Objective. The existence of the home advantage in sport is well known. There is growing
evidence that crowd noise plays a crucial part in this phenomenon. Consequently, a …

Minimal measurement error (reliability) during the collection of interval- and ratio-type data
is critically important to sports medicine research. The main components of measurement …

The aims of this study were to assess 1) whether the stature‐adjusted body mass index (BMI)
is a valid proxy for adiposity across both athletic and nonathletic populations, and 2) …

Using the results from the end‐of‐season (1992–93) league tables, overall home advantage
was confirmed in the eight major divisions of the English and Scottish football leagues. The …

Strong evidence exists supporting the effect of lack of physical activity on the risk of developing
breast cancer. However, studies examining the effects of physical activity on breast …

Political and medical decisions are often made on a wave of emotion. In the wake of the recent
UK Bristol Royal Infirmary scandal where the skill of surgeons operating on children was …

This paper examines how selected physiological performance variables, such as maximal
oxygen uptake, strength and power, might best be scaled for subject differences in body size. …

This study was designed to investigate the effect of exercise intensity on cardiorespiratory
fitness and coronary heart disease risk factors. Maximum oxygen consumption (V̇o 2 max ), …

The development of elbow flexor (biceps) and knee extensor (quadriceps) strength has been
followed in a mixed longitudinal study of 50 boys and 50 girls from the age of 8 to 17 years. …

Background. The health and fitness benefits associated with short, intermittent bouts of exercise
accumulated throughout the day have been seldom investigated. Stair climbing provides …