Demonstration of substance abuse (drugs) and methods prohibited in top sports, what we call the fight against doping in sports, is based on the detection and characterization of foreign substances in biological samples of athletes (urine, blood, hair). Such an approach is effective, but has many...

Introduction: Some athletes and their accompanying persons wish to further improve the physical abilities by the consumption of prohibited substances and methods, which is known as doping. There are also situations where athletes without the use of certain substances on the List of prohibited...

Total hip arthroplasty (THA) is one of the most commonly performed orthopaedic procedures and has been acknowledged as an extremely efficient and reliable surgery with a high percentage of satisfied patients. The number of implanted total hip prostheses has been increasing every year worldwide...

The aim of the article is to estimate vulnerability of winter-sport centres in Slovenia from the point of view of climate change and to present their further developmental possibilities. Due to the lie at relatively low altitudes, winter-sport centres in Slovenia are especially sensitive to...

The interrelations between tourism and tennis, as well as the factors which affect the functioning of the supply of tennis-related activities in tourism in Croatia are analysed. The business effects of various types of tennis centres (n=16) are examined. Results suggest that each type of a tennis...

Soccer is a very popular group sport in Slovenia and soccer fields are therefore spread all across the country. The differences in their appearance are noticeable, as budgets for maintenance and management vary greatly. Our main hypothesis was that turfgrass in the soccer fields owned or used by...

Background: In the light of the subjective theories of pre-school teachers and their assistants, the authors highlight the problem of children spending quality time in kindergartens and the associated acceptance of a lifestyle by pre-schoolchildren. By identifying differences in opinions, attitudes ...

Heart rate variability (HRV) is one of the most recognized noninvasive tools in the assessment of cardiac autonomic modulation. The development of commercially available wireless heart rate monitors, detecting R-R intervals with a high resolution and accurately calculating HRV parameters, has...

Objective: The aim of the study was to investigate the correlation of sports activity (SA) with stress experience and evaluation of satisfaction with life among adult Slovenians. Methods: Data was collected with a survey on a representative sample of 856 adult Slovenians (average age 39±13.73...

Objective: The purpose of this research was to establish possible differences between students enrolled in special sports classes and students in regular classes of secondary schools regarding the frequency and characteristics of excuses they give to not participate in physical education lessons....