Perspectives and practices of nutritionists on dietary supplements for elite soccer teams: a cross-sectional survey study by Rodrigo Abreu, Rodrigo Abreu, Catarina B. Oliveira, Catarina B. Oliveira, João Brito, Vitor H. Teixeira, Vitor H. Teixeira, Vitor H. Teixeira, Vitor H. Teixeira

“…The online questionnaire was addressed to nutritionists working with elite soccer teams from six European Leagues and Brazil, between November 2022 and February 2023.ResultsOverall, the participants considered themselves well-trained (76.9%), knowledgeable (95.4%), and interested in dietary supplements (95.4%). …”
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The prevalence of non-contact muscle injuries of the lower limb in professional soccer players who perform Salah regularly: a retrospective cohort study by Eduard Bezuglov, Oleg Talibov, Mikhail Butovskiy, Anastasiya Lyubushkina, Vladimir Khaitin, Artemii Lazarev, Evgeny Achkasov, Zbigniew Waśkiewicz, Thomas Rosemann, Pantelis T. Nikolaidis, Beat Knechtle, Nicola Maffulli

“…The groups were similar in their playing leagues, field positions, age (27 ± 3.1 vs 28 ± 4.2 years), and body mass index (22 ± 1.2 vs 23 ± 0.92 kg/m2). …”
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COVID-19 Infection Alters the Microbiome: Elite Athletes and Sedentary Patients Have Similar Bacterial Flora by Gergely Babszky, Ferenc Torma, Dora Aczel, Peter Bakonyi, Zoltan Gombos, Janos Feher, Dóra Szabó, Balázs Ligeti, Sándor Pongor, Laszlo Balogh, Anikó Pósa, Zsolt Radak

