Members of the Romanian elites encouraged various leisure and sporting activities from the late nineteenth century but most notably from the turn of the twentieth century onwards and during the post-WWI period. Some even become sportsmen and sportswomen recognized both nationally and...
Publisher
Routledge, Abingdon, UK
Citation
Sport in Society: Cultures, Commerce, Media, Politics, 2023, 26, 10, pp 1738-1755
In many countries, voluntary sports clubs are the main recipients of public subsidies regarding the provision of recreational sport, and the economically most important level of government is usually the local government (i.e. the municipalities). The purpose of this article is to examine whether...
Author(s)
Elmose-Østerlund, K.; Iversen, C. E. B.
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
Citation
Sport Management Review, 2020, 23, 2, pp 315-329
Sweat losses in team sports can be significant due to repeated bursts of high-intensity activity, as well as the large body size of athletes, equipment and uniform requirements, and environmental heat stress often present during training and competition. In this paper we aimed to: (1) describe...
Author(s)
Nuccio, R. P.; Barnes, K. A.; Carter, J. M.; Baker, L. B.
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG, Cham, Switzerland
Citation
Sports Medicine, 2017, 47, 10, pp 1951-1982
The article deals with issues related to the management of the sports real estate market resources, with particular emphasis laid on sports stadiums. This market is not studied as often as the residential, office or commercial real estate market segments, which is why it is worth paying more...
Publisher
University of Pitesti, Arges, Romania
Citation
Journal of Physical Education and Sport, 2020, 20, Suppl. 2, pp 1165-1171
In this paper the researchers examine the extent to which nations that are awarded the right to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games benefit from success in elite sport through a quantifiable home advantage or host nation effect. The prevalence and size of home advantage in the Olympic and ...
Author(s)
Wilson, D.; Ramchandani, G.
Publisher
Routledge, Abingdon, UK
Citation
Journal of Global Sport Management, 2021, 6, 2, pp 170-184
There are various contributing factors to sporting success among elite athletes, including Olympians. The purpose of this paper was to investigate the enablers and/or barriers to sporting success among South African former Olympians from historically disadvantaged areas (HDAs) using the SPLISS...
Author(s)
Mthombeni, S.; Coopoo, Y.; Noorbhai, H.
Publisher
South African Sports Medicine Association, Cape Town, South Africa
Citation
South African Journal of Sports Medicine, 2023, 35, 15068,
Objectives: To establish the prevalence of back pain in German elite athletes; examine the influence of age, sex, sports discipline and training volume; and compare elite athletes with a physically active control group. Methods: A standardized and validated online back pain questionnaire was sent...
Author(s)
Fett, D.; Trompeter, K.; Platen, P.
Publisher
Public Library of Sciences (PLoS), San Francisco, USA
Citation
PLoS ONE, 2017, 12, 6, pp e0180130
Background: The number of sports facilities, sports clubs, or city parks in a residential neighbourhood may affect the likelihood that people participate in sports and their preferences for a certain sports location. This study aimed to assess whether objective physical and socio-spatial...
Author(s)
Deelen, I.; Jansen, M.; Dogterom, N. J.; Kamphuis, C. B. M.; Ettema, D.
Publisher
BioMed Central Ltd, London, UK
Citation
BMC Public Health, 2017, 17, 943, pp (11 December 2017)
The purpose of this study is to identify the differences in school attitudes among middle school students according to their participation in school sports club, participation period, frequency of weekly participation, and number of competitions. For this purpose, 520 middle school students who...
Author(s)
Lim EunJu; Lee DeaJung
Publisher
Badebio Biotechnology Ltd., Eskisehir, Turkey
Citation
Natural Volatiles & Essential Oils, 2021, 8, 4, pp 718-730
Objective: To describe injuries and illnesses across traditional and new sports among the participating athletes of the Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympic Summer Games (BA YOG) (6-18 October 2018). Methods: We recorded the daily number of athlete injuries and illnesses (1) through the reporting of all ...
Author(s)
Steffen, K.; Soligard, T.; Mountjoy, M.; Dallo, I.; Gessara, A. M.; Giuria, H.; Perez Alamino, L.; Rodriguez, J.; Salmina, N.; Veloz, D.; Budgett, R.; Engebretsen, L.
Publisher
BMJ Publishing Group, London, UK
Citation
British Journal of Sports Medicine, 2020, 54, 3, pp 168-175