: 59.7%; other substances: 49.18%) were reported. Only two participants reported illicit drug use (mushrooms). Significant associations were found between mental health issues, substance use, and athletic factors (competition level, sport season, academic year, sex).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study highlights the high prevalence of anxiety, depression, and substance use among student-athletes, particularly at the Division III level. These issues affect both academic and athletic performance. Clinicians should focus on early screening and be competent in recognizing and addressing mental health problems in student-athletes to make effective referrals.</p>","PeriodicalId":12716,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Sports and Active Living","volume":"7 ","pages":"1527793"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11949985/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143752236","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}

{"title":"Editorial: Remote assessment, measurement, and delivery in sport, physical activity and health.","authors":"Daniel J Peart, Michael Graham, David E Lunn, Naomi Burn, John D Franklin, John B Arnold","doi":"10.3389/fspor.2025.1584714","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fspor.2025.1584714","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12716,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Sports and Active Living","volume":"7 ","pages":"1584714"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11949933/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143752253","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}