{"title":"Changes in Motor Imagery Along with Improved Skills in a Beginner Baton Twirler: A Single Case Experimental Study Using EEG","authors":"Kisho Zippo, Shinji Yamamoto, Masanobu Araki","doi":"10.5432/IJSHS.201629","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5432/IJSHS.201629","url":null,"abstract":"Psychological and physiological indices including introspective reports, visual analogue scales, and electroencephalogram data were used to investigate during motor imagery and skills acquisition, as well as changes in perspectives during motor imagery in a beginner baton-twirler. We also used a single case experimental design and followed the beginner baton-twirler for three years and intermediate twirlers for two years. Their electroencephalograms were monitored while they engaged in motor imagery of actual baton twirling movements and their a and b band activities were analyzed as indices of arousal. After completing motor imagery, participants responded to the visual analogue scale inquiring about di‹culty, vividness, and controllability of motor imagery. Moreover, participants reported skills they obtained and results of competitions. We observed acquisition of new skills, improved results, increased vividness, better regulation of motor imagery, changes in motor imagery perspective, as well as increased a, and decreased b band activities. These results suggest that proˆciency in skills promoted high quality motor imagery at an adequate arousal.","PeriodicalId":341890,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Sport and Health Science","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-10-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121408800","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Non-orthogonal Joint Coordinate System for the Calculation of Anatomically Practical Joint Torque Power in Three-dimensional Hip Joint Motion","authors":"Natsuki Sado, S. Yoshioka, S. Fukashiro","doi":"10.5432/IJSHS.201712","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5432/IJSHS.201712","url":null,"abstract":"We examine the advantages of a non-orthogonal joint coordinate system (JCS) in calculating each anatomical torque's power through comparison with a segment coordinate system (SCS) of the distal segment. To clarify the diŠerences between coordinate systems, kinematic data were collected from 12 male participants swinging their legs laterally and anteriorly under two conditions: the toe facing forward and facing laterally. The mechanical power and work exerted by each hip anatomical torque in JCS and SCS were calculated. With the toe facing forward, there is no signiˆcant diŠerence between the two methods. The largest energy generators were abduction torque for lateral swing and ‰exion torque for anterior swing. With the toe facing laterally, in JCS, these results were consistent for both lateral swing (abduction: 0.21±0.06 J/kg; ‰exion: 0.06±0.04 J/kg) and anterior swing (‰exion: 0.35±0.09 J/kg; adduction: 0.01± 0.01 J/kg). However, in SCS, the largest energy generator for lateral swing changed from abduction (0.08±0.07 J/kg) to ‰exion torque (0.22±0.12 J/kg). For anterior swing, the hip adduction torque generated as large energy (0.14±0.08 J/kg) as hip ‰exion torque (0.20±0.08 J/kg) in SCS. Therefore, although SCS resulted in an inconsistency between power generator and movement due to hip external rotation, JCS avoided it, regardless of leg position, allowing JCS to investigate the power generation/absorption of each anatomical torque, particularly during long axial rotation.","PeriodicalId":341890,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Sport and Health Science","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-10-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122161201","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Implementation of Health Education in a Practical Teaching Seminar for the Teacher Training Course in Health and Physical Education: Results of a Nationwide Mail Survey of Four-year Universities","authors":"Koshu Sugisaki, H. Monobe, Seiji Ueda","doi":"10.5432/IJSHS.201711","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5432/IJSHS.201711","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this study was to clarify the implementation of health education in 22 a practical teaching seminar for teaching profession, whose full-scale application 23 at four-year universities was started in 2013. We carried out a nationwide mail 24 survey of 158 departments at 152 universities offering courses leading to the junior 25 high school and high school teaching certificate (in health and physical education). 26 The response rate was 43.0% (68/158), and after exclusion of one blank response, 27 67 cases were analyzed. Among the participants, 71.6% secured time for health 28 education in a practical teaching seminar. The responses were examined to 29 determine whether the contents of the class were considered suitable for a trial 30 health class (62.5%), whether it reflected a health class in teaching practice (45.8%), 31 whether the content was suitable for health education (39.6%), whether or not it 32 reflected teaching methods in health education (37.5%), whether the design was 33 suitable for devising teaching plans for health classes (33.3%), and whether the 34 material was suitable for health education (27.1%). The various class styles 35 included a trial lesson (48.7%), practice (48.0%), a lecture (33.7%), and others 36 (40.2%). These results were considered to indicate that a practical teaching 37 seminar would contribute to teacher training and development through 38 improvement of curricula in the health education field. 