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
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
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
National sports stadiums are often deeply affected by the politics of identity and mythology. Questions of 'nationality' and the responsibility of safeguarding the idea of a specific 'national' sports culture often take a central position in the rhetoric surrounding national sports stadiums. This ...
Author(s)
Wergeland, E. S.; Hognestad, H. K.
Publisher
Routledge, Abingdon, UK
Citation
Soccer and Society, 2023, 24, 3, pp 321-332
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
The purpose of this descriptive cross-sectional study is to describe the amount and intensity of physical activity (PA) measured by accelerometry among adolescents participating in organized sports (SCP) and age-matched non-participating peers (NP). SCPs (332) and NPs (139) wore an accelerometer on ...
Author(s)
Toivo, K.; Vähä-Ypyä, H.; Kannus, P.; Tokola, K.; Alanko, L.; Heinonen, O. J.; Korpelainen, R.; Parkkari, J.; Savonen, K.; Selänne, H.; Kokko, S.; Kujala, U. M.; Villberg, J.; Vasankari, T.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis, Abingdon, UK
Citation
European Journal of Sport Science, 2023, 23, 7, pp 1426-1434
Purpose: Using an institutionalist approach, this paper examines the changing logics in the organisational field of Finnish sport clubs. More specifically, the utilisation of physical spaces by sport clubs is investigated. Research methods: Data were collected by conducting semi-structured...
Publisher
Scandinavian Sport Studies Forum, Malmö, Sweden
Citation
Scandinavian Sport Studies Forum, 2023, 14, 99-123, pp 99-123
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
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
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