“…Twenty active competing athletes (CA) (16 male and 4 females of the national first and second leagues), aged 24.15 ± 4.7 years, and 20 sedentary subjects (SED) (15 male and 5 females), aged 27.75 ± 7.5 years, who had been diagnosed as positive for COVID-19 by a PCR test, served as subjects for the study. …”
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World Congress Integrative Medicine & Health 2017: Part one by Benno Brinkhaus, Torkel Falkenberg, Aviad Haramati, Stefan N. Willich, Josephine P. Briggs, Merlin Willcox, Klaus Linde, Töres Theorell, Lisa M. Wong, Jeffrey Dusek, Darong Wu, David Eisenberg, Aviad Haramati, Bettina Berger, Kathi Kemper, Beate Stock-Schröer, Hedda Sützl-Klein, Rosaria Ferreri, Gary Kaplan, Harald Matthes, Gabriele Rotter, Elad Schiff, Zahi Arnon, Eckhard Hahn, Christina M. Luberto, David Martin, Silke Schwarz, Diethard Tauschel, Andrew Flower, Harsha Gramminger, Hedwig H. Gupta, S. N. Gupta, Annette Kerckhoff, Christian S. Kessler, Andreas Michalsen, Christian S. Kessler, Eun S. Kim, Eun H. Jang, Rana Kim, Sae B. Jan, Martin Mittwede, Wiebke Mohme, Eran Ben-Arye, Massimo Bonucci, Bashar Saad, Thomas Breitkreuz, Elio Rossi, Rejin Kebudi, Michel Daher, Samaher Razaq, Nahla Gafer, Omar Nimri, Mohamed Hablas, Gunver Sophia Kienle, Noah Samuels, Michael Silbermann, Lena Bandelin, Anna-Lena Lang, Eva Wartner, Christoph Holtermann, Maxwell Binstock, Robert Riebau, Edin Mujkanovic, Holger Cramer, Romy Lauche, Andres Michalsen, Lesley Ward, Holger Cramer, Dominik Irnich, Wolfram Stör, Geoffrey Burnstock, Hans-Georg Schaible, Thomas Ots, Jost Langhorst, Romy Lauche, Tobias Sundberg, Torkel Falkenberg, Catherina Amarell, Catherina Amarell, Melanie Anheyer, Marion Eckert, Marion Eckert, Mercedes Ogal, Marion Eckert, Catherina Amarell, Annette Schönauer, Birgit Reisenberger, Bernhard Brand, Dennis Anheyer, Gustav Dobos, Matthias Kroez, David Martin, Harald Matthes, Aldo Ammendola, Jun J. Mao, Claudia Witt, Yufei Yang, Gustav Dobos, Miriam Oritz, Markus Horneber, Petra Voiß, Birgit Reisenberger, Alexandra von Rosenstiel, Marion Eckert, Mercedes Ogal, Catharina Amarell, Melanie Anheyer, Friedemann Schad, Marc Schläppi, Matthias Kröz, Arndt Büssing, Gil Bar-Sela, Harald Matthes, Elad Schiff, Eran Ben-Arye, Zahi Arnon, David Avshalomov, Samuel Attias, Annette Schönauer, Aviad Haramati, Claudia Witt, Benno Brinkhaus, Sian Cotton, Miek Jong, Mats Jong, Christian Scheffer, Aviad Haramati, Diethard Tauschel, Friedrich Edelhäuser, Abdullah AlBedah, Myeong Soo Lee, Mohamed Khalil, Keiko Ogawa, Yoshiharu Motoo, Junsuke Arimitsu, Masao Ogawa, Genki Shimizu, Rainer Stange, Karin Kraft, Kenny Kuchta, Kenji Watanabe, D Bonin, Arndt Büssing, Harald Gruber, Sabine Koch, Harald Gruber, Urs Pohlmann, Christine Caldwell, Barbara Krantz, Ria Kortum, Lily Martin, Lisa S. Wieland, Ben Kligler, Susan Gould-Fogerite, Yuqing Zhang, Lisa S. Wieland, John J. Riva, Michael Lumpkin, Emily Ratner, Liu Ping, Pei Jian, Gesa-Meyer Hamme, Xiaosong Mao, Han Chouping, Sven Schröder, Josef Hummelsberger, Michael Wullinger, Marc Brodzky, Christoff Zalpour, Julia Langley, Wendy Weber, Lanay M. Mudd, Peter Wayne, Clauda Witt, Wolfgang