2017
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Olympic games: determinants of final ranking factors in men’s and women’s beach volley teams
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(Angelonidis, Y.). The purpose of the current study was to find which performance indicators are more consequential in determining the final ranking of beach volleyball teams participating in the Olympics and to establish their appropriate cutoff values that can be considered as criteria that differentiate high-rank from low-rank teams. Analysis focused on the 144 teams…
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Beach volley traits and trends in three consecutive Olympic competitions
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(Angelonidis, Y.). The purpose of the present study was to track the basic traits and trends in beach volleyball games played in the last three Olympics. To this purpose the set and game scores, as well as the time durations of all 320 beach volley games played by men and women in the three consecutive…
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Comparison of two Exercise Programs in Patients with Chronic Neck Pain
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(Lytras, D., Koulis, N., Sykaras, E.). Background: Neck pain is one of the most common and most costly musculoskeletal disorders in Western societies, which is characterized by frequent relapses and chronicity. Chronic neck pain is often connected with the muscular imbalance of cervical muscles. Therapeutic exercise improves pain, disability and neck muscle strength in individuals…
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Investigation of atypical developmental coordination disorder, physical activity and body mass index in children Roma and non-Roma aged 10-12 years: A preliminary study
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(Koidou, V., Koidou, I., Kourtessis, T., Kouli, O., Antoniou, P., Karaoglanidis, A., Tsartsapakis I.). The aim of the current study was the investigation of probable atypical developmental coordination disorders in Roma children with permanent residency. Additionally, there was an attempt to record this group’s physical activity in extra-curriculum, free-time activity and the body mass index…
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Extreme sports injury: an applied approach to psychological effects and coping
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(Chárthaigh, N. N., Kouthouris, C., Goudas, M., Theodorakis, Y.). Background: Extreme sports tend to expose athletes to elevated levels of risk of injury and athletes often struggle with injury-related psychological demands. Objectives: To explore how extreme sport injury affects athletes psychological well-being, to determine coping strategies used and present mental skills to enhance coping. This…
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Panathenaic Amphorae: Their evolution and contribution to the promotion of the Great Panathenaea
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(Anastasiou, A., Panagiotou, A., Kaimakamis, V., Panou, E.). The purpose of this study is to delve into the integral part sports played in Attica, as evidenced by the role they played in the Festival of Panathenaea and especially as is depicted on a specific vase form, the Panathenaic amphora. Inspired by the Panathenaic festival, Athenian…
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Use of Motor Skills Assessment Tools in Greek Preschoolers: A review of literature
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(Skafida, F., Koutsouki, D.). Evaluation of preschool children’s motor skills within the school context is an integrative part of the most recent national curriculum for the Greek Kindergarten, all though so far performed by non-standardized methods. This review reports on the most used in research standardized tools of motor skills assessment that could potentially be…
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Treatment of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease; Weight loss or Physical activity? An updated narrative mini review of most recent review articles
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(Papandreou, D.). Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver is the most common disease of the liver which may lead to steatohepatitis and cirrhosis if not treated properly. Most of the subjects with the disease are obese and insulin resistant while a very small percentage of them are lean. Current first line treatment focuses on weight loss and exercise.…
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The effect of Nintendo Wii on physical fitness of adolescents and young adults with mild and moderate intellectual disability
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(Techlikidou, E., Michalopoulou, M., Kourtessis, T., Skordilis, E.). The purpose of the current study was to examine the effect of a Wii program (Active, Fit Plus, Sports), in young adults and adolescents with mild/moderate intellectual disability. The eight-week program (3 sessions/week, 30 minutes each) was implemented during the adapted physical education classes of two special…
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Differences in motivation among female athletes that participate in ‘masculine’, ‘feminine’ and gender – ‘neutral’ sports
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(Simeonidou, S.). Self-determination theory (Deci and Ryan, 1985) constitutes a modern frame of studying motivation in sports domain. For the quantification of the basic principles of the theory, the Sport Motivation Scale was developed (Pelletier, Fortier, Vallerand, Tuson, Briere, and Blais, 1995). Based on the above theoretical framework the aim of the present study was…