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Unpicking the emperor’s new clothes: perceived attributes of the captain in sports teams
(Frontiers in Psychology, 2019)
Much importance has been assigned to the role of the team captain. In this article, we test whether today’s team captains live up to these high expectations. Furthermore, we provide greater insight into the selection ...
International consensus statement on the psychosocial and policy-related approaches to mental health awareness programmes in sport
(BMJ Open Sport and Exercise Medicine, 2019)
Background: Research focused on mental health in sport has revealed a need to develop evidence-supported mental health practices that are sensitive to sport culture, particularly for non-elite athletes. A consensus statement ...
Passive elastic contribution of hip extensors to joint moments during walking in people with low back pain
(Clinical Biomechanics, 2018-12)
Background: It has been found that alterations in passive muscle properties may be associated with low back pain, and these may be responsible for the altered gait parameters often observed in subjects with back pain. The ...
Equity of physical characteristics between adolescent males and females participating in single-or mixed-sex sport
(The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 2018-05)
Krause, LM, Naughton, GA, Benson, AC, and Tibbert, S. Equity of physical characteristics between adolescent males and females participating in single- or mixed-sex sport. J Strength Cond Res 32(5): 1415–1421, 2018—Policies ...
The effectiveness of different visual skills training programmes on elite cricket players
(European Journal of Sport and Exercise Science, 2018)
The effectiveness of visual training interventions for athletes has been questioned over the last few years. Few studies have shown the potential for generic visual skills to improve visual performance in the sport while ...
Engagement as predictors of performance in a single cohort of undergraduate chiropractic students
(Journal of Chiropractic Education, 2018)
Objective: To investigate the potential association of novel academic and nonacademic factors with chiropractic student academic performance.
Methods: Students enrolled into year 1 of a chiropractic master's degree ...
Low back pain: Identifying sub-groups, clinical prediction rules and measuring results
(Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice, 2018)
Low back pain is a complex, multifactorial health problem with huge socioeconomic impact. The purpose of this brief
review was to reconsider the use of the biopsychosocial model as a basis for subgrouping cases to support ...
Working as a sport psychology practitioner in professional cricket: Challenges, experiences, and opportunities
(Sport Psychologist, 2018)
While there have been increasing opportunities for sport psychology practitioners in cricket, there are concerns regarding employment practices in the field and the knock-on impact on the practitioners. The aim of this ...
Correlations between individuals’ characteristics and spinal stiffness in individuals with and without back pain: A combined analysis of multiple data sets
(Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics, 2018)
Objective: The purpose of this study was to describe the correlations between individual characteristics and spinal stiffness as measured with different spinal stiffness measurement devices in individuals with and without ...
Anti-directional cervical intervertebral motion: could it have gone any other way?
(Journal of Spine Surgery, 2018)