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Método para la determinación de la potencia efectiva para el salto vertical: Informe técnico
(2013)
En el rendimiento deportivo, la medición de la potencia ha sido un tema de mucho interés a lo largo de los años. Una de las pruebas prácticas más utilizadas es la prueba de Bosco que, sin embargo, mide la potencia en forma ...
Evaluation of four vertical jump tests: methodology, reliability, validity, and accuracy (postprint)
(2000)
Vertical jump performance tests can give considerably different results, even when different methods are used to analyze a single jump trial. To evaluate and compare four different methods commonly used to measure vertical ...
Validity and reliability of the Nintendo Wii Balance Board to assess standing balance and sensory integration in highly functional older adults
(2013-12-12)
Standing balance is an important motor task to perform daily life activities. Postural instability associated with age typically rises from a deterioration or failure of peripheral sensory systems. The modified Clinical ...
Extreme Environmental Heat Stress in Costa Rica
(1989-07-16)
Five years of meteorological records were manually tabulated and analyzed for the estimation of the maximum WBGT (an environmental heat stress index) values that could be expected at different times of the day in three ...
La ética de la investigación científica (con énfasis en las ciencias del movimiento humano)
The Ethics of Scientific Research (with Particular Emphasis on Exercise and Movement Science)
(2015)
En este manuscrito se hace una revisión de cómo fue que llegamos a las prácticas actuales en la ética de la investigación científica, presentando algunos temas que son de interés especial para el científico de la actividad ...
Palatability and Voluntary Intake of Three Commercially Available Sports Drinks and Unflavored Water during Prolonged Exercise in Hot and Humid Conditions
(Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise: 39(5), p S315, 2007-05)
PURPOSE: This study compared the palatability and voluntary intake of beverages that have different sensory characteristics, between male and female athletes while running or racewalking in a tropical climate.
METHODS: ...
Post-exercise Rehydration: Potassium-rich Drinks vs. Water and a Sports Drink
Rehidratación post-ejercicio: bebidas con alto contenido de potasio vs. agua y una bebida deportiva
(2014-05-20)
Fluid retention, thirst quenching, tolerance, and palatability of different drinks were assessed. On four different days, 12 healthy, physically active volunteers (24.4 ± 3.2 years old, 74.75 ± 11.36 kg body mass (mean ± ...
Thirst sensitivity to post-exercise fluid replacement needs and controlled drinking
(2014-05-02)
Purpose: Thirst was evaluated as a dependent variable, to see if perceived thirst (TP) can clearly distinguish among several levels of acute dehydration, and if so, how it responds over time to the ingestion of a predetermined ...
Incomplete warm-climate post-exercise rehydration with water, coconut water, or a sports drink
(Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 32(5s), 238., 2011-10-01)
It is common to find mild to serious dehydration during exercise in hot, humid conditions. To restore euhydration, the literature shows that a fluid volume larger than sweat loss should be ingested post-exercise; ingestion ...
Evaluation of Four Vertical Jump Tests: Methodology, Reliability, Validity, and Accuracy
(2000)
Vertical jump performance tests can give considerably different results, even when
different methods are used to analyze the same jump trial from the same subject. To
evaluate and compare 4 different methods commonly ...