Weidenhammer, Vinjar Fønnebø, Heather Boon, Amie Steel, Andrea Bugarcic, Melisa Rangitakatu, Amie Steel, Jon Adams, David Sibbritt, Jon Wardle, Matthew Leach, Janet Schloss, Helene Dieze, Heather Boon, Nadine Ijaz, Merlin Willcox, Michael Heinrich, George Lewith, Andrew Flower, Bertrand Graz, Daniela Adam, Linus Grabenhenrich, Miriam Ortiz, Sylvia Binting, Thomas Reinhold, Benno Brinkhaus, Susanne Andermo, Tobias Sundberg, Torkel Falkenberg, Johanna Hök Nordberg, Maria Arman, Manoj Bhasin, Xueyi Fan, Towia Libermann, Gregory Fricchione, John Denninger, Herbert Benson, Bettina Berger, Rainer Stange, Andreas Michalsen, David D. Martin, Inge Boers, Arine Vlieger, Miek Jong, Benno Brinkhaus, Michael Teut, Alexander Ullmann, Miriam Ortiz, Gabriele Rotter, Sylvia Binting, Fabian Lotz, Stephanie Roll, Claudia Canella, Michael Mikolasek, Matthias Rostock, Jörg Beyer, Matthias Guckenberger, Josef Jenewein, Esther Linka, Claudia Six, Sarah Stoll, Roger Stupp, Claudia M. Witt, Elisabeth Chuang, Ben Kligler, Melissa D. McKee, Holger Cramer, Romy Lauche, Petra Klose, Silke Lange, Jost Langhorst, Gustav Dobos, Vincent C. H. Chung, Hoi L. C. Wong, Xin Y. Wu, Grace Y. G. Wen, Robin S. T. Ho, Jessica Y. L. Ching, Justin C. Y. Wu, Amanda Coakley, Jane Flanagan, Christine Annese, Joanne Empoliti, Zishan Gao, Xugang Liu, Shuguang Yu, Xianzhong Yan, Fanrong Liang, Christoph D. Hohmann, Nico Steckhan, Thomas Ostermann, Arion Paetow, Evelyn Hoff, Andreas Michalsen, Xiao-Yang Hu, Ruo-Han Wu, Martin Logue, Clara Blonde, Lily Y. Lai, Beth Stuart, Andrew Flower, Yu-Tong Fei, Michael Moore, Jian-Ping Liu, George Lewith, Xiao-Yang Hu, Ruo-Han Wu, Martin Logue, Clara Blonde, Lily Y. Lai, Beth Stuart, Andrew Flower, Yu-Tong Fei, Michael Moore, Jian-Ping Liu, George Lewith, Michael Jeitler, Hannah Zillgen, Manuel Högl, Nico Steckhan, Barbara Stöckigt, Georg Seifert, Andreas Michalsen, Christian Kessler, Talat Khadivzadeh, Maryam Hassanzadeh Bashtian, Shapour Badiee Aval, Habibollah Esmaily, Jihye Kim, Keun H. Kim, Carina Klocke, Stefanie Joos, Abdulrahman Koshak, Li Wie, Emad Koshak, Siraj Wali, Omer Alamoudi, Abdulrahman Demerdash, Majdy Qutub, Peter Pushparaj, Michael Heinrich, Sigrid Kruse, Isabell Fischer, Nadine Tremel, Joseph Rosenecker, Brenda Leung, Wendy Takeda, Ning Liang, Xue Feng, Jian-ping Liu, Hui-juan Cao, Christina M. Luberto, Nina Shinday, Lisa Philpotts, Elyse Park, Gregory L. Fricchione, Gloria Yeh, Niki Munk, Arash Zakeresfahani, Trevor R. Foote, Rick Ralston, Karen Boulanger, Dominik Özbe, Elmar Gräßel, Katharina Luttenberger, Anna Pendergrass, Daniel Pach, Judit Bellmann-Strobl, Yinhui Chang, Laura Pasura, Bin Liu, Sven F. Jäger, Ronny Loerch, Li Jin, Benno Brinkhaus, Miriam Ortiz, Thomas Reinhold, Stephanie Roll, Sylvia Binting, Katja Icke, Xuemin Shi, Friedemann Paul, Claudia M. Witt, Michaela Rütz, Andreas Lynen, Meike Schömitz, Maik Vahle, Nir Salomon, Alon Lang, Adi Lahat, Uri Kopylov, Shomron Ben-Horin, Ofir Har-Noi, Benjamin Avidan, Rami Elyakim, Dorit Gamus, Siew NG, Jessica Chang, Justin Wu, John Kaimiklotis, Dania Schumann, Ludovica Buttó, Jost Langhorst, Gustav Dobos, Dirk Haller, Holger Cramer, Caroline Smith, Sheryl de Lacey, Michael