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Proceedings of the 1st International Conference in Science and Football, 15-17 April 2011, Palermo - Italy

2011

Have we had enough of Football...? Well well well!!! As far as this sport is still a source of joy, an inspiration, an educational tool, a recreation, a pleasure and a mass mobilising for some people, we will continue to “bother you with”... ;-) By the way, the International Week of Football (IWF) is new concept, born within a moment of brain storm between the office and the 5-a-side indoor football gym at the University of Greenwich, UK in summer 2010. “Let’s do something international between the UK and Italy”, Monèm said “Oh yeah, why not!” Antonino said “It could great...! the UK is a great nation of football and Italy is well renowned for its footballistic experts” The rest was a just …

ATTIVITA’ FISICA LATTACIDA IN SOGGETTI AFFETTI DA SCLEROSI MULTIPLA: UN MODELLO DI ANALISI INTERDISCIPLINARE

La qualità della vita è considerata un prodotto derivante da benessere fisico, mentale e sociale e può ovviamente essere compromessa in soggetti affetti da sclerosi multipla (SM), malattia autoimmune cronica demielinizzante che può presentare disturbi abbastanza variegati. Oggetto della presente tesi di dottorato è stato quello di testare un modello di approccio interdisciplinare che possa migliorare la qualità della vita nei pazienti affetti da SM, attraverso la promozione dell'attività fisica, considerando i benefici indotti dalla stessa sullo stato di salute sia fisico che mentale dei pazienti affetti da questa patologia. Particolare attenzione è stata rivolta alla valutazione dei fattor…

Effects of conjugated linoleic acid and endurance training on peripheral blood and bone marrow of trained mice

2007

Fat supplements, es- pecially conjugated linoleic acid (CLA), are increasingly popular ergogenic aids among endurance athletes. To evaluate the im- portance of fat supplementation in the practice of endurance sports, we investigated the effects of CLA supplementation on body weight, muscle hypertrophy, peripheral blood composition, and bone marrow composition in healthy, young, endurance- trained mice. Young, healthy mice were subdivided into control, trained, and treated groups, according to their running atti- tudes. Training was performed over a period of 6 weeks on a treadmill, at a gradually increasing duration and speed. CLA- treated groups were gavaged with 0.425 mg·d 1 CLA supplemen…

How does physical education affect the development locomotor and object control skills in preschool children?

2016

Introduction Unlike other European countries, in Italian kindergartens the physical education (PE) teacher is not including in the school organic personnel. This is frequently associated with lack of opportunities to perform PE by preschool children. Therefore, the aim of this study was to analyse whether the effects of a PE program on the development of locomotor and object control skills in preschool children would depend on the hour amount of intervention. Methods This study involved 189 children (age: 4.62 ± 0.97 years; Height: 107.83 ± 7.82 cm, body weight: 19.84 ± 4.95 kg) of 8 Palermo kindergartens who were randomly divided in a control group (C, n= 29), an intervention group 1 (I1, …

La pubalgia nello sportivo: quadri RM di “Osteite Pubica"

2005

La pubalgia è una sindrome dolorosa, a volte a carattere invalidante, che colpisce sia gli sportivi agonisti che quelli amatoriali, rappresenta il 2-5% delle patologie correlate all’attività sportiva agonistica e non sempre le sue cause sono facilmente diagnosticabili. L’osteite pubica rappresenta una delle principali cause di dolore inguinale e colpisce gli sportivi nel 0,5-0,7% dei casi. Dal settembre 2003 all’agosto 2004, 40 atleti, 37 uomini e 3 donne (età compresa tra 18 e 37 anni; età media: 24 anni), con diagnosi clinica di pubalgia sono stati sottoposti a RM del bacino. In tutti i casi la sintomatologia era caratterizzata da dolore mono (33%) o bilaterale (67%) con irradiazione alla…

STUDY OF GENDER DIFFERENCES IN FUTSAL

2012

The purpose of this study was to evaluate gender differences in futsal male and female professional players with at least three years of sports practice at the federal level. For this reason we analyzed the anthropometric characteristics and athletic performance by standardized agility and speed tests such as: Agility T-test, 20-m Sprint test and shuttle test. We found significant sex and role-related differences in futsal game in agreement with the scientific literature that show a best performance of male soccer players than female ones in Agility T-test, 20-m Sprint test and shuttle test.

Rilevanza della tipologia e durata dell'allungamento muscolare e possibili applicazioni cliniche

La flessibilità è una componente chiave per la salute, pertanto il mantenimento di un appropriato livello di flessibilità è fondamentale per l’espletamento delle attività della vita quotidiana. Per migliorare la flessibilità, può essere usato lo stretching, una tecnica che agisce sull’ unità muscolo-tendinea che promuove l’arco di movimento(ROM). Varie tipologie di stretching sono conosciute, ma poco si sa su quale sia la strategia più idonea, o se vi sia una relazione tra una specifica tipologia di stretching ed il tempo ottimale necessario ad indurre un adattamento a lungo termine nel ROM. Per cui questa tesi di dottorato si è prefissa di capire la relazione che sussiste tra la tipologia …

TRAUMI E TRAUMATISMI ASSOCIATI ALLA PRATICA SPORTIVA

2014

Increased expression of titin in mouse gastrocnemius muscle after an endurance-training program

2007

Titin, a sarcomeric giant protein, plays crucial roles in muscle assembly, elasticity and stability. Little is known about titin adaptation to endurance exercise. We studied the effects of endurance training on titin expression in mouse gastrocnemius muscles (MGM). Sixty-three ten-week-old male Swiss mice were divided into seven groups. Four groups were composed of untrained control animals (C0, C15, C30, C45) instead the other three included mice trained for 15 (T15), 30 (T30) and 45 (T45) days by treadmill. The training protocol was mainly aerobic, characterized by moderate-intensity, rhythmic and continuous exercises. Titin expression was determined by immunohistochemistry on MGM section…

Percentile values of the standing broad jump in children and adolescents aged 6-18 years old

2020

The standing broad jump (SBJ) is a valid, reliable and feasible field-based test, which can evaluate explosive strength of the lower limbs and physical fitness. This study aimed to provide normative data for the SBJ for male and female children and adolescents and describe differences in performance between age groups and genders. A total number of 2140 children and adolescents, sampled in seven European nations have been included for analysis. The SBJ was performed to derive percentile values for gender and each age group. In general, males have greater jumping performance compared to females. Data demonstrate a linear increase in the jumping distance for both males and females until adole…