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Impact of a hybrid exercise intervention on subjective happiness and self-perceived health of workers: a case study. 混合运动干预对员工主观幸福感和自我感知健康的影响:个案研究。
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Frontiers in Sports and Active Living Pub Date : 2025-09-05 eCollection Date: 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.3389/fspor.2025.1569455
José M Núñez-Sánchez, Carmen Sarah Einsle, Jorge López-Fernández, Víctor Jiménez Díaz-Benito
{"title":"Impact of a hybrid exercise intervention on subjective happiness and self-perceived health of workers: a case study.","authors":"José M Núñez-Sánchez, Carmen Sarah Einsle, Jorge López-Fernández, Víctor Jiménez Díaz-Benito","doi":"10.3389/fspor.2025.1569455","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fspor.2025.1569455","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Physical activity-based workplace wellness programs (WPPA) are effective in improving health, well-being, and productivity among workers. Despite this, smaller organizations often face challenges in implementing these initiatives. This study assesses the effects of a structured hybrid exercise program, delivered by fitness centers, on subjective happiness, self-perceived health, and physical metrics in Spanish workers during the post-COVID period.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A pilot study was conducted over three months with 44 participants (45.5% male, 54.5% female) who were sedentary or overweight. The program included a combination of online and in-person exercise sessions. Pre- and post-intervention data were collected using validated tools, such as the SF-36 for self-perceived health and the Subjective Happiness Scale. Statistical methods included paired <i>t</i>-tests and multivariate analyses.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The intervention led to significant improvements in subjective happiness (<i>p</i> = 0.034; <i>d</i> = 0.33) and several dimensions of self-perceived health, including vitality and general health (<i>p</i> < 0.01; <i>d</i> > 0.50). Overall physical and mental health scores showed moderate enhancements, reflecting the program's effectiveness.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>The findings demonstrate the potential of hybrid exercise interventions as a practical solution for promoting well-being and happiness in small and medium-sized enterprises that cannot afford to build workplace gyms.</p>","PeriodicalId":12716,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Sports and Active Living","volume":"7 ","pages":"1569455"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12446260/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145113029","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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Influence of relative strength on the optimal load of the hang power clean and hang high pull in collegiate athletes. 相对力量对大学生运动员悬空发力和悬空高拉最佳负荷的影响。
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Frontiers in Sports and Active Living Pub Date : 2025-09-05 eCollection Date: 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.3389/fspor.2025.1597535
Yongmin Xie, Xingyu Pan, Fan Peng, Qinchang Sun
{"title":"Influence of relative strength on the optimal load of the hang power clean and hang high pull in collegiate athletes.","authors":"Yongmin Xie, Xingyu Pan, Fan Peng, Qinchang Sun","doi":"10.3389/fspor.2025.1597535","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fspor.2025.1597535","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Although training load is a critical determinant of adequate training stimuli for athletes, the optimal load for power training varies across individuals, and the underlying factors contributing to this variability remain unclear.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study investigated the influence of relative strength on optimal load during the execution of the hang power clean (HPC) and hang high pull (HHP) among college athletes.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A total of 30 male college athletes (mean ± standard deviation age, 21.8 ± 2.3 years) performed hang power cleans (HPCs) and hang high pulls (HHPs) on a three-dimensional force plate at loads corresponding to 45%, 65%, 80%, and 95% of their one-repetition maximum (1RM), presented in a randomized and counterbalanced order. The relationship between optimal load and relative strength was assessed using Pearson's correlation coefficient.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The optimal load for achieving maximum output power in the hang high pull (HPP) and hang power clean (HPC) exhibited a highly individualized characteristic.A significant positive correlation was found between athlete strength and optimal load for both the HPC (<i>r</i> = 0.478, <i>P</i> < .01) and HHP (<i>r</i> = 0.611, <i>P</i> < .001).