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Marcello Giaccone

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Effects of a Physical Activity Intervention on Physical Fitness of schoolchildren: The Enriched Sport Activity Program

2020

Background: Physical fitness in youth is a predictor of health in adulthood. The main objective of the present study was to understand if an enriched sport activity program could increase physical fitness in a population of schoolchildren. Methods: In a sample of 672 children aged 10.0 &plusmn

Malefitness testsMulti-stage fitness testmedicine.medical_specialtysporting activitiesAdolescentfitness tests ; schoolchildren ; exercise ; warm-up ; sporting activities ; cognitive tasks ; inhibition ; working memory ; shiftingHealth Toxicology and MutagenesisPhysical fitnessPopulationPhysical activitylcsh:Medicineshiftingmedicine.disease_causeArticleworking memory03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineJumpingCognitive tasks Exercise Fitness tests Inhibition Schoolchildren Shifting Sporting activities Warm-up Working memorymedicineHumansMuscle StrengthChildeducationMotor skilleducation.field_of_studyexercisebusiness.industrylcsh:RPublic Health Environmental and Occupational Healthschoolchildren030229 sport scienceswarm-upcognitive tasksinhibitionSprintPhysical FitnessExercise TestPhysical therapyFemaleIllinoisbusiness030217 neurology & neurosurgeryThrowingInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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Effects of the Enriched Sports Activities-Program on Executive Functions in Italian Children.

2020

Physical activity (PA) during childhood plays an important role in brain development. This role is played in both the structural domain, prefrontal cortex area, and in the functional domain, involving the higher cognitive functions, including the executive functions (EF). Working memory (WM), inhibition, and switching as fundamental EF were investigated in an Italian children sample before and after four months of an Enriched Sports Activities-Program (ESA-Program). EFs were assessed at pre-test and post-test using, respectively, the digit span test, the color word Stroop test, and the trail making test derived from Millisecond Software. The Italian sample was composed of 141 children aged …

Histologylcsh:Diseases of the musculoskeletal systemTrail Making Testphysical activityPhysical Therapy Sports Therapy and RehabilitationArticleDevelopmental psychology03 medical and health sciencesSettore M-PSI/04 - Psicologia Dello Sviluppo E Psicologia Dell'Educazione0302 clinical medicineRheumatologyMemory spanOrthopedics and Sports MedicineCognitive skillPrefrontal cortexWorking memoryESA-Program Executive functions Physical activityESA-ProgramCognition030229 sport sciencesExecutive functionsexecutive functionsexecutive functionAnatomylcsh:RC925-935PsychologySettore M-EDF/01 - Metodi E Didattiche Delle Attivita' Motorie030217 neurology & neurosurgeryStroop effectJournal of functional morphology and kinesiology
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Biochemical adaptations in middle-distance runners: an assessment of blood and anthropometric parameters

2014

In order to understand the mechanism underlying the physiological adaptation of purely aerobic workout, we investigated the effect of 2 months of training on nine males (17-22 year-old) middle distance running agonistic athletes. Blood sample was collected in the morning to analyze: hematological parameters, lipid profile, liver function enzymes [glutamate oxaloacetate transaminase, glutamate pyruvate transaminase, gamma-glutamyl transferase (γ-GT)] and skeletal and myocardial markers of muscle damage [creatin kinase (CK) and creatin kinase MB (CK-MB)]. Endurance training, as it implies high oxygen consumption, should increase reactive oxygen species, but it has been shown that exercise lea…

medicine.medical_specialtyAntioxidantmedicine.medical_treatmentPlant ScienceOxidative phosphorylationBiologymedicine.disease_causeSettore BIO/09 - FisiologiaGeneral Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular BiologyEndurance trainingInternal medicineSettore BIO/10 - BiochimicamedicineAerobic exerciselcsh:QH301-705.5MorningSettore M-EDF/02 - Metodi E Didattiche Delle Attivita' Sportivemedicine.diagnostic_testBiochemistry (medical)Endocrinologylcsh:Biology (General)BiochemistryLiver functionmiddle-distance runners oxidative stress CK-MB biochemical parameters body weightLipid profileSettore M-EDF/01 - Metodi E Didattiche Delle Attivita' MotorieOxidative stress
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The Case of Insertional Adductor Tendinopathy of an International-Level 3,000-m Steeplechase Runner

2021

Background: Groin pain is a frequent condition among athletes. One of the causes of groin pain is tendinopathy, a frequently diagnosed medical condition, which can also occur in the adductor muscles. Despite the high prevalence of this medical condition among athletes, it is infrequent to observe tendinopathic groin pain in steeplechase runners. The aim of this case study is to describe the case of an international-level 3,000-m steeplechase runner with groin pain, who was subsequently diagnosed with adductor insertional tendinopathy.Case Presentation: We present the case of an Italian 3,000-m steeplechase and long distance runner, Ala Zoghlami (180 cm, 57 kg), with groin pain, diagnosed as…

tendinopathiemedicine.medical_specialty03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicinemedicine030212 general & internal medicineOriginal ResearchInternational levelbiologyGroinAthletesbusiness.industrygroin pain030229 sport sciencesmalocclusionmedicine.diseasebiology.organism_classificationmedicine.anatomical_structureSports and Active LivingOsteopathyRadiological weaponGV557-1198.995Physical therapyathleteTendinopathyAdductor musclesMalocclusionbusinesshuman activitiesrunnerSports
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