Compacted Conformal Implantable Antenna With Multitasking Capabilities for Ingestible Capsule Endoscope by Muhammad Yousaf, Ismail Ben Mabrouk, Farooq Faisal, Muhammad Zada, Zubair Bashir, Adeel Akram, Mourad Nedil, Hyoungsuk Yoo

“…This study presents a multi-band conformal antenna based endoscopic system for robust biotelemetry communications, which covers five important bands, including the MedRadio (401-406 MHz), Industrial, Scientific, and Medical (ISM) (433.1-434.8 MHz, 868-868.6 MHz, 902-928 MHz), and midfield (1200 MHz) bands. These bands are intended for functions such as biotelemetry, power saving, and wireless power transfer (WPT). …”
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Relationship between the occurrence of cards, playing position and situational variables in starter and non-starter players in the Brazilian soccer first division championship by Gabriel Silveira Guedes da Maia, Paulo Vitor de Souza, Paulo Roberto Sandi, Guilherme Souza Pereira, Paulo Henrique Borges, Anderson Santiago Teixeira, Elisa Dell’Antonio, Juliano Fernandes da Silva

“…Match starting status moderated the association of the outcome with the playing position, current and final ranking position, season, match exposure time and minutes played. The starter’s midfield players were more likely (OR: 1.244, 95% CI: 1.155 to 1.341) to receive a card and forward players were less likely (OR: 0.912, 95% CI: 0.830 to 1.003) to receive a card than the defenders. …”
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Sports injuries of a Portuguese professional football team: a 3-year longitudinal study by Francisco Martins, Cíntia França, Hugo Sarmento, Krzysztof Przednowek, Adilson Marques, Andreas Ihle, Helder Lopes, Élvio Gouveia

“…Seventy-one male professional football players (age = 25.7 ± 3.4 years; stature = 181.6 ± 6.5 cm; body mass = 77 ± 7.2 kg) participated in this study, comprising eight goalkeepers (11.3%), 20 defenders (28.2%), 17 midfielders (23.9%), and 26 forwards (36.6%). All players were followed throughout seasons 2019/2020, 2020/2021, and 2021/2022. …”
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Dietary Intake of Soccer Players before, during and after an Official Game: Influence of Competition Level and Playing Position by Costas Chryssanthopoulos, Athanasios Souglis, Sofia Tsalouhidou, Andrew T. Hulton, Gregory C. Bogdanis, Anatoli Petridou, Anastassios Philippou, Maria Maridaki, Apostolos Theos

“…Furthermore, when data were analyzed by playing position (pooled data), wide midfielders reported higher (<i>p</i> < 0.05) energy (183 ± 33 kJ/kg), carbohydrate (5.4 ± 1.2 g/kg), and fat (1.5 ± 0.4 g/kg) intakes compared to central defenders (energy: 147 ± 37 kJ/kg; carbohydrate: 4.1 ± 1.1 g/kg; fat: 1.2 ± 0.4 g/kg). …”
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Locomotor Demands in Professional Male Football Players: Differences and Variability According to Halves and Playing Positions by Zeki Akyildiz, Yilmaz Yüksel, Erhan Çene, Coskun Parim, Rui Miguel Silva, Anil Isık, Mehmet Yildiz, Ana Filipa Silva, Georgian Badicu, Filipe Manuel Clemente

“…Defenders (DF) and midfielders (MF) showed significant within-position differences between halves for TD (DF: p = 0.000; η2 = 0.127; MF: p = 0.000; η2 = 0.168), for jogging (DF: p = 0.002; η2 = 0.271, and for running (DF: p = 0.000; η2 = 0.067; MF: p = 0.000; η2 = 0.160). …”
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External Match Load in Amateur Soccer: The Influence of Match Location and Championship Phase by Mauro Miguel, Rafael Oliveira, João Paulo Brito, Nuno Loureiro, Javier García-Rubio, Sergio Jose Ibáñez

“…There were higher values observed in the total distance (<i>p</i> = 0.026; ES = 0.76), relative distance (<i>p</i> = 0.016; ES = 0.85), and moderate-intensity accelerations (<i>p</i> = 0.008; ES = 0.93) for central defenders, in very high-speed running distance for forwards (<i>p</i> = 0.011; ES = 1.97), and in high-intensity accelerations (<i>p</i> = 0.036; ES = 0.89) and moderate-intensity decelerations (<i>p</i> = 0.006; ES = 1.11) for wide midfielders in the first phase than in the second phase of the championship. …”
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Validation of a Video-Based Performance Analysis System (Mediacoach®) to Analyze the Physical Demands during Matches in LaLiga by Jose Luis Felipe, Jorge Garcia-Unanue, David Viejo-Romero, Archit Navandar, Javier Sánchez-Sánchez

“…A total of 207 observations of 38 official matches from Liga 1, 2, 3&trade; (2nd Spanish Division, season 2017/18) were included in the study (88 defenders, 84 midfielders, and 35 attackers of the same team). Total distance (TD, m) distance in zone 4 (DZ4) at a speed of 14&ndash;21 km/h, distance in zone 5 (DZ5) at a speed of 21&ndash;24 km/h (DZ5), distance in zone 6 (DZ6) at a speed of &ge;24 km/h, maximum speed (km/h), and number of sprints (actions above 24 km/h) were registered with the Apex&reg; GPS system (STATSports&trade;, Newry, N. …”
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Somatotipo en futbolistas semiprofesionales clasificados por su posición de juego. Somatotype of semiprfesional soccer players classified by their position in the game. by Lidia Guillermina de León Fierro, Lidia Guillermina de León Fierro, Uriel Zúñiga Galavíz, Uriel Zúñiga Galavíz

