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Background: The objective was to study physical activity (PA)-related injuries in sports club, school sports, and other leisure time PA, and the associations between injuries and PA participation frequency and intensity. Methods: A nationally representative sample was obtained and a structured...

Author(s)
Räisänen, A. M.; Parkkari, J.; Karhola, L.; Rimpelä, A.
Publisher
Cogent OA, Abingdon, UK
Citation
Cogent Medicine, 2016, 3, pp 1260786
Abstract

This book examines sport in Britain since 1945 and examines its place in British culture. It is argued that sport is not neutral, asocial or apolitical and so it needs to be assessed in its widest cultural context to be understood. This new edition expands the range of sports covered. As well as...

Author(s)
Polley, M.
Publisher
Routledge, Taylor & Francis, London, UK
Citation
Moving the goalposts: a history of sport and society in Britain since 1945, 2010, pp 288 pp.
Abstract

Numerous sports stadiums in Australia have been renovated or built from scratch in the past two decades, funded in whole or part by public subsidies. This note focuses on one particular group that benefits from subsidies - those spectators who attend live sporting events. A portion of the...

Author(s)
Wilson, J. K.; Siegfried, J. J.
Publisher
Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, USA
Citation
Journal of Sports Economics, 2018, 19, 3, pp 389-397
Abstract

The coach can have a profound impact on athlete satisfaction, regardless of the level of sport involvement. Previous research has identified differences between coaching behaviour preferences in team and individual sport athletes. The present study examined the moderating effect that an athlete's ...

Author(s)
Baker, J.; Yardley, J.; Côté, J.
Publisher
Edizioni Luigi Pozzi, Rome, Italy
Citation
International Journal of Sport Psychology, 2003, 34, 3, pp 226-239
Abstract

This longitudinal study aimed to identify individual and environmental predictors of adolescents' sports participation and to examine whether availability of sports facilities moderated the intention-behaviour relation. Data were obtained from the ENvironmental Determinants of Obesity in...

Author(s)
Prins, R. G.; Empelen, P. van; Velde, S. J. te; Timperio, A.; Lenthe, F. J. van; Tak, N. I.; Crawfor, D.; Brug, J.; Oenema, A.
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK
Citation
Health Education Research, 2010, 25, 3, pp 489-497
Abstract

Purpose: Combining sport event tourism and experience economy has led to an experience-based explanation of sport tourists' behavior and the creation of experiencescapes. This study aims to analyze the interdependence of perceived experiences and revisit intention across three events....

Author(s)
Hallmann, K.; Zehrer, A.; Rietz, J.
Publisher
Emerald Publishing, Bingley, UK
Citation
International Journal of Sports Marketing and Sponsorship, 2021, 22, 4, pp 764-779
Abstract

There has been a hotspot in sports industry these days that is becoming more and more wide-spread in sports organizations and among managers, namely CSR, that is corporate social responsibility. In the life of geographical regions, towns or villages, professional football clubs play a crucial role. ...

Author(s)
Ráthonyi-Ódor, K.; Bába, É. B.; Ráthonyi, G.
Publisher
University of Debrecen, Faculty of Economics and Business, Debrecen, Hungary
Citation
APSTRACT: Applied Studies in Agribusiness and Commerce, 2019, 13, 1/2, pp 64-74
Abstract

There seems to be a general tendency towards the idea that mixed martial arts (MMA) are more violent than boxing. A narrative review was carried out to analyze this phenomenon from a sociological and motor praxeological point of view; moreover, an integrative review approach was selected to assess...

Author(s)
Morales-Rosillo, D. G.; Petro, J. L.; Bonilla, D. A.
Publisher
Ramón Cantó Alcaraz, Madrid, Spain
Citation
RICYDE: Revista Internacional de Ciencias del Deporte, 2019, 15, 58, pp 413-423
Abstract

The impact of the COVID-19 crisis and its related measures on how people practice and experience leisure continues to be significant. In the current study, a survey measuring sport participation during the third week of the first lockdown, that started on the 18th of March 2020 and has been...

Author(s)
Thibaut, E.; Constandt, B.; Bosscher, V. de; Willem, A.; Ricour, M.; Scheerder, J.
Publisher
Routledge, Abingdon, UK
Citation
Leisure Studies, 2022, 41, 4, pp 457-470
Abstract

Team sports are rarely studied with regard to doping behaviour and doping-related factors regardless of their global popularity. This study aimed to investigate doping factors and covariates of potential doping behaviour in high-level team-sport athletes. The subjects were 457 high-performing,...

Author(s)
Sekulic, D.; Tahiraj, E.; Zvan, M.; Zenic, N.; Uljevic, O.; Lesnik, B.
Publisher
Medical Faculty of Uludag University, Bursa, Turkey
Citation
Journal of Sports Science and Medicine, 2016, 15, 4, pp 606-615

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