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Human performance

Freestyle master’s swimming: Nationality, sex, and performance trends in World Aquatics competitions (1986–2024)

Wais Ahmad, Matthias Wilhelm, Sascha Moreitz, Marilia Santos Andrade, Pedro Forte, Arkadiusz Stanula, Pantelis T. Nikolaidis, Ivan Cuk, Mabliny Thuany, Katja Weiss, Thomas Rosemann, Lee Hill, Aldo Seffrin, Beat Knechtle

published 10 Sep 2025

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Sex differences in performance and pacing in the greatest Quintuple Iron ultra-triathlon race in history: The IUTA World Championship 2024 in France

Beat Knechtle, Luciano Bernardes Leite, Sasa Duric, Ivan Cuk, Marilia S. Andrade, Volker Scheer, Pantelis T. Nikolaidis, Katja Weiss, Thomas Rosemann, Pedro Forte

published 03 Sep 2025

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The complex interplay between psychological factors and sports performance: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Mert Ayranci, Mehmet Kemal Aydin

published 26 Aug 2025

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How fast-and-frugal trees can inform diagnostic and intervention decisions for enhancing elite athlete performance

Lena Siebert, Lukas Reichert, Lisa Musculus, Laura Will, Ahmed Al-Ghezi, Markus Raab, Karen Zentgraf

published 18 Aug 2025

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Effects of concurrent training on the Chinese female elite triathletes

Chenghao Liu, Zhenyu Zhang, Rui Mao, Li Xia, Yun Xie

published 13 Aug 2025

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Multimodal fusion approach for sports injury prevention and pose keypoint detection

Chao Ji, Yuanfu Zhong, Minghao Gao

published 11 Aug 2025

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Physical fitness characteristics and comprehensive physical fitness evaluation model of basketball players based on association rule algorithm

Yongkang Ding

published 29 Jul 2025

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The effect of targeting and interceptive timing tasks on the brain waves of elite and educated athletes

Fatemeh Keshvari, Alireza Farsi, Behrouz Abdoli, Alireza Bahrami

published 23 Jul 2025

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Language in vivo vs. in silico: Size matters but Larger Language Models still do not comprehend language on a par with humans due to impenetrable semantic reference

Vittoria Dentella, Fritz Günther, Evelina Leivada

published 17 Jul 2025

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Using simulation to uncover care aides physiological and emotional responses to their work: A research protocol

Patricia Morris, Rose McCloskey, Karen Furlong, Jennifer Moore

published 17 Jul 2025

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The effects of 8 weeks of sprint interval training on repeated sprinting and specialized ability in college volleyball players

Chao Wei, Jing An, Lin Zhou

published 16 Jul 2025

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Relationships between the ground reaction force during initial sprint acceleration and the vertical force–velocity profile

Motoki Katsuge, Hikaru Kurosaki, Hiromu Watanabe, Sohma Kambayashi, Kosuke Hirata, Kuniaki Hirayama

published 15 Jul 2025

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Perceptual-cognitive skills and talent development environments in soccer: A scoping review

Andrew O. Triggs, Joe Causer, Allistair P. McRobert, Matthew Andrew

published 08 Jul 2025

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