39","PeriodicalId":341890,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Sport and Health Science","volume":"171 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123833653","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ethics of Trash Talking in Soccer","authors":"Mitsuharu Omine","doi":"10.5432/IJSHS.201718","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5432/IJSHS.201718","url":null,"abstract":"This study investigated trash talk among soccer players, focusing on whether it actually disturbed playing performance and whether the ability to ignore such trash talk was an asset to the game. The ``Laws of the Game'' of soccer stipulate that any player who uses ``oŠensive, insulting or abusive language and/or gestures'' should be dismissed from the ˆeld. Therefore, any penalty imposed on players for such behavior can be interpreted as sanctions for prohibited act. Furthermore, any game in which oŠensive or insulting remark are used was considered by reference to Kawatani's opinion about excellence and ``failed athletic contest''. When a referee penalizes a player appropriately for such behavior, it is suggested that the game has not ``failed''. On the other hand, as such behavior is often di‹cult for a referee to notice, an appropriate penalty is sometimes not administered. Therefore, it is suggested that an oŠensive or insulting remark is an act that indirectly destroys the ethos of a game. I conclude that the ability to ignore trash talk is not an asset to the game in principle, but that such ability is practically necessary.","PeriodicalId":341890,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Sport and Health Science","volume":"95 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122907673","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Desire and Violence in Modern Sport","authors":"T. Sakamoto","doi":"10.5432/IJSHS.201636","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5432/IJSHS.201636","url":null,"abstract":"Why do we want to win in a sport as strongly as we do? This paper explored this question from the point of view of desire in an attempt to delineate how desire manifests in modern sports, as well as its relevance to brutality. A great many incidents that occur in real life teach us that modern sports involve a great deal of violence. It is equally clear that no violent behaviour will happen in a situation where no competition exists. As we conˆrmed at the outset, competitors are bound to have an essential desire to win in sports competitions. This desire is directed towards an object called victory. According to Girard, the desire to win is anything but autonomous; rather, it exists as the mimicry of another person's desire. When revisiting modern sports from the point of view of desire in this manner, we can see that international megaevents such as the Olympics, the world cups of various sports, etc., propagate our desire to win to a formidable degree. In other words, modern sports are intimately connected with capitalist economies and strengthen triangular desire in a synergistic manner. The strengthened desire lacks an outlet, reaches the hell of reciprocal mediation, and consequently manifests as brutality.","PeriodicalId":341890,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Sport and Health Science","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131901455","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effects of Low-to-medium Intensity Intradialytic Resistance Training in Elderly Chronic Hemodialysis Patients: Preliminary Effects after One Year of Intervention","authors":"K. Shiota","doi":"10.5432/IJSHS.201626","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5432/IJSHS.201626","url":null,"abstract":"Objective: To analyze the eŠects of intradialytic resistance training on physical function in 8 hemodialysis patients aged 60 years. Method: Physical function, blood pressure, heart rate, and biochemical data were analyzed before and after 3 and 12 months of exercise therapy. Focusing on muscle strengthening of the trunk and legs while on bed rest, the exercise load of the intervention was individualized for each patient. Results: Signiˆcant diŠerences were observed in ankle plantar ‰exor strength, the Timed Up and Go test, and maximum walking speed between before and after 3 months of intervention. However, no signiˆcant diŠerences were observed from 3 to 12 months, indicating that there was no long-term improvement upon lowto-medium resistance training during hemodialysis. Conclusion: Further studies with increased sample sizes are required to elucidate the appropriate intensity, frequency, and duration for an eŠective resistance training program in this population.","PeriodicalId":341890,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Sport and Health Science","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129241800","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Relationship between