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Purpose and problem statement: Sports clubs have a positive impact on many children and adolescents, yet teenagers are increasingly quitting their sports club participation when they reach adolescence. The drop-out phenomenon has been widely studied. Conversely, the factors supporting the...

Author(s)
Perkinen, A.; Valtonen, J.; Ruismäki, H.
Publisher
University of Pitesti, Arges, Romania
Citation
Journal of Physical Education and Sport, 2022, 22, 10, pp 2298-2305
Abstract

Limited research exists on athletes' olfaction. As diet is an elementary part of an athlete's lifestyle and training, it is important to know whether the sport discipline itself carries a risk for olfactory impairment. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether elite swimmers (chemical...

Author(s)
Manninen, I. K.; Mäkinen, L. K.; Laukka, P.; Klockars, T.; Blomgren, K.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis, Abingdon, UK
Citation
European Journal of Sport Science, 2023, 23, 2, pp 278-283
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Problem statement. Sports coaching is recognized as a stressful and challenging profession due to several different aspects such as organizational, performance, contextual, interpersonal, and intrapersonal stressors that coaches face. High level of work stress is a risk factor for decreased...

Author(s)
Aronen, A.; Kokkonen, M.; Hintsa, T.
Publisher
University of Pitesti, Arges, Romania
Citation
Journal of Physical Education and Sport, 2021, 21, 6, pp 3411-3419
Abstract

This collection of articles on the development of sports museums worldwide aims to promote awareness of the importance of sporting heritage, and also to promote the idea of sports museums as potentially important tourist attractions. Sports museums may seem to be a relatively new concept, but ...

Publisher
Editions Touristiques Européennes, Paris, France
Citation
Cahiers Espaces, 2006, No.89, pp 1-158
Abstract

Elite sports are an important part of most nations' culture and identity and international success in sport is highly valued. However, the increasingly important cultural, economic and political significance of sport has effectively created the equivalent of a global sporting arms race. This means ...

Author(s)
Koski, P.; Lämsä, J.
Publisher
Routledge, Abingdon, UK
Citation
International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics, 2015, 7, 3, pp 421-441
Abstract

Background There is conflicting evidence on the associations between participation in vigorous sports, health habits, familial factors and subsequent mortality. We investigated all-cause mortality and health-related behaviour among former elite athletes and their brothers. Methods The mortality of...

Author(s)
Kontro, T. K.; Sarna, S.; Kaprio, J.; Kujala, U. M.
Publisher
BMJ Publishing Group, London, UK
Citation
British Journal of Sports Medicine, 2018, 52, 2, pp 89-95
Abstract

This study focuses on transgender experiences in martial arts. Interviews with three Finnish and two British transgender martial artists were thematically analyzed, and findings were interpreted through the lens of queer theory. Two themes were identified related to the ways that transgender...

Author(s)
Kavoura, A.; Channon, A.; Kokkonen, M.
Publisher
Human Kinetics, Inc., Champaign, USA
Citation
Sociology of Sport Journal, 2022, 39, 2, pp 196-204
Abstract

Purpose - This paper aims to clarify the extent to which youth sports clubs guide their coaches to recognise health promotion as a part of the coaching practice. The guidance activity of clubs is seen parallel to internal organisational communication. Design/methodology/approach - A survey of 93...

Author(s)
Kokko, S.; Kannas, L.; Villberg, J.; Ormshaw, M.
Publisher
Emerald Group Publishing Ltd, Bradford, UK
Citation
Health Education, 2011, 111, 6, pp 452-463
Abstract

The purpose of this study was to get reliable insight into injury risk in various commuting and lifestyle activities, as well as recreational and competitive sports. A cohort of 3 657 persons was randomly selected from the 15- to 74-year-old Finnish population. Ninety-two percent (n=3 363) of the...

Author(s)
Parkkari, J.; Kannus, P.; Natri, A.; Lapinleimu, I.; Palvanen, M.; Heiskanen, M.; Vuori, I.; Järvinen, M.
Publisher
Georg Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart, Germany
Citation
International Journal of Sports Medicine, 2004, 25, 3, pp 209-216
Abstract

In a middle-sized municipality in central Finland, a sports facility plan was worked out between 1988-90. It was possible to coordinate the planning so that sufficient areas were reserved for various types of sports facilities. The sports planning was based on research into people's sporting...

Author(s)
Vuolle-Apiala, R.
Publisher
Elsevier Science Publishers B.V., Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation
Sport for all. Proceedings of the World Congress on Sport for all, held in Tampere, Finland, 3-7 June 1990., 1991, pp 617-619

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