“…The study group included goalkeepers, midfielders, and forwards. Anthropometric somatotype was determined from ten variables Heath & Carter (1990). …”
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Analysis of goal scoring patterns and passing sequences between winning and losing teams in UEFA-EURO 2012 / Muhamad Safiq Saiful Annur by Saiful Annur, Muhamad Safiq

“…< 0.05), attackers (Z= -3,280, p < 0.05) and also the midfielders (Z= -3.823,p< 0.05). Regarding the passing sequences, there are significant difference between both teams in short passing sequences (Z=-.4.899, p < 0.05) and long passing (Z=-.l .958,p < 0.05). …”
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Somatotype, Accumulated Workload, and Fitness Parameters in Elite Youth Players: Associations with Playing Position by Hadi Nobari, Rafael Oliveira, Filipe Manuel Clemente, Jorge Pérez-Gómez, Elena Pardos-Mainer, Luca Paolo Ardigò

“…Twenty-seven male youth soccer players under-16 were divided by the following positions participated in this study: six central midfielders, four wingers (WG), five forwards, eight defenders, and four goalkeepers (GK). …”
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A Comparison of Anthropometric and Performance Profiles between Elite and Sub-Elite Hurling Players by John Keane, Shane Malone, Ciarán Keogh, Damien Young, Giuseppe Coratella, Kieran Collins

“…Data were categorized into positions at both levels (full-backs, half-backs, midfielders, half-forwards, full-forwards). Multiple two-way ANOVA’s were performed to determine the effect of two fixed factors (level and position) on several anthropometric and performance variables. …”
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Testing decision-making skills in football using augmented reality by Daniel Müller, David Mann

“…The display, which rendered the view of a regular 11v11 football situation was shown from the perspective of a midfield player. The content was displayed using a head mounted augmented reality device. …”
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Effects of Training and Competition Load on Neuromuscular Recovery, Testosterone, Cortisol, and Match Performance During a Season of Professional Football by Amber E. Rowell, Amber E. Rowell, Robert J. Aughey, William G. Hopkins, William G. Hopkins, Alizera Esmaeili, Brendan H. Lazarus, Brendan H. Lazarus, Stuart J. Cormack

“…Center defenders showed a small reduction in coach rating when 14-day a smoothed load increased from −1 SD to the mean (-0.31, ±0.15; mean, ±90% confidence limits), whereas strikers and wide midfielders displayed a small increase in coach rating when load increased 1 SD above the mean. …”
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Network e comportamento coletivo em equipes profissionais de futebol by Ricardo Belli, Gonçalo Dias, José Gama, Vasco Vaz, Cristiano Diniz da Silva

“…Results: It appears that the player 4 (defender) and the player 6 (defense midfield) were the key players and the most influential in the analyzed games. …”
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Lesões musculoesqueléticas em jogadores de futebol durante o campeonato Paraense de 2013 by Gabriel Augusto Remígio Lima do Nascimento, Mariana Garcia Lisboa Borges, Paulo Victor Nascimento De Souza, Dirvalci de Lima Sanches Júnior, José Maria Furtado Júnior

“…The majority of these injuries occurred during training (54.55%), by direct contact and repetitive movement (36.4%) in players aged between 21 and 25 years (77.8%), and midfielders were the most affected (44.44%). The results corroborate the findings of the literature, in which it is realized that the majority of injuries occur in younger individuals and are kind of bruises and sprains, mainly affecting the lower limbs due to the nature of the sport. …”
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Análise complementar do Golo no Futebol através de Análise Notacional, Análise Sequencial e deteção de T-patterns by Fernando Jorge Santos, Hugo Sarmento, Bruno Mendes, Nuno Mauricio, Bruno Furtado, Paulo Malico Sousa, Valter Pinheiro

“…Results: We recorded more occurrences of goals obtained through the interception recoveries in areas of the offensive midfield, where last pass happens in the last third of the field and finalizing in the penalty area and with the right foot. …”
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In-Season Match Demands Of Men’s Collegiate Soccer: A Comparison By Half, Position, Match Outcome, Match Location, And Competition Phase by Richard Aziz, Margaret T. Jones, Andrew R. Jagim, Mary Kate Feit, Nicholas Kuhlman Kuhlman, Thomas Crabhill, Jennifer B. Fields

“…Forwards demonstrated significantly higher top speeds (9.5±2.0 m/s) than midfielders (8.0±1.1 m/s) and defenders (7.7±1.2 m/s). …”
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Network e comportamento coletivo em equipes profissionais de futebol by Ricardo Belli, Gonçalo Dias, José Gama, Vasco Vaz, Cristiano Diniz da Silva

“…Results: It appears that the player 4 (defender) and the player 6 (defense midfield) were the key players and the most influential in the analyzed games. …”
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Awareness of and interaction with physician rating websites: A cross-sectional study in Austria. by Bernhard Guetz, Sonja Bidmon

“…Even though more than three quarters of the respondents know that PRWs exist, compared to other rating platforms, they are only in the lower midfield. The upper ranks are taken by websites on which restaurant visits (98.9%, 552/558), hotel stays (97.7%, 545/558) or movies (95.5%, 533/558) can be rated. …”
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Futebol: avaliação técnico/tática em atletas de categorias de base by Otávio Nogueira Balzano, George Washington Silva de Sousa, Ítalo Nunes Braga, Pedro Henrique Nascimento Morais

“…Regarding to the position's clash, the midfielders are the highlights. The test 4 showed with more reality the player's performance and their characteristics in a match. …”
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