The sport and Lithuanian national identity by Ingvaras Butautas, Rasa Čepaitienė

“…An illustration of this is the growing gap between the fast crisis-overcoming basketball and other fields of sport (especially football, which due to weak management, lost its once-possessed high rates).  …”
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Hip Adduction and Abduction Strength Profiles Among Bantam, High School, Juniors, and Collegiate American Ice Hockey Players by Morgan L. Olson, Gary Schindler

“…Results align well with previously established cross-sectional data from Australian football, with ratios of 103% in high school players, 107% in semi-professional players, and 113% in collegiate players…”
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A Lactobacillus consortium provides insights into the sleep-exercise-microbiome nexus in proof of concept studies of elite athletes and in the general population by Tindaro Bongiovanni, Marina Santiago, Kinga Zielinska, Jonathan Scheiman, Carolina Barsa, Ralf Jäger, Daniela Pinto, Fabio Rinaldi, Giammaria Giuliani, Tullio Senatore, Aleksandar D. Kostic

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Stéréotypes, déconstruction et mémoire dans le discours du programme web brésilien « Põe na Roda » by Fabiano Ormaneze, Duílio Fabbri Júnior

“…Cependant, la deuxième vidéo, produite par le même groupe, laisse voir une contradiction car la narration aborde un thème qui, dans le préconstruit, est typiquement masculin et hétérosexuel : le football. Dans cette vidéo, le ressort de l’humour vient justement des stéréotypes que l’épisode précédent prétendait nier. …”
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The Importance of Upper Body Strength Testing and Training For Performance of High-Intensity Actions in Professional Soccer Players: A Survey Exploring Perceptions and Current Prac... by Ivan Curovic, David Grecic, David Rhodes, Jill Alexander, Damian James Harper

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BRICS Countries in Political Consciousness of Russian Citizens by S. Yu. Belokonev, T. V. Evgenieva, V. V. Titov, Z. R. Usmanova

“…It is remarkable that the perception of the BRICS countries by the majority of respondents is primarily influenced by implicit factors which manifest in appeal to stereotypes and associations (India – cinema, Brazil – football, etc.). Dynamic factors, determined by political agenda, play a minor role forming the images of the BRICS countries. …”
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Transtibial Pullout Repair of Lateral Meniscus Posterior Root Tear with Tissue Loss: A Case with Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury and Medial Meniscus Tear by Masanori Tamura, Takayuki Furumatsu, Takaaki Hiranaka, Keisuke Kintaka, Naohiro Higashihara, Yusuke Kamatsuki, Eiji Nakata, Toshifumi Ozaki

“…A 31-year-old man complained of knee pain and restricted range of motion after twisting his knee when he stepped on an iron pipe. The patient had a football-related injury to his right knee 14 years before presentation, and since then, the patient’s knee has given out more than 10 times but was left unassessed. …”
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Research Dominance Definitions May Not Identify Higher Risk Limb for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury in NCAA D3 Student-Athletes by Paul A. Cacolice, Brianna E. Starkey, Christopher R. Carcia, Paul E. Higgins

“… # Design An Observational Descriptive study design # Methods Forty-six student-athletes that were active on their NCAA Division III football, field hockey, volleyball, and soccer team rosters were recruited. …”
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Return to play following craniotomy for non-traumatic brain lesions by Jovanna A. Tracz, Matthew L. Farmer, Mark Hughes, Debraj Mukherjee, Paul M. Brennan

“…The sports with the longest average RTP timeline were boxing (10.3 months), rugby (8.7 months), and American football (8.5 months) in the core patient scenario. …”
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Effectiveness of small-sided games on change of direction speed in youth soccer players: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Ioan Neag, Ion Mihaila, Leonard Julien Fleancu, Alexandru Acsinte, Corina Daniela Popescu, Maura Stancu, Vladimir Potop, Gabriel Trandafirescu, Ilie Mihai

“…Purpose Football requires both linear movements and directional changes, crucial for performance. …”
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Physical Activity Types Among School-Aged Children During COVID-19 Pandemic in Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study by Mshari Alghadier, Reem M. Basuodan, Afnan Gmmash, Reem A. Albesher

“…Results: Parents reported that children (<i>n</i> = 361, mean age 7.7 ± 1.1 years) selected different PA types pre-COVID-19 pandemic more often than during the COVID-19 lockdown, such as swimming (16.9% vs. 12.8%), high-intensity jumping (9.8% vs. 6.6%), cycling (12.8% vs. 9.6%), football (14.3% vs. 6.1%), running (9.3% vs. 5.5%), virtual gaming exercise (5% vs. 3.2%), and playground activity (11.3% vs. 5.8%) (<i>p</i> < 0.05). …”
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At what cycle threshold level are dogs able to detect SARS-CoV-2 in humans? by Víctor M Vidal-Martínez, Juan Manuel Mancilla-Tapia, Lilia C Soler-Jiménez, Iván Velázquez-Abunader, Matilde Jiménez-Coello, Antonio Ortega-Pacheco, David Hernández-Mena

“…Sweat samples and epidemiological data were collected from 89 infected and 289 non-infected individuals at real life settings (e.g. health centers, offices, football fields). To determine each person's infection status, the Norgen Biotek kit for RT-qPCR was used; targeting the N1 and N2 regions of the SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid N gene. …”
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Examining Sex Differences in Visual Reliance During Postural Control in Intercollegiate Athletes by Nicolette Ingel, Victoria Vice, Courtney Dommer, Jennifer Csonka, Tara Moore, Ariel Zaleski, Carolyn Killelea, Mallory Faherty, Jody Feld, Timothy Sell

“… # Study Design Cross-sectional Study # Methods Static postural stability was assessed during a single session for football, soccer, basketball, and volleyball intercollegiate athletes (males, n=135, females, n=51) under eyes open (EO) and eyes closed (EC) conditions via performance of single limb stance on a force plate. …”
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Examination of Secondary School Students' Brand Awareness, Brand Loyalty, Brand Functions, and Factors Affecting Brand Loyalty According to Levels of Playing Team and Individual Sp... by Ramazan Topuz, Hakan Salim Çağlayan, Yunus Altınbeyaz, Tuncay Sarıipek

“…The sample of the study consists of a total of 250 students [n(male=185), n(female=65)], 150 of whom play team sports (football, volleyball, basketball, handball, folk dances) [n(male=118), n(female=32)] and 100 of whom play individual sports (taekwondo, kickboxing, badminton, fitness, wrestling, fencing) [n(male=67), n(female=33)], studying at high schools affiliated to the Konya Provincial Directorate of National Education in the first half of the 2019-2020 academic year. …”
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Sport participation as an educational tool and a means of promoting physical, mental, and social well-being by Francesco Sgrò

“…Mollame et al. (2024) conducted a similar study in which the training protocol was based on the Tactical Games Model, with results supporting its applicability for the multidimensional development (physical and cognitive) of young footballers. Altavilla (2024) analyzed the scientific literature to outline the physical determinants in the performance models of athletes in basketball, football, and volleyball. …”
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Cross-sectional Study of EMG and EMG Rise During Fast and Slow Hamstring Exercises by Kasper Krommes, Markus Due Jakobsen, Thomas Bandholm, Lars Louis Andersen, Mette Zebis, Anthony Shield, Per Hölmich, Kristian Thorborg

“…# Background Hamstring injuries remain a major burden in football while the effective prevention exercise the Nordic Hamstring is poorly adopted, despite the added positive effects on performance. …”
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KORELASI BODY MASS INDEX (BMI) DENGAN VO2MAX PADA ATLET SEMI-PROFESIONAL FUTSAL KOTA BLITAR by Lawrenza Berliana Dwi Saputri, Trinovandhi Setyawan, Muhammad Nidomuddin, Hari Pamungkas, Shoffurijal Agyanur, Ashari Husen

“…Small Side Game Training Contribution of Volume Oxygen Maximum Football Players Elite Pro Academy. JOSSAE (Journal of Sport Science and Education), 8(2), 129–136. https://doi.org/10.26740/jossae.v8n2.p129-136 Pedro, R. …”
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Optimizing Talent Development for Goalkeepers: Psychological Characteristics, Stressors, and Sustainable Pathways in Elite Soccer by Camille Sabourin, Eric Terrien, Denis Ha

“…However, several challenges persist, including issues such as early selection biases, relative age effects, maturity-related inequalities, language barriers, and the underrepresentation of specific groups, such as female players, para-football athletes, and goalkeepers (Kelly, 2024). Goalkeepers occupy a unique and essential role within soccer teams, requiring specialized training to meet and sustain the demands of elite performance and development (e.g., Otte et al., 2022). …”
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Longitudinal performance trajectories for youth female and male soccer players: 10m-sprint percentile curves adapted to biological age by Julia Hernandez, Chantal Widmer, Stephen Cobley, Dennis-Peter Born, Wolfgang Taube, Michael Romann

“…These data were extracted from the Swiss Football Association’s online database, covering the period from 2014, respectively 2019 to 2024. …”
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Different exercise interventions on quality of sleep in breast cancer survivors—a network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials by Qi Song, Qi Song, You-kang Zhu, You-kang Zhu, Hai Liu, Hai Liu, Xiao Liu, Xiao Liu, Zhang-dong Jiang, Yu-jia Wang, Yu-jia Wang, Li-yun Xue, Li-yun Xue, Shao-ying Yang, Shao-ying Yang, Xi-fang Liu

“…The primary outcomes included Yoga, Pilates, Qigong, Tai Chi, Walking, Dance, Resistance training, Football, Virtual reality therapy, Activity change exercise, Software-guided exercises. …”
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