Basketball - Physiology
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

When an athlete can't catch his breath.

30 Aug 2009 Don't rely on self-reported symptoms to diagnose exercise-induced bronchoconstriction (EIB). Indirect testing is the best way to diagnose EIB in patients who do not have underlying asthma. Short-acting beta2-agonists should be first-line management ... Read more...

Lower limb maximal dynamic strength and agility determinants in elite basketball players.

30 Jul 2009 The aims of this study were to examine the relationship between squat 1 repetition maximum (1RM) and basketball-relevant tests and the variables that influence agility (T-test) in elite male professional basketball players (n = 14, age 23.3 +/- 2.7 ... Read more...

Saccades and prefrontal hemodynamics in basketball players.

28 Jun 2009 We investigated saccade performance and prefrontal hemodynamics in basketball players with different skill levels. Subjects were 27 undergraduate basketball players and 13 non-athlete undergraduates (control group: CON). The players were divided ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Basketball - Physiology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• When an athlete can't catch his breath. 30 Aug 2009
• Lower limb maximal dynamic strength and agility determinants in elite basketball players. 30 Jul 2009
• Saccades and prefrontal hemodynamics in basketball players. 28 Jun 2009
• Analogy learning and the performance of motor skills under pressure. 30 May 2009
• Heart rate, blood lactate concentration, and time-motion analysis of female basketball players during competition. 30 May 2009
• Blood metabolites during basketball competitions. 29 Apr 2009
• Impact of fatigue on the position of the release arm and shoulder girdle over a longer shooting distance for an elite basketball player. 29 Apr 2009
• Lower-extremity strength profiles and gender-based classification of basketball players ages 9-22 years. 27 Feb 2009
• Effects of acupuncture stimulation on recovery ability of male elite basketball athletes. 30 Dec 2008
• Physical attributes, physiological characteristics, on-court performances and nutritional strategies of female and male basketball players. 30 Dec 2008
• A comparison of two landing styles in a two-foot vertical jump. 30 Dec 2008
• Mononeuropathies of inferior and superior gluteal nerves due to hypertrophy of piriformis muscle in a basketball player. 29 Nov 2008
• The contribution of stretch-shortening cycle and arm-swing to vertical jumping performance in children, adolescents, and adult basketball players. 30 Oct 2008
• An intensive combined training program modulates physical, physiological, biomotoric, and technical parameters in women basketball players. 30 Oct 2008
• The impact of a 17-day training period for an international championship on mucosal immune parameters in top-level basketball players and staff members. 29 Sep 2008
• Optimal release conditions for the free throw in men's basketball. 30 Aug 2008
• The effect of recovery strategies on physical performance and cumulative fatigue in competitive basketball. 30 Aug 2008
• Weekly training volume and hematological status in female top-level athletes of different sports. 30 Aug 2008
• The effect of regular long term training on antioxidant enzymatic activities. 30 Aug 2008
• Gaze behavior in basketball shooting: further evidence for online visual control. 30 Aug 2008

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Technical information about 'Basketball'

Definition: A competitive team sport played on a rectangular court having a raised basket at each end.

Descriptor UI: D001490

Alternative terms: Basketball; Basketballs;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; injuries; legislation & jurisprudence; psychology; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics; physiology;

Tree Number: I03.450.642.845.117;

History Note: 90(87); was see under SPORTS 1987-89

Technical Notes: /inj: coord IM with specific inj (IM); /physiol permitted; Manual 30.15.1