Muscle Relaxation and Sports
Fig. 7.1 Schematic diagram of possible mechanisms for muscle relaxation. One possible mechanism is shown on the left side: Increases in intracortical inhibition would contribute to decreased cortical excitability in…
Open Water Swimming Performance
© Springer Japan 2015Kazuyuki Kanosue, Tomoyuki Nagami and Jun Tsuchiya (eds.)Sports Performance10.1007/978-4-431-55315-1_25 25. Open Water Swimming Performance Reira Hara1 and Isao Muraoka2 (1) Graduate School of Sport Sciences, Waseda University, Saitama, Japan (2) Faculty of Sport Sciences, Waseda…
Quantitative Profiles of the Quadriceps Femoris in Sport Athletes
Study Subjects Measurement parameters Methods Results Abe et al. (2000) Sprinters Distance runners Untrained controls MT of the vastus lateralis MT of the rectus femoris + vastus intermedius US Sprinters…
Nonuniform Muscle Hypertrophy Along the Length Induced by Resistance Training
Authors (year) Subjects (mean age) Exercise modality Reps × sets (or time) intensity Duration frequency Results Narici et al. (1989) 4 M (28) KE (ISOK) 10 × 6 60 days [CSA] maximal 4 days/week…
High Fat Diet and Endurance Exercise Performance
Terada S, Tabata I (2004) Effects of acute bouts of running and swimming exercise on PGC-1alpha protein expression in rat epitrochlearis and soleus muscle. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 286(2):E208–E216PubMedCrossRef
Health Issues and Preventive Strategies for Heavy Athletes
Fig. 12.1 Example of abdominal image (umbilical region) of first year college American football player before and after 1 year of intentional weight gain While many studies have investigated the…
Brain Oscillations and Athletic Performance
Fig. 3.1 Cortical mapping (view from the top) of electrical power in the theta (4–7 Hz) frequency band during balance tasks displayed for bipedal stance on a solid surface (left) and…
On the Structure of Movement Preparation: Inferences from Motor Schema Theory
© Springer Japan 2015Kazuyuki Kanosue, Tomoyuki Nagami and Jun Tsuchiya (eds.)Sports Performance10.1007/978-4-431-55315-1_6 6. On the Structure of Movement Preparation: Inferences from Motor Schema Theory Lu Xu1, 2 , Werner Sommer3 and Hiroaki Masaki4 (1) Graduate School of Sport Sciences, Waseda…
Brain Activity During Motor Imagery
© Springer Japan 2015Kazuyuki Kanosue, Tomoyuki Nagami and Jun Tsuchiya (eds.)Sports Performance10.1007/978-4-431-55315-1_2 2. Brain Activity During Motor Imagery Nobuaki Mizuguchi1 (1) Faculty of Sport Sciences, Waseda University, Saitama, Japan Nobuaki Mizuguchi Email: mizuguchi@aoni.waseda.jp Abstract Motor imagery…
Sports Performance and the Brain
© Springer Japan 2015Kazuyuki Kanosue, Tomoyuki Nagami and Jun Tsuchiya (eds.)Sports Performance10.1007/978-4-431-55315-1_1 1. Sports Performance and the Brain Hiroki Nakata1 (1) Department of Human Sciences, Faculty of Letters, Nara Women’s University, Nara, Japan Hiroki Nakata Email:…
