Cardiff School of Sport and Health Sciences: Recent submissions
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Sexism and its associated factors among adolescents in Europe: Lights4Violence baseline results
(Wiley, 2021-02-21)Despite the efforts of recent decades to reduce gender inequality, sexism is still prevalent among adolescents. The objective of this study was to identify the main socioeconomic characteristics, personal experiences, ... -
A robust machine learning framework to identify signatures for frailty: a nested case-control study in four aging European cohorts
(Springer, 2021-02-18)Phenotype-specific omic expression patterns in people with frailty could provide invaluable insight into the underlying multi-systemic pathological processes and targets for intervention. Classical approaches to frailty ... -
Examining inflammation in the CNS: from inflammatory molecules to in vitro models
(Cardiff Metropolitan University, 2021)Studies of CNS inflammation typically focus mostly on microglia cells or co-cultures of CNS cells, and not on how each CNS cell type alone can contribute to an inflamed environment. To address this deficiency, the current ... -
Monoclonal antibodies targeting nonstructural viral antigens can activate ADCC against human cytomegalovirus
(American Society for Clinical Investigation, 2021-02-15)Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is a ubiquitous pathogen that causes severe disease following congenital infection and in immunocompromised individuals. No vaccines are licensed, and there are limited treatment options. We ... -
Exploring food safety perceptions and self-reported practices of pet owners, providing raw meat-based diets to pets
(International Association for Food Protection, 2021-01-11)The growing popularity of raw meat-based diets for pets is accompanied by an increasing concern regarding possible health implications of this practice for pet owners, due to the storage and preparation of raw meat. This ... -
The development of movement competency, strength, and power in young male athletes
(Cardiff Metropolitan University, 2020)Natural growth and maturation have been demonstrated to influence movement competency, strength, and power performance in males. However, little is known with regards to how maturational status influences these athletic ... -
The Protective Effect of Neuromuscular Training on the Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome in Youth Female Track and Field Athletes: A Clinical Trial and Cohort Study
(Human Kinetics, 2021)Context: Few reports have analyzed the effects of neuromuscular (NM) training programs on the injury incidence among youth female track and field athletes. Objective: To determine the effects of a NM training on ... -
How do patients receiving prescribed B12 injections for the treatment of PA perceive changes in treatment during the covid-19 pandemic? A UK based survey study
(Sage, 2021)Pernicious Anaemia (PA) is a chronic condition which is usually treated using B12 injections. Due to the pandemic many patients were prescribed an alternative oral B12 treatment. There is limited evidence that this is ... -
Temporal changes in pulmonary gas exchange efficiency when breath-hold diving below residual volume
(Wiley, 2021-02-09)Breath-hold diving involves highly integrative and extreme physiological responses to both exercise and asphyxia during progressive elevations in hydrostatic pressure. Over two diving training camps (Study 1 and 2), 25 ... -
Dating Violence Victimization among Adolescents in Europe: Baseline Results from the Lights4Violence Project
(MDPI, 2021-02-03)Dating violence (DV) among adolescents is a public health issue because of its negative health consequences. In this study, we aimed to analyse the prevalence and the psychosocial and socioeconomic risk and protective ... -
The influence of training status on right ventricular morphology and segmental strain in elite pre-adolescent soccer players
(Springer, 2021-02-22)Purpose: Cardiac modifications to training are a product of the, genetic pre-disposition for adaptation and the repetitive haemodynamic loads that are placed on the myocardium. Elite pre-adolescent athletes are exposed ... -
Does reflective practice work?: Developing an empirical evidence base of the efficacy of reflective practice for improving applied service delivery across contexts
(Cardiff Metropolitan University, 2020)Within the sport, exercise and health science domains researchers and practitioners interested in understanding factors and processes associated with competent and effective practice have steadfastly advocated the value ... -
Becoming a mentor: an exploration of ‘how’ student-coaches negotiate mentoring practice
(Taylor & Francis, 2020-12-30)A growing body of research has investigated the virtues and complexities of mentoring in sports coaching. Yet, a paucity of research exists to consider ‘how’ both mentors and mentees come to understand their respective ... -
Investigating the use of a two-stage attention-aware convolutional neural network for the automated diagnosis of otitis media from tympanic membrane images: a prediction model development and validation study
(BMJ, 2021-01-21)Objectives This study investigated the usefulness and performance of a two-stage attention-aware convolutional neural network (CNN) for the automated diagnosis of otitis media from tympanic membrane (TM) images. Design ... -
Contributions and limitations of using machine learning to predict noise-induced hearing loss
(Springer, 2021-01-25)Purpose Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) is a global issue that impacts people’s life and health. The current review aims to clarify the contributions and limitations of applying machine learning (ML) to predict NIHL by ... -
Changes in sprint performance and sagittal plane kinematics after heavy resisted sprint training in professional soccer players
(PeerJ, 2020-12-15)Background Sprint performance is an essential skill to target within soccer, which can be likely achieved with a variety of methods, including different on-field training options. One such method could be heavy resisted ... -
Arts on Prescription: Observed changes in anxiety, depression, and wellbeing across referral cycles
(Elsevier, 2021-02-22)Objectives: Arts on Prescription (AoP) interventions are partof mainstreamsocial prescribing provisionin primary health care. Whilst the body of evidence for AoPinterventions has been developing, this has primarilyfocuse ... -
A New Look at the Purported Health Benefits of Commercial and Natural Clays
(MDPI, 2021-01-05)Clays attributed to have medicinal properties have been used since prehistoric times and are still used today as complementary medicines, which has given rise to unregulated “bioceutical” clays to treat skin conditions. ... -
The Association Between Effectiveness of Tinnitus Intervention and Cognitive Function—A Systematic Review
(Frontiers Media, 2021-01-06)Tinnitus refers to the perception of sound in the absence of an external stimulus. This can be problematic and can lead to health problems in some sufferers, including effects on cognitive functions such as attention and ... -
Genome‐wide significant locus for Research Diagnostic Criteria Schizoaffective Disorder Bipolar type
(Wiley, 2017-08-29)Studies have suggested that Research Diagnