Sport-specific influences on respiratory patterns in elite athletes by Tijana Durmic, Biljana Lazovic, Marina Djelic, Jelena Suzic Lazic, Dejan Zikic, Vladimir Zugic, Milica Dekleva, Sanja Mazic

“…In addition, PEF was significantly higher in basketball players than in handball players (p < 0.001). …”
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Prevalence and Burden of Physical Problems in Female College Basketball Athletes: A 135-Day Prospective Cohort Study by Nagano Y, Shimada Y, Sasaki N, Shibata M

“…Yasuharu Nagano,1 Yui Shimada,2 Naoki Sasaki,1 Masaki Shibata1 1Faculty of Physical Education, Japan Women&rsquo;s College of Physical Education, Tokyo, Japan; 2Faculty of Health Sciences, Tokyo Ariake University of Medical and Health Sciences, Tokyo, JapanCorrespondence: Yasuharu NaganoFaculty of Physical Education, Japan Women&rsquo;s College of Physical Education, 8-19-1, Kitakarasuyama, Setagaya, Tokyo, 157-8565, JapanTel +81-3-3300-5437Fax +81-3-3300-5437Email nagano.yasuharu@jwcpe.ac.jpIntroduction: The purpose of this prospective cohort study was to investigate the prevalence and burden of &ldquo;any physical complaint&rdquo; in college female basketball athletes using a daily questionnaire.Methods: Fifty-four female college basketball players were recruited and followed up for 135 days using the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Centre questionnaire.Results: The questionnaire response rate was 96.4% (95% confidence interval: 95.7&ndash; 97.1). …”
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Game schedule congestion affects weekly workloads but not individual game demands in semi-professional basketball by Jordan Fox, Cody O’Grady, Aaron T. Scanlan

“…To quantify and compare workloads encountered by basketball players during individual games played across 1-, 2-, and 3-day periods in the same week, and during weeks where 1, 2, and 3 games are scheduled. …”
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Sport-specific influences on respiratory patterns in elite athletes by Tijana Durmic, Biljana Lazovic, Marina Djelic, Jelena Suzic Lazic, Dejan Zikic, Vladimir Zugic, Milica Dekleva, Sanja Mazic

“…In addition, PEF was significantly higher in basketball players than in handball players (p < 0.001). …”
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Mortality of NBA Players: Risk Factors and Comparison with the General US Population by Jose A. Martínez, Klaus Langohr, Julián Felipo, Martí Casals

“…This is one of the first studies using such an extensive cohort of professional basketball players and Cox proportional hazards models. …”
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The field of expertise modulates the time course of neural processes associated with inhibitory control in a sport decision-making task by Marie Simonet, Paolo Ruggeri, Etienne Sallard, Jérôme Barral

“…We compared table tennis players (n = 20), basketball players (n = 20) and endurance athletes (n = 17) to identify how years of practicing a sport in an unpredictable versus predictable environment shape the IC brain networks and increase the transfer effects to untrained tasks. …”
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Effect of Heart rate on Basketball Three-Point Shot Accuracy by Luca P. Ardigò, Goran Kuvacic, Antonio D. Iacono, Giacomo Dascanio, Johnny Padulo, Johnny Padulo

“…The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of different metabolic conditions, in terms of heart rates, on 3S accuracy (3S%) in 24 male (Under 17) basketball players (age 16.3 ± 0.6 yrs). 3S performance was specifically investigated at different heart rates. …”
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Motor experience with a sport-specific implement affects motor imagery by Lanlan Zhang, Yanling Pi, Hua Zhu, Cheng Shen, Jian Zhang, Yin Wu

“…We asked a group of basketball players (experts) and a group of healthy controls (novices) to physically perform (motor execution) and mentally simulate (motor imagery) basketball throws. …”
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Causes of bradycardia with static respiratory hypoxia in athletes by Yu. E. Vaguine

“…According to some literature data, during voluntary long-term breath holding (BH), the heart rate (HR) increases, and according to others, it decreases.Objective: to determine the psychophysiological parameters that cause a change in HR during BH in athletes with different resistance to respiratory hypoxia.Materials and methods: HR at BH was studied in 14 beginner athletes, 15 basketball players and 12 swimmers-divers. Duration of BH was recorded. …”
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Age and sex differences in game-related statistics which discriminate winners from losers in elite basketball games by Haruhiko Madarame

“…Abstract AIMS To advance knowledge of long-term development of basketball players, this study investigated age and sex differences in game-related statistics which discriminate winners from losers in World Basketball Championships held after the 2010 rule change. …”
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<b> Anthropometric profile and indicators of playing performance in Brazilian women´s olympic basketball teams </b> by João Antonio Nunes, Marcelo Saldanha Aoki, Leandro Ricardo Altimari, Edio Luiz Petroski, Dante de Rose Júnior, Paulo Cesar Montagner

“…The aim of the present study was to investigate the correlation between anthropometric parameters (weight, height, body fat, BMI) and performance indicators (playing time, points, rebounds, errors, steals) in female national basketball players. The study was conducted during the 2000 and 2004 Olympic Games. …”
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The association between ankle mobility and Achilles tendon, plantar fascia, iliotibial band stiffness and elasticity in athletes by Serkan Usgu, Seda Biçici Uluşahin, Tuğba Gönen

“…Dominant side AT and nondominant side ITB-elasticity of runners and nondominant and dominant side ITB-stiffness of basketball players were significantly higher (p<0.05). …”
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The relationship between internal and external loads as a tool to monitor physical fitness status of team sport athletes: a systematic review by Adriano Lima-Alves, João Claudino, Daniel Boullosa, Crislaine Rangel Couto, Francisco Teixeira-Coelho, Eduardo M. Pimenta

“…Fifty-nine percent of the sample were soccer players, 20% rugby players, 10% Australian football players, 7% hurling players, and 4% basketball players. Most Effindex calculations used total distance (TD) divided by heart rate derived parameters. …”
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Investigating the stretch-shortening cycle fatigue response to a high-intensity stressful phase of training in collegiate men's basketball by Nicolas M. Philipp, Ramsey M. Nijem, Dimitrije Cabarkapa, Charles M. Hollwedel, Andrew C. Fry

“…The aim of this study was to explore the SSC fatigue response to a one-week high-intensity fatiguing phase of training in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division-I basketball players.MethodsThe study timeline consisted of three weeks of baseline measures, one week of high-intensity training, and two weeks of follow-up testing. …”
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Hamstring-to-Quadriceps Ratio in Female Athletes with a Previous Hamstring Injury, Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction, and Controls by Eleftherios Kellis, Nikiforos Galanis, Nikolaos Kofotolis

“…This study examined three hamstrings-to-quadriceps (H:Q) strength ratio types (conventional, functional, and mixed) in thirteen female athletes with a history of hamstring injury, fourteen basketball players following ACL reconstruction and 34 controls. …”
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تأثير برنامج بدني لتحسين المستقبلات الحسية للوقاية من اصابات مفصل الکاحل للاعبات کرة السلة by شيماء مصطفي, mohamed kadry, ashraf abdelsalam

“…The researchers used the experimental method of two groups, one of them is control and the other is experimental, by following the pre and post measurement, and the sample was chosen by an intentional method consisting of (16 players) basketball players in the October shooting Club, and the duration of the program is three months.…”
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Changes in salivary markers during basketball long-term and short-term training periods: a systematic review by Paulius Kamarauskas, Daniele Conte

“…The analysis of short-term training periods showed that strength-hypertrophy training induced higher C levels compared to a non-exercising day, one-power training and one-endurance training session in female basketball players, while no changes were evident for T and IgA. …”
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Acute effects of tissue flossing versus neuromuscular electrical stimulation of the quadriceps femoris muscle on improving vertical jump performance by Teo, Felix Jun Yang

“…The evidence generated adds to current knowledge regarding the acute effects and effectiveness of TF and NMES on VJ. 20 male basketball players (aged 23.45 ± 2.13) participated in this randomized crossover study. …”
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USE OF THE 30 M ACCELERATION TEST FOR PREDICTING RESULTS AT ATHLETIC TESTS OF SPEED ON 60, 100 AND 200 M IN CHILDREN WITH A RANGE OF 10 TO 11 YEARS by Dan Alexandru SZABO, Pia Simona FᾸGᾸRAȘ, Laura CIULEA, Ioan Sabin SOPA

“…Results: The results showed that students who practice sports (football or basketball) obtained better results at the 30 m acceleration test than children that don’t practice sport at all We obtained statistical significant difference comparing the group of football players and basketball players and the unsportsmanlike children group. …”
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The Effects of Inter-Set Recovery Time on Explosive Power, Electromyography Activity, and Tissue Oxygenation during Plyometric Training by Shuo Guan, Nan Lin, Yue Yin, Haibin Liu, Liqing Liu, Liping Qi

“…Ten university male basketball players participated in this study. Subjects performed 4 groups of exercise, each group comprised of 3 sets of jumps: 1, 2, 3, or 5 min. …”
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