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>A positive correlation between optimal load and the relative strength of the athlete for the HPC and the HHP indicated that as the athlete's strength increased, the load intensity should be appropriately increased to maintain efficient training stimulation to elicit maximum power for each athlete. However, this study did not examine female collegiate athletes and other athletic populations. coaches should be discreetly when applying this conclusion to these athletic groups.</p>","PeriodicalId":12716,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Sports and Active Living","volume":"7 ","pages":"1597535"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12446339/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145112944","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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Ergogenic effects of a 10-day L-citrulline supplementation on time to exhaustion and cardiorespiratory and metabolic responses in healthy individuals: a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled crossover trial. 健康个体补充10天l -瓜氨酸对疲劳时间、心肺和代谢反应的影响:一项双盲、随机、安慰剂对照交叉试验
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Frontiers in Sports and Active Living Pub Date : 2025-09-05 eCollection Date: 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.3389/fspor.2025.1627743
J Schierbauer, L Francis, F Greco, P Zimmermann, O Moser
{"title":"Ergogenic effects of a 10-day L-citrulline supplementation on time to exhaustion and cardiorespiratory and metabolic responses in healthy individuals: a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled crossover trial.","authors":"J Schierbauer, L Francis, F Greco, P Zimmermann, O Moser","doi":"10.3389/fspor.2025.1627743","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fspor.2025.1627743","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>L-Citrulline supplementation has been a topic of debate due to its potential to augment L-arginine bioavailability and nitric oxide production. However, it remains uncertain whether it can truly serve as an ergogenic aid in endurance exercise performance. While it was previously recommended to include higher continuous doses of L-citrulline over ≥7 days, this study aimed to investigate whether a relative dosing strategy using 100 mg·kg<sup>-1</sup> per day over 10 days could improve time to exhaustion (TTE) in healthy young adults.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Twenty healthy, moderately active adult participants (nine females; age, 24.4 ± 0.9 years; BMI, 24.0 ± 2.5 kg·m<sup>-2</sup>; V̇O<sub>2max</sub>, 43.5 ± 6.3 mL·min<sup>-1</sup>·kg<sup>-1</sup>) received either 100 mg·kg<sup>-1</sup> per day of L-citrulline (CIT) or a placebo (PLA) for 10 days in a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled crossover trial, before they performed two TTE tests at 5% above the second lactate turnpoint (LTP2). Cardiac output (Q̇), oxygen uptake (V̇O<sub>2</sub>), blood glucose ([Glu<sup>-</sup>]) and lactate concentrations ([La<sup>-</sup>]), and rating of perceived exertion (RPE) were quantified during each test.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>There was no statistically significant difference in TTE between the trial arms (CIT vs. PLA: 20.5 ± 7.3 vs. 19.8 ± 5.7 min, <i>p</i> = 0.43). However, a trend was observed in the female subgroup (24.4 ± 6.2 vs. 21.9 ± 4.8 min, <i>p</i> = 0.06). Cardiac output (Q̇) also did not show significant differences between mean (CIT, 18.3 ± 3.7 L·min<sup>-1</sup>; PLA, 19.0 ± 4.5 L·min<sup>-1</sup>; <i>p</i> = 0.40) and maximum values (CIT, 28.7 ± 5.7 L·min<sup>-1</sup>; PLA, 26.6 ± 4.9 L·min<sup>-1</sup>; <i>p</i> = 0.22) in both trial arms. Mean V̇O<sub>2</sub> was 1.77 ± 0.28 and 1.84 ± 0.25 L·min<sup>-1</sup> (<i>p</i> = 0.06) for CIT and PLA, respectively. Similarly, mean maximum systolic (165 ± 17 vs. 171 ± 18 mmHg, <i>p</i> = 0.23) and diastolic (81 ± 6 vs. 83 ± 6 mmHg, <i>p</i> = 0.19) blood pressure levels were not significantly different between CIT and PLA trial arms.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>Higher continuous doses of L-citrulline over 10 days do not increase TTE in healthy, moderately active individuals when compared with a placebo. Therefore, it is reasonable to assume that L-citrulline does not offer an ergogenic benefit for endurance performance. However, future research may focus on female populations or exercise protocols that involve longer distances to simulate competition.</p>","PeriodicalId":12716,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Sports and Active Living","volume":"7 ","pages":"1627743"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12446285/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145113010","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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Estimation of the burden of disease averted by leisure center membership across Spain. 西班牙休闲中心会员避免的疾病负担的估计。
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Frontiers in Sports and Active Living Pub Date : 2025-09-05 eCollection Date: 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.3389/fspor.2025.1575583
Alfonso Jimenez, Inés Nieto, Xian Mayo, Pablo Bascones, Jesús De Soto Cardenal, Alfonso Arroyo, Gary Liguori, Larissa Davies
{"title":"Estimation of the burden of disease averted by leisure center membership across Spain.","authors":"Alfonso Jimenez, Inés Nieto, Xian Mayo, Pablo Bascones, Jesús De Soto Cardenal, Alfonso Arroyo, Gary Liguori, Larissa Davies","doi":"10.3389/fspor.2025.1575583","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fspor.2025.1575583","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Active behavior performed in leisure centers might help reduce the negative health impacts associated with physical inactivity. The disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) is a valuation technique to quantify lifetime disease burden including both non-fatal health consequences of diseases and premature death.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>This study estimated the role of the largest leisure center in Spain (GO fit) in averting the burden of five diseases and premature deaths during 2017 as a consequence of the physical activity and exercise programs and services delivered. A preferred model was implemented with a static picture of the burden of disease, without including discounting rate and age-weights. Sensitivity analyses were conducted considering these two variables.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The estimation was that GO fit services could have averted a total of 1,165.74 DALYs (10.96 DALYs per 1,000 members) coming from type 2 diabetes (22.62 DALYs), colorectal cancer (81.16 DALYs), breast cancer (48.72 DALYs), stroke (206.15 DALYs), and coronary heart disease (807.10 DALYs).</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>These results indicate that programs and services delivered in physical activity leisure centers could help the public health agenda aim of promoting a more active lifestyle and reducing the burden of disease associated with physical inactivity.</p>","PeriodicalId":12716,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Sports and Active Living","volume":"7 ","pages":"1575583"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12447772/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145113005","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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Injuries among students combining academic studies and elite sports. 结合学术研究和精英运动的学生受伤。
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Frontiers in Sports and Active Living Pub Date : 2025-09-05 eCollection Date: 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.3389/fspor.2025.1561279
Emil Flatholm, Eva Tengman, Taru Tervo
{"title":"Injuries among students combining academic studies and elite sports.","authors":"Emil Flatholm, Eva Tengman, Taru Tervo","doi":"10.3389/fspor.2025.1561279","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fspor.2025.1561279","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The purposes of the study were to examine injury incidence among students engaged in elite sports during their first year of study, and to explore factors associated with injury in this population.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Two surveys were carried out one year apart. A total of 243 students responded to the initial baseline survey; 111 also responded to a follow-up survey. The surveys addressed injury events and characteristics, sports participation, experienced stress, relaxation, control during leisure time, and study pace.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Prior to commencing their studies, 51% of the athletes had experienced an injury; 54% experienced an injury during their first year of study. A previous injury increased the odds of a new injury (OR = 3.174, <i>p</i> < 0.01). Athletes sustaining an overuse injury prior to studies had higher risk for sustaining a new overuse injury during the first year of studies (OR = 4.312, <i>p</i> < 0.001), while sustaining an acute injury prior to studies did not significantly increase the risk for sustaining a new acute injury. Sex, type of sport, and study pace were not associated with increased odds of injury.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>A concerning 54% injury incidence was found during the first year of study. A previous injury increased the likelihood of sustaining a new injury. The findings suggest that injury-prevention methods should be focused particularly on students who have been injured in the year before they begin their studies.</p>","PeriodicalId":12716,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Sports and Active Living","volume":"7 ","pages":"1561279"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12446360/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145113024","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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Geopolitics and sports. 地缘政治和体育。