Aerobic Fitness and Change in Repeated Sprint Ability before and after a Half-time","authors":"Natsumi Kinoshita, Fuminori Takayama, Y. Nabekura","doi":"10.5432/IJSHS.201637","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5432/IJSHS.201637","url":null,"abstract":"This study investigated the relationship between aerobic ˆtness and repeated sprint ability (RSA) before and after a half-time. Thirteen male volunteers (23 ± 2 years, 175 ± 5 cm, 67 ± 6 kg; [mean ± standard error]) participated in this study. All subjects underwent two laboratory tests on a cycle ergometer. An initial test was conducted to determine aerobic ˆtness. On separate day, the RSA test was conducted. The RSA exercise comprised 15 × 6-s sprints with 54-s recovery periods. This was duplicated after a 15-min half-time. The blood lactate (Bla) removal rate was calculated using Bla values before and after the half-time. As a result of aerobic ˆtness, seven subjects were classiˆed as ˆt ( 58 ml/kg/min) and six as unˆt ( < 58 ml/kg/min). The maximal peak power was signiˆcantly reduced in the unˆt group (p < 0.05) but not in the ˆt group (p > 0.05) at the second session. The change in maximal peak power between sessions was signiˆcantly correlated with _VO 2 max (r = 0.714, p < 0.01). A strong correlation was observed between Bla removal rate and _VO 2 max (r = 0.830, p < 0.01). These results indicate that aerobically ˆt subjects recover more quickly after RSA exercise due to superior lactate removal","PeriodicalId":341890,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Sport and Health Science","volume":"41 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134112418","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effects of Received Social Support on Athletes’ psychological well-being","authors":"E. Katagami, Hironobu Tsuchiya","doi":"10.5432/IJSHS.201612","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5432/IJSHS.201612","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":341890,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Sport and Health Science","volume":"6 4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-05-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129292747","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Akemi Umegaki, S. Otomo, Kouichi Uetani, Julian Wayne
{"title":"A Study of Fair Play in the Pre-Modern Era: From the Perspective of N. Elias's Concept of Figuration*","authors":"Akemi Umegaki, S. Otomo, Kouichi Uetani, Julian Wayne","doi":"10.5432/IJSHS.201701","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5432/IJSHS.201701","url":null,"abstract":"1School of Health and Sport Sciences, Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences, 1-1, Asashirodai, Kumatori, Sennan, Osaka, 590-0496, Japan E-mail: umegaki@ouhs.ac.jp 2College of Sport and Health Science, Ritsumeikan University, 1-1-1, Noji-higashi, Kusatsu, Shiga, 525-8577, Japan 3Formerly of Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences, 1-1, Asashirodai, Kumatori, Sennan, Osaka, 590-0496, Japan","PeriodicalId":341890,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Sport and Health Science","volume":"69 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133570753","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Assessment of the Visual Behavior of Volleyball Players While Blocking the Ball: A Study Using a Wearable Camera","authors":"Sayuri Umezaki, N. Kida, T. Nomura","doi":"10.5432/IJSHS.201610","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5432/IJSHS.201610","url":null,"abstract":"The present study was conducted to analyze the visual behavior of volleyball players using a wearable camera, instead of the expensive eye trackers that have been employed to date. The position of the player's forehead, i.e. the direction of the line of sight, was estimated approximately from the images recorded by the camera (pilot studies 1 and 2). We then examined diŠerences in the player's gaze shift patterns, ball pursuit time and initial spiker ˆxation when blocking the volleyball, as a function of experience in playing volleyball (main study). The results from pilot studies 1 and 2 indicated that the ball pursuit time from just after release of the ball by the setter and the time taken to ˆx on the spiker, i.e. the time between the blocker's eyes leaving the ball and shifting to the spiker, was measured as accurately by the wearable camera as by using an eye tracker. The main study indicated that gaze shift pattern was separa-ble into ``gaze shift'' (volleyball players, 100 z and general sports players, 47.8 z ) and ``ball pursuit'' types (general sports players, 52.2 z ) indicative of skills based diŠerences. However, there was no detectable diŠerence in the time when players shifted their sight from the ball, or in the time when they saw the spiker, according to skills based on prior volleyball experience. In conclusion, the present ˆndings indicate that it is possible to estimate visual behavior during blocking tasks in volleyball using a less expensive wearable camera, rather than an expensive eye tracker.","PeriodicalId":341890,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Sport and Health Science","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129194772","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}