A questionnaire-based investigation of the swimming puppy syndrome: 115 dogs by Lea Rumpel, Petra Kölle, Monika A. Mille, Susanne K. Lauer, Yury Zablotski, Andrea Fischer

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Contributions to a Discussion of <i>Spinosaurus aegyptiacus</i> as a Capable Swimmer and Deep-Water Predator by Jan Gimsa, Ulrike Gimsa

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Efficacy of Core Training in Swimming Performance and Neuromuscular Parameters of Young Swimmers: A Randomised Control Trial by Ahmad Khiyami, Shibili Nuhmani, Royes Joseph, Turki Saeed Abualait, Qassim Muaidi

“…Background: This study aimed to investigate the efficacy of core training in the swimming performance and neuromuscular properties of young swimmers. Methods: Eighteen healthy male swimmers (age: 13 ± 2 years, height: 159.6 ± 14.5 cm, weight: 48.7 ± 12.4 kg) were recruited from the Public Authority for Sports swimming pool in Dammam and randomly assigned to the experimental and control groups. …”
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Monitoring Athletes during Training Camps: Observations and Translatable Strategies from Elite Road Cyclists and Swimmers by Anna E. Saw, Shona L. Halson, Iñigo Mujika

“…The purpose of this paper is to provide insight into the typical measurements and responses observed from monitoring elite road cyclist and swimmers during training camps, and translate these observations to practical strategies for other practitioners to employ. …”
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Changes in Inflammatory Cytokines and Irisin in Response to High Intensity Swimming in Adolescent versus Adult Male Swimmers by Malcolm Sanderson, Brandon J. McKinlay, Alexandros Theocharidis, Rozalia Kouvelioti, Bareket Falk, Panagiota Klentrou

“…However, the potential inflammatory outcomes of high intensity swimming in younger swimmers are unclear, as is the response of irisin, a myokine released during exercise with anti-inflammatory properties. …”
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Particularities of the changes in young swimmers’ body adaptation to the stimuli of physical and mental stress in sports training process by Liliana Mihailescu, Nicoleta Dubiţ, Liviu Emanuel Mihailescu, Vladimir Potop

“…The efficiency of monitoring the young swimmers’ training is based on a precise determination of the changes in the specific adaptations. …”
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Distribution and Prevalence of Elbow Pain (EP) in Elite Swimmers in Tianjin, China—A Regional Epidemiological Study by Weihan Li, Maryam Hadizadeh, Ashril Yusof, Mohamed Nashrudin Naharudin

“…The main findings showed that 183 of the elite freestyle swimmers in this study had EP (accounting for 58.84% of the total 311 participants), with 147 in slight pain and 36 in critical pain. …”
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Psychophysiological Effects of Slow-Paced Breathing on Adolescent Swimmers’ Subjective Performance, Recovery States, and Control Perception by Quentin Merlin, Philippe Vacher, Laurent Mourot, Guillaume Levillain, Guillaume Martinent, Michel Nicolas

“…This study examined the effect of a Slow-Paced Breath (i.e., 6 breaths per minute) without Biofeedback (SPB-NoHRVB) protocol on semi-elite adolescent swimmers’ psychological and physiological states during a seven-week ecological training period. …”
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Effect of breathing conditions on relationships between impairment, breathing laterality and coordination symmetry in elite para swimmers by Ludovic Seifert, Adrien Létocart, Brice Guignard, Mohamed Amin Regaieg

“…Abstract The aim was to investigate the effect of breathing conditions and swimming pace on the relationships between the impairment, the breathing laterality and motor coordination symmetry in elite front crawl Para swimmers. Fifteen elite Para swimmers with unilateral physical impairment or with visual impairment and unilateral breathing preference performed eight 25 m using four breathing conditions (every three strokes, every two strokes on preferred and non-preferred breathing side and apnea) at slow and fast paces in a randomized order. …”
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Effect of Post-Exercise Whole Body Vibration with Stretching on Mood State, Fatigue, and Soreness in Collegiate Swimmers by Justin J. Merrigan, Matthew N. Tynan, Jonathan M. Oliver, Andrew R. Jagim, Margaret T. Jones

“…The purpose was to compare post-exercise self-ratings of fatigue (FAT), mood state (BAM), soreness (SOR), and perceived exertion (RPE) between SS and WBV+SS in swimmers (9 women, mean ± SD: 19.3 ± 1.3 year, 171 ± 5.7 cm, 67.6 ± 7.2 kg, 26.6 ± 4.1 %body fat (%BF); 10 men, mean ± SD: 19.7 ± 1.0 year, 183 ± 5.5 cm, 77.1 ± 4.2 kg, 13.1 ± 2.2 %BF). …”
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Comparison of Ultra-Short Race Pace and High-Intensity Interval Training in Age Group Competitive Swimmers by Konstantinos Papadimitriou, Athanasios Kabasakalis, Anastasios Papadopoulos, Georgios Mavridis, Georgios Tsalis

“…Eighteen national-level swimmers (8 boys, 10 girls) aged 13.5 ± 0.1 years, with 8.0 ± 0.5 years of experience participated in the study. …”
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Characterization of Redox Environment and Tryptophan Catabolism through Kynurenine Pathway in Military Divers’ and Swimmers’ Serum Samples by Laura Sánchez Chapul, Gonzalo Pérez de la Cruz, Lucio Antonio Ramos Chávez, Jesús F. Valencia León, Joel Torres Beltrán, Erika Estrada Camarena, Paul Carillo Mora, Daniela Ramírez Ortega, José U. Baños Vázquez, Gabriela Martínez Nava, Alexandra Luna Angulo, Carlos Martínez Canseco, Tiffany Y. Wences Chirino, Juan Ríos Martínez, Verónica Pérez de la Cruz

“…Results showed a significant loss of body fat in both the diver and swimmer groups. Compared with the control group, divers showed a decrease in Trp and 3-HK levels, but no changes were observed in the KYN/Trp, KYNA/Trp or 3-HK/Trp ratios, while swimmers showed a decrease in KYN levels and an increase in the KYNA and 3-HK levels. …”
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Effectiveness of Positive and Negative Ions for Elite Japanese Swimmers’ Physical Training: Subjective and Biological Emotional Evaluations by Goichi Hagiwara, Hirotoshi Mankyu, Takaaki Tsunokawa, Masaru Matsumoto, Hirokazu Funamori

“…The purpose of this study is to examine the subjective and objective arousal of elite swimmers during physical training under a positive and negative ion environment. …”
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The effect of swimming on the body posture, range of motion and musculoskeletal pain in elite para and able-bodied swimmers by Anna Zwierzchowska, Eliza Gawel, Jakub Karpinski, Adam Maszczyk, Aleksandra Zebrowska

“…Methods Thirty-five (nF = 8; nM = 27; age = 20.51 ± 4.24) elite Para and able-bodied swimmers from the Polish national team took part in the study and were divided into: study group (SG) of Para swimmers and control group (CG) of able-bodied swimmers. …”
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RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN DRY LAND STRENGTH, POWER VARIABLES AND SHORT SPRINT PERFORMANCE IN YOUNG COMPETITIVE SWIMMERS by Nuno Garrido, Daniel A. Marinho, Tiago M. Barbosa, Aldo M. Costa, António J. Silva, José A. Pérez-Turpin, Mário C. Marques

“…The aim of this study was to identify the dry land strength and power tests that can better relate with sprint swimming performance in young competitive swimmers. Twenty-eight (16 boys and 12 girls) young competitive swimmers of national level (12.01 ± 0.56 years-old, Tanner stage 1-2) volunteered to participate in this study. …”
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Effects of Individualized Training and Respiratory Muscle Training on Pulmonary Function among Collegiate Swimmers: an Experimental Study by Sivaguru Muthusamy, K Balasubramanian, Ambusam Subramaniam, Arun Balasubramnaiyam

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Comparison of the effect of 100-meter freestyle swimming and 400-meter running on the electrolytes of short-distance swimmers by Omar Youssef Khalil, Nashwan Ibrahim Al Nuaimi, Omar Alaa El-Din Ahmed

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Sclerostin decreases in regular swimmers after ice swimming and is associated with meteorin-like protein serum levels by Shuai Mu, Chongjun Huang, Bobo Chen, Pengyu Zhao, Haoran Xu, Weihao Zhang, Huixu Dai

“…The fat mass, visceral fat area, fat-free mass, skeletal muscle mass, lumbar spine, and femoral neck bone mineral density of the ice swimmers were measured.Results: After IS, sclerostin exhibited significant decreases, whereas metrnl showed no significant change. …”
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Technical skill differences in stroke propulsion between high level athletes in triathlon and top level swimmers by ALESSANDRO BOTTONI, NUNZIO LANOTTE, PAOLO BOATTO, STEFANO BIFARETTI, MARCO BONIFAZI

“…Each athlete showed a distinctive shape of the pressure curve, but triathletes present a greater variability in the pressure pattern than competitive swimmers, as is the case of novice vs. expert swimmers observed in previous studies. …”
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DOES DISORDERED EATING IMPAIR THE PERFORMANCE OF FEMALE SWIMMERS IN 100M AND 200M FREESTYLE RACES? by Leonardo de Sousa Fortes, Saulo Fernandes Melo de Oliveira, Tony Meireles dos Santos, Sebastião de Sousa Almeida, Maria Elisa Caputo Ferreira

“…ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to compare the performance (best time in seconds) in 100m and 200m freestyle of swimmers according to disordered eating behaviors (DE). 84 women swimmers in infant, youth or junior classes were participants. …”
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