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Frontiers in Sports and Active Living Pub Date : 2025-09-04 eCollection Date: 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.3389/fspor.2025.1650791
Marko Begović, Simon Chadwick
{"title":"Geopolitics and sports.","authors":"Marko Begović, Simon Chadwick","doi":"10.3389/fspor.2025.1650791","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2025.1650791","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12716,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Sports and Active Living","volume":"7 ","pages":"1650791"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12444884/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145113021","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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"It's in my life": the significance and consumption of lifestyle sports participation among Chinese youth. “它在我的生活中”:中国年轻人参与生活方式体育的意义和消费。
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Frontiers in Sports and Active Living Pub Date : 2025-09-04 eCollection Date: 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.3389/fspor.2025.1611549
Longyin Chen, Jiru Guo, Juan Song
{"title":"\"It's in my life\": the significance and consumption of lifestyle sports participation among Chinese youth.","authors":"Longyin Chen, Jiru Guo, Juan Song","doi":"10.3389/fspor.2025.1611549","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fspor.2025.1611549","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Sports have become an indispensable part of daily life, and an increasing range of lifestyle sports, such as frisbee, flag football, and surfskate, are gradually becoming familiar to and popular among the Chinese youth. This study examines the consumption practices of Chinese youth in lifestyle sports through the analytical lens of Social Practice Theory, highlighting their distinctive cultural significance for this age group.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This study utilized semi-structured interviews and participant observation to conduct research in Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province, China.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The findings revealed that participation in these sports serves not only as a form of consumption but also as a way for youth to break the discipline of life, shaping distinctions in taste while building tribalism and social interaction.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>The study further explores the distinctive consumption traits of contemporary Chinese youth and underscore the social value of lifestyle sports. By situating these practices within the framework of Social Practice Theory, the study broadens the scope of sports consumption research and offers nuanced insight into youth behavior and consumption patterns amid China's ongoing social transformation.</p>","PeriodicalId":12716,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Sports and Active Living","volume":"7 ","pages":"1611549"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12444408/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145112936","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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Relative intensities and compositions of multifactorial peak kinematic and mechanical demands in elite youth soccer. 青年精英足球运动员多因素运动和机械需求峰值的相对强度和组成。
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Frontiers in Sports and Active Living Pub Date : 2025-09-04 eCollection Date: 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.3389/fspor.2025.1616921
Farzad Yousefian, Abdullah Zafar, Fábio Y Nakamura, Pedro Menezes, João Brito, Bruno Travassos
{"title":"Relative intensities and compositions of multifactorial peak kinematic and mechanical demands in elite youth soccer.","authors":"Farzad Yousefian, Abdullah Zafar, Fábio Y Nakamura, Pedro Menezes, João Brito, Bruno Travassos","doi":"10.3389/fspor.2025.1616921","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fspor.2025.1616921","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Characterizing the most demanding passages (MDP) of physical activity during soccer competition is essential for optimizing training prescription and player monitoring. However, research investigating kinematic and mechanical MDP using a multifactorial criterion variable approach in elite youth soccer players remains limited. This study examined the relative intensities and compositional structure of multifactorial kinematic and mechanical MDP across different durations in an elite youth international tournament.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Locomotor activity data were collected from 17 elite youth players across five matches of an international tournament using GPS technology. Kinematic and mechanical MDP were identified using multifactorial criterion variables: MDPk (kinematic) and MDPm (mechanical). Linear mixed models assessed relative intensities (m·min<sup>-1</sup> or efforts·min<sup>-1</sup>) and the univariate constituent compositions of MDPk [moderate-speed running [MSR], high-speed running [HSR], sprinting [SPR]] and MDPm [high-intensity accelerations [ACC3], decelerations [DEC3]] across rolling (R') 1-, 3-, and 5-minute durations, comparing matches and positional groups (central, lateral).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Differences between matches and positions were observed only for R1' MDPk intensities. Both MDPk and MDPm intensities decreased as duration increased. Between-match differences were observed for MDPk composition, particularly for %HSR and %SPR. MDPk composition was duration-dependent, as %HSR and %SPR were greater in R1' than R3' and R5', while %MSR followed the opposite trend. In contrast, MDPm composition remained stable across durations.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Practitioners should consider both the relative intensities and compositional structures of MDPk and MDPm when evaluating multifactorial peak demands in soccer. Analyzing kinematic and mechanical MDP as multifactorial constructs offers critical insights into the contribution of specific locomotor demands across various durations. This approach emphasizes the importance of duration-specific analyses in optimizing training, recovery, and match preparation strategies, thereby facilitating targeted training interventions and enhancing player readiness for competition.</p>","PeriodicalId":12716,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Sports and Active Living","volume":"7 ","pages":"1616921"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12444885/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145112973","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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Physical demands and movement characteristics of veterans football players. 退役足球运动员的身体需求与运动特点。
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Frontiers in Sports and Active Living Pub Date : 2025-09-04 eCollection Date: 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.3389/fspor.2025.1602127
Florian Egger, Vivian Graf, Shaan Kotecha, Sohag Saleh, Tim Meyer
{"title":"Physical demands and movement characteristics of veterans football players.","authors":"Florian Egger, Vivian Graf, Shaan Kotecha, Sohag Saleh, Tim Meyer","doi":"10.3389/fspor.2025.1602127","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fspor.2025.1602127","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>This study aimed to investigate physical demands and movement characteristics of veterans football (VF) players. VF players were recruited from the West and South London Leagues.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A 15 m shuttle run test was used to assess maximum heart rate (HR<sub>max</sub>), and continuous heart rate was monitored to evaluate the cardiocirculatory strain during matches. Video analysis was performed to analyze movement characteristics, such as step counts, number of passes and sprints, changes of directions (COD), and standing time.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 91 male VF players (age, 45 ± 6 years; BMI, 26.3 ± 4.0 kg/m<sup>2</sup>) participated in the study. The mean heart rate was 147 ± 14 min<sup>-1</sup> corresponding to 80 ± 8% of HR<sub>max</sub>, with 57 ± 14% of match time completed above 80% HR<sub>max</sub>. Midfielders completed more sprints (90 ± 10) compared with forwards (34 ± 6, <i>p</i> < 0.001) and defenders (50 ± 10, <i>p</i> < 0.01). Standing time was significantly higher (<i>p</i> < 0.001) in forwards (740 ± 87 s) and defenders (649 ± 111 s) than in midfielders (181 ± 17 s). During a match time of 86 ± 36 min, players covered 5,790 ± 963 steps, equivalent to approximately 6 km, and made 120 ± 59 COD and 128 ± 62 passes.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>The cardiocirculatory strain in VF football seems to be considerably high. Therefore, one VF match appears to be sufficient to meet the minimum of current guidelines on health-promoting activities. Position-specific differences in VF are evident for midfielders, who are potentially exposed to higher physical demands compared with other field positions.</p>","PeriodicalId":12716,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Sports and Active Living","volume":"7 ","pages":"1602127"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12443858/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145112952","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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Training practices of Japanese elite team and combat sport athletes during the COVID-19 pandemic: an interview study with support staff. 新冠肺炎大流行期间日本精英队和格斗运动员的训练实践:对支持人员的访谈研究
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Frontiers in Sports and Active Living Pub Date : 2025-09-04 eCollection Date: 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.3389/fspor.2025.1557774
Daichi Yamashita, Kazuya Yamazaki, Takaki Yamagishi, Hana Tsubokura, Jad Adrian Washif, Iñigo Mujika
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