Cardiff School of Sport and Health Sciences: Recent submissions
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Health, Identification and Pleasure: An Ethnographic Study on the Self-Management and Construction of Taijiquan Park Culture Space
(MDPI, 2021-08-23)The public space of a park is one of the most important carriers of social interaction and cultural practice in urban areas. Taking an ethnography of Taijiquan in Chengdu (China) as a case study, this article explores ... -
"A punch has no paternity!": Techniques, belonging and the Mexicanidad of Xilam
(Sage, 2021-08-29)This article combines ethnographic and netnographic data to explore the relationships between body techniques and a sense of belonging through the contemporary Mexican martial art of Xilam. This art, founded by a female ... -
Enhanced transcriptomic resilience following increased alternative splicing and differential isoform production between air pollution conurbations
(MDPI, 2021-07-26)Adversehealth outcomes caused by ambient particulate matter (PM) pollution occur in a 16progressive process, with neutrophils eliciting inflammation or pathogenesis. We investigated the 17toxico-transcriptomic mechanisms ... -
Maturity alters drop vertical jump landing force-time profiles but not performance outcomes in adolescent females
(Wiley, 2021-07-18)The stretch-shortening cycle (SSC) assists in effective force attenuation upon landing and augments force generation at take-off during a drop vertical jump (DVJ). General performance outcomes such as jump height or peak ... -
What changes for patients in medium secure care?
(2020)This thesis examines changes in medium secure care over the past two decades in the context of developments in legislation and the forensic care pathway. Chapter two provides a baseline of medium secure care between 1997/98 ... -
Kinematic factors associated with start performance in World-class male sprinters
(Elsevier, 2021-06-07)The aim was to investigate the kinematic factors associated with successful performance in the initial acceleration phase of a sprint in the best male athletes in the World at the 2018 World Indoor Athletics Championships. ... -
Multidisciplinary, biopsychosocial factors contributing to return to running and running related stress urinary incontinence in postpartum women
(BMJ, 2021-06-18)Objectives To examine contributory factors behind postpartum return-to-running and return to pre-pregnancy running level, in addition to risk factors for postpartum running-related stress urinary incontinence (SUI). Methods ... -
Mental well-being and physical activity of young people experiencing homelessness before and during COVID-19 lockdown: A longitudinal study
(Elsevier, 2021-05-27)Background While lockdown restrictions in response to COVID-19 indisputably mitigated virus transmission, the aim of this longitudinal study was to establish indirect effects on vulnerable young people's mental well-being ... -
Arts on prescription: observed changes in anxiety, depression, and well-being across referral cycles
(Elsevier, 2021-02-22)Objectives Arts on prescription (AoP) interventions are part of mainstream social prescribing provision in primary health care. Whilst the body of evidence for AoP interventions has been developing, this has primarily ... -
Bilingual phonological development across generations: Segmental accuracy and error patterns in second-and third-generation British Bengali children
(Elsevier, 2021-07-04)Introduction: While developmental normsfor speech sound development have been widely reported for monolingual children, and increasingly for bilingual children, little is known about speech sound developmentacrossdifferent ... -
The effect of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) and its treatment on clot microstructure: Are they thrombogenic?
(IOS Press, 2021-03-19)BACKGROUND:Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is a medical emergency with a high mortality rate and is associated with severe metabolic acidosis and dehydration. DKA patients have an increased risk of arterial and venous ... -
Injury Prevention Strategies in Football: A Systematic Review
(Montenegrin Sports Academy, 2020)Football is perhaps the most physically-demanding sport in the world, as players are obliged to play a high number of games in one season, with recovery breaks being short and mostly insufficient. As a consequence, injury ... -
Cardiac Responses to Submaximal Isometric Contraction and Aerobic Exercise in Healthy Pregnancy
(American College of Sports Medicine, 2021-05-01)Purpose The increased physiological demand of pregnancy results in the profound adaptation of the maternal cardiovascular system, reflected by greater resting cardiac output and left ventricular (LV) deformation. Whether ... -
The effect of diet in infancy on asthma in young adults: the Merthyr Allergy Prevention Study
(BMJ, 2021-05-07)Introduction Early infant diet might influence the risk of subsequent allergic disease. Methods The Merthyr Allergy Prevention Study (MAPS) was a randomised controlled trial in infants at high risk of allergic disease. ... -
The 6-m Timed Hop Is Not a Suitable Clinical Assessment Tool for Use Following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction
(Human Kinetics, 2020-11-06)Context: Single-leg hop tests are used to assess functional performance following anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction. Recording 6-m timed hop scores using a stopwatch increases the potential for misclassification ... -
Corrigendum to “Comparative genomics and pan-genomics of the Myxococcaceae, including a description of five novel species: Myxococcus eversor sp. nov., Myxococcus llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogochensis sp. nov., Myxococcus vastator sp. nov., Pyxidicoccus caerfyrddinensis sp. nov. and Pyxidicoccus trucidator sp. nov.” [Genome Biol. Evol. 12(12) (2020) 2289-2302]
(Oxford University Press, 2021-04-30)This is a correction to: Genome Biology and Evolution, Volume 12, Issue 12, December 2020, Pages 2289–2302, https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaa212 -
Practical Strategies for Integrating Strength and Conditioning into Early Specialization Sports
(Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, 2021-08-09)Early sport specialization involves physically immature children participating in intensive year-round training and or competition for a single sport at the exclusion of other sports. Lack of sport exposure and diversification ... -
Analysing wideband absorbance immittance in normal and ears with otitis media with effusion using machine learning
(Nature, 2021-05-20)Wideband Absorbance Immittance (WAI) has been available for more than a decade, however its clinical use still faces the challenges of limited understanding and poor interpretation of WAI results. This study aimed to develop ... -
The Effect of Dual Language Activation on L2-Induced Changesin L1 Speech within a Code-Switched Paradigm
(MDPI, 2021-06-29)The present study sought to examine the effect of dual language activation on L1 speech in late English–Austrian German sequential bilinguals, and to identify relevant predictor variables. To this end, we compared the ... -
Exploring the relationship between conductive hearing loss and cleft speech characteristics in children born with cleft palate
(Elsevier, 2021-06-27)Background Children with cleft palate are at high risk of both conductive hearing loss and cleft speech characteristics (CSCs) yet there is limited research to understand whether hearing loss impacts speech development ...