Chapman, Julie Ratcliffe, Neil Johnson, Jane Lyttleton, Clare Boothroyd, Paul Fahey, Bram Tjaden, Marja van Vliet, Herman van Wietmarschen, Miek Jong, Wilfried Tröger, Pia Vuolanto, Paulina Aarva, Minna Sorsa, Kaija Helin, Claudia Wenzel, Iris Zoderer, Patricia Pammer, Patrick Simon, Gerhard Tucek, Kathrin Wode, Roger Henriksson, Lena Sharp, Anna Stoltenberg, Johanna Hök Nordberg, Yang Xiao-ying, Li-qiong Wang, Jin-gen Li, Ning Liang, Ying Wang, Jian-ping Liu, Lynda Balneaves, Rielle Capler, Chiara Bocci, Marta Guffi, Marina Paolini, Ilaria Meaglia, Patrizia Porcu, Giovanni B. Ivaldi, Simona Dragan, Petru Bucuras, Ana M. Pah, Marius Badalica-Petrescu, Florina Buleu, Gheorghe Hogea-Stoichescu, Ruxandra Christodorescu, Lan Kao, Yumin Cho, Nadja Klafke, Cornelia Mahler, Cornelia von Hagens, Lorenz Uhlmann, Martina Bentner, Andreas Schneeweiss, Andreas Mueller, Joachim Szecsenyi, Stefanie Joos, Isabella Neri, Miriam Ortiz, Katharina Schnabel, Michael Teut, Gabriele Rotter, Sylvia Binting, Margit Cree, Fabian Lotz, Ralf Suhr, Benno Brinkhaus, Elio Rossi, Sonia Baccetti, Fabio Firenzuoli, Maria V. Monechi, Mariella Di Stefano, Gianni Amunni, Wendy Wong, Bingzhong Chen, Justin Wu, Hakima Amri, Aviad Haramati, Lucy Kotlyanskaya, Belinda Anderson, Roni Evans, Ben Kligler, Paul Marantz, Ryan Bradley, Cathryn Booth-LaForce, Heather Zwickey, Benjamin Kligler, Audrey Brooks, Mary J. Kreitzer, Patricia Lebensohn, Elisabeth Goldblatt, Neus Esmel-Esmel, Maria Jiménez-Herrera, Nadine Ijaz, Heather Boon, Alexandra Jocham, Beate Stock-Schröer, Pascal O. Berberat, Antonius Schneider, Klaus Linde, Morgana Masetti, Henriette Murakozy, Marja Van Vliet, Mats Jong, Miek Jong, Rita Agdal, Fatemeh Atarzadeh, Amir M. Jaladat, Leila Hoseini, Fatemeh Amini, Chen Bai, Tiegang Liu, Zian Zheng, Yuxiang Wan, Jingnan Xu, Xuan Wang, He Yu, Xiaohong Gu, Babak Daneshfard, Majid Nimrouzi, Vahid Tafazoli, Seyed M. Emami Alorizi, Seyed A. Saghebi, Mohammad R. Fattahi, Alireza Salehi, Hossein Rezaeizadeh, Mohammad M. Zarshenas, Majid Nimrouzi, Kealoha Fox, John Hughes, Nenad Kostanjsek, Stéphane Espinosa, George Lewith, Peter Fisher, Abdul Latif, Donald Lefeber, William Paske, Ali Ö. Öztürk, Gizemnur Öztürk, Inge Boers, Wim Tissing, Marianne Naafs, Martine Busch, Miek Jong, Babak Daneshfard, Mohammad R. Sanaye, Kilian Dräger, Peter Fisher, Mary J. Kreitzer, Roni Evans, Brent Leininger, Kate Shafto, Jenny Breen, Mohammad R. Sanaye, Babak Daneshfard, Ana P. Simões-Wüst, Carolina Moltó-Puigmartí, Martien van Dongen, Pieter Dagnelie, Carel Thijs, Shelley White, Solveig Wiesener, Anita Salamonsen, Trine Stub, Vinjar Fønnebø, Sergio Abanades, Mar Blanco, Laia Masllorens, Roser Sala, Shafekah Al-Ahnoumy, Dongwoon Han, Luzhu He, Ha Yun Kim, Da In Choi, Terje Alræk, Trine Stub, Agnete Kristoffersen, Christel von Sceidt, Andreas Michalsen, Stig Bruset, Frauke Musial, Dennis Anheyer, Holger Cramer, Romy Lauche, Felix J. Saha, Gustav Dobos, Dennis Anheyer, Heidemarie Haller, Romy Lauche, Gustav Dobos, Holger Cramer, Hoda Azizi, Nayereh Khadem, Malihe Hassanzadeh, Nazanin Estiri, Hamideh Azizi, Fatemeh Tavassoli, Marzieh Lotfalizadeh, Reza Zabihi, Habibollah Esmaily, Hoda Azizi, Mahmoud Mohammadzadeh Shabestari, Reza Paeizi, Masoumeh Alvandi Azari, Hamidreza Bahrami-Taghanaki, Reza Zabihi, Hamideh Azizi, Habibollah Esmaily, Erik Baars, Anja De Bruin, Anne Ponstein, Sonia Baccetti, Mariella Di Stefano, Elio Rossi, Fabio Firenzuoli, Sergio Segantini, Maria Valeria Monechi, Fabio Voller, Jürgen Barth, Alexandra Kern, Sebastian Lüthi, Claudia Witt, Jürgen Barth, Anja Zieger, Fabius Otto, Claudia Witt, Ariel Beccia, Corina Dunlap, Brendan Courneene, Paula Bedregal, Alvaro Passi, Alfredo Rodríguez, Mayling Chang, Soledad Gutiérrez, Florian Beissner, Florian Beissner, Christine Preibisch, Annemarie Schweizer-Arau, Roxana Popovici, Karin Meissner, Sylvie Beljanski, Laura Belland, Laura Rivera-Reyes, Ula Hwang, Bettina Berger, Dominik Sethe, Dörte Hilgard, Peter Heusser, Felicity Bishop, Miznah Al-Abbadey, Katherine Bradbury, Dawn Carnes, Borislav Dimitrov, Carol Fawkes, Jo Foster, Hugh MacPherson, Lisa Roberts, Lucy Yardley, George Lewith, Felicity Bishop, Miznah Al-Abbadey, Katherine Bradbury, Dawn Carnes, Borislav Dimitrov, Carol Fawkes, Jo Foster, Hugh MacPherson, Lisa Roberts, Lucy Yardley, George Lewith, Felicity Bishop, Michelle Holmes, George Lewith, Lucy Yardley, Paul Little, Cyrus Cooper, Patrizia Bogani, Valentina Maggini, Eugenia Gallo, Elisangela Miceli, Sauro Biffi, Alessio Mengoni, Renato Fani, Fabio Firenzuoli, Nadine Brands-Guendling, Peter W. Guendling, Gert Bronfort, Roni Evans, Mitch Haas, Brent Leininger, Craig Schulz, Xiangwei Bu, J. Wang, T. Fang, Z. Shen, Y. He, X. Zhang, Zhengju Zhang, Dali Wang, Fengxian Meng, Arndt Büssing, Klaus Baumann, Eckhard Frick, Christoph Jacobs, Arndt Büssing, Ralph-Achim Grünther, Désirée Lötzke, Arndt Büssing, Sonny Jung, Désirée Lötzke, Daniela R. Recchia, Sibylle Robens, Thomas Ostermann, Bettina Berger, Josephin Stankewitz, Matthias Kröz, Mika Jeitler, Christian Kessler, Andreas Michalsen, Chunhoo Cheon, Bo H. Jang, Seong G. Ko, Ching W. Huang, Yui Sasaki, Youme Ko, Anna Cheshire, Damien Ridge, John Hughes, David Peters, Maria Panagioti, Chantal Simon, George Lewith, Hyun J. Cho, Dongwoon Han, Soo J. Choi, Young S. Jung, Hyea B Im, Kieran Cooley, Laura Tummon-Simmons, Sian Cotton, Christina M. Luberto, Rachel Wasson, Kristen Kraemer, Richard Sears, Carly Hueber, Gwendolyn Derk, JR Lill, Ruopeng An, Lois Steinberg, Lourdes Diaz Rodriguez, Francisca García-de la Fuente, Miguel De la Vega, Keyla Vargas-Román, Jonatan Fernández-Ruiz, Irene Cantarero-Villanueva, Lourdes Diaz Rodriguez, Francisca García-De la Fuente, Fanny Jiménez-Guerrero, Keyla Vargas-Román, Jonatan Fernández-Ruiz, Noelia Galiano-Castillo, Gualberto Diaz-Saez, José I. Torres-Jimenez, Olga Garcia-Gomez, Luis Hortal-Muñoz, Camino Diaz-Diez, Demijon Dicen, Helene Diezel, Jon Adams, Amie Steel, Jon Wardle, Helene Diezel, Amie Steel, Jane Frawley, Jon Wardle, Alex Broom, Jon Adams, Fei Dong, He Yu, Tiegang Liu, Xueyan Ma, Liyi Yan, Yuxiang Wan, Zian Zheng, Xiaohong Gu, Fei Dong, He Yu, Liqun Wu, Tiegang Liu, Xueyan Ma, Jiaju Ma, Liyi Yan, Yuxiang Wan, Zian Zheng, Jianhua Zhen, Xiaohong Gu, Julie Dubois, Pierre-Yves Rodondi, Friedrich Edelhäuser, Sophia Schwartze, Barbara Trapp, Dirk Cysarz

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Opinion on open-science practices and the importance of scientists’ information literacy skills in context of open science at the university of Rijeka, Croatia &ndash... by Dejana Golenko, Evgenia Arh, Ksenija Bazdaric

“…To obtain papers not available to read online, more than half (56%) used Sci-Hub; slightly more than half (51%) wrote to the authors; 40% asked col-leagues for help; and 35% approached a librarian.Conclusions: Most of the scientists in our study were in favour of open access but con-sidered the publication fees to be too high. …”
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Unifying Pathophysiological Explanations for Sports-Related Concussion and Concussion Protocol Management: Literature Review by Praveen Satarasinghe, D Kojo Hamilton, Robert J Buchanan, Michael T Koltz

“…Following analysis of pathophysiology, concussion protocols and return-to-play guidelines were obtained via a Google search for the major professional sports leagues and synthesized into a summary table. Results: Out of 1112 initially identified publications, 53 met our criteria for qualitative analysis. …”
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Fatigue-Induced Neuromuscular Performance Changes in Professional Male Volleyball Players by Damjana V. Cabarkapa, Dimitrije Cabarkapa, Shay M. Whiting, Andrew C. Fry

“…Ten elite athletes competing in one of the top professional European leagues participated in the present study. While standing on a uni-axial force plate, each athlete performed three CVJs immediately prior to the regular training session. …”
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Effects of COVID-19 pandemic on the psychological states of youth and adult elite male athletes by Yavuz Lima, Seçkin Şenışık, Nevzad Denerel, Onur Hurşitoğlu, Görkem A. Balcı, Gül Ü. Bolat, Metin Ergün

“…Material and methods: Three questionnaires (Depression anxiety stress scale-21, Impact of events scale (IES), International physical activity questionnaire (IPAQ)) were sent to participants' smartphones, six weeks after professional football leagues were postponed. The online survey was completed by 440 athletes and 126 non-athlete volunteers. …”
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Extra-curricular supervised training at an academic hospital: is 200 hours the threshold for medical students to perform well in an emergency room? by Abreu-Reis Phillipe, Oliveira Guilherme, Curtarelli de Oliveira Arthur, Sadique Hammad, Nasr Adonis, Saavedra Tomasich Flávio

“…Additional courses on EM are available through Academic Leagues. This organizations offer lectures and supervised extra-curricular practical activities in their teaching university-affiliated hospital. …”
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Cardiorespiratory fitness status of elite handball referees in Hungary. by Máté Babity, Márk Zámodics, Bálint K Lakatos, Réka Rákóczi, Albert König, Anna Menyhárt-Hetényi, Alexandra Fábián, Anna Kiss, Márton Tokodi, Attila Kovács, Hajnalka Vágó, Béla Merkely, Orsolya Kiss

“…One hundred referees were examined (age: 29.0 ± 7.9 years; male: 64.0%; training: 4.3 ± 2.0 hours/week; ratio of former elite handball players: 39.0%; 51.0% first and 49.0% second division referees of the Hungarian National Handball Leagues). A resting heart rate (HR) of 79.0 ± 12.6 BPM was measured. …”
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Examination of the relationship between basketball referee's mental well-being and emotional regulation levels by Aydın Karaçam, Bekir Erhan Orhan, Ali Selman Özdemir, Alpar Aser Sabuncu, Claudiu Mereută

“…The research sample consisted of 327 active field referees officiating in Turkish basketball leagues during the 2021–2022 season, selected using an accessible sampling method. …”
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Professional and Elite Young Soccer Players: Differences in Functional Movement ScreenTM Values by Italo Sannicandro, Giacomo Cofano, Rosario D'Onofrio, Andrea Piccinno

“…Objective: This study aims to verify the Functional Movement Screen (FMSTM) values in different categories of players, from the youth leagues to professional soccer players. Methods: A sample of soccer players (n=112) took part in the study. …”
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Injury rate and characteristics in Japanese male professional ice hockey players: prospective study of 60 players over 10 seasons by Daisuke Yoneoka, Katsunori Suzuki, Masakazu Terada, Katsuyuki Kenjo, Toshiya Koyanagi, Yuki Suzuki

“…The most frequent mechanism of game-related injury was body checking (45.4%).Conclusion We observed a higher injury rate in a Japanese male professional team compared with rates reported in other leagues. The reported injury characteristics should help to improve injury prevention strategies that should target shoulder dislocations caused by body checking, and finger or wrist fractures resulting from contact with a hockey stick or puck impact.…”
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The call for a strategic framework to improve cancer literacy in Europe by Kristine Sørensen, Lydia E. Makaroff, Laurie Myers, Paul Robinson, Geoffrey J. Henning, Cathryn E. Gunther, Alexander E. Roediger

“…The European Patients Forum, European Cancer Patient Coalition, and the Association of European Cancer Leagues supported a joint statement, “Europe Let’s Do More for Health,” which emphasizes the need to empower citizens and patients by addressing health literacy, self-management, and shared decision-making. …”
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Low-Cost Digital Twin Approach and Tools to Support Industry and Academia: A Case Study Connecting High-Schools with High Degree Education by James Acker, Ishmael Rogers, David Guerra-Zubiaga, Muhammad Hassan Tanveer, Amir Ali Amiri Moghadam

“…Across secondary educational institutions, students are introduced to robotics in classes, after-school clubs, and competition leagues through various educational platforms, vendors, and kits. …”
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COMPARATIVE STUDY ON ANALYSIS OF THE VOLLEYBALL TEAM SERVICE by Mariana SZABO-ALEXI, Cătălin MIHĂESCU, Ilie Cătălin ȘTIRBU, Cătălina Mihaela ȘTIRBU, Paul Cătălin SZABO-ALEXI

“…When the rapid spread of the coronavirus began, the leagues reacted very quickly. As a result, all local, national and international volleyball competitions were canceled within a short period of time. …”
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A survey into the current fitness testing practices of elite male soccer practitioners: from assessment to communicating results by Nikolaos D. Asimakidis, Chris J. Bishop, Marco Beato, Irvin N. Mukandi, Adam L. Kelly, Anthony Weldon, Anthony N. Turner

“…One hundred and two practitioners from professional soccer leagues across 24 countries completed an online survey comprising 29 questions, with five sections: a) background information, b) testing selection, c) testing implementation, d) data analysis, and e) data reporting. …”
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Changes in injury incidences and causes in Swiss amateur soccer between the years 2004 and 2015 by Angela Gebert, Markus Gerber, Uwe Pühse, Oliver Faude, Hanspeter Stamm, Markus Lamprecht

“…During the same period, game and training injury incidences increased across all amateur soccer leagues without exception, but these changes did not reach statistical significance. …”
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Body Pose Estimation Integrated With Notational Analysis: A New Approach to Analyze Penalty Kicks Strategy in Elite Football by Guilherme de Sousa Pinheiro, Xing Jin, Varley Teoldo Da Costa, Martin Lames

“…A total of 34 penalty videos, with standardized viewing angle, from the main European leagues (2017–2020) were analyzed. Relevant body orientation variables were selected for penalty kicks analysis and were extracted from video data through OpenPose technique. …”
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A complete season with attendance restrictions confirms the relevant contribution of spectators to home advantage and referee bias in association football by Fabrizio Sors, Michele Grassi, Tiziano Agostini, Mauro Murgia

“…Methods The continuation of the pandemic made it possible to replicate the previous studies considering the complete 2020–21 season, thus with the important added value of having a fully balanced home/away schedule—and a higher number of matches—in the various leagues. In particular, the sample of the present study consisted of 3,898 matches from the first and second divisions of the UEFA top five ranked countries, that is, England, Spain, Italy, Germany, and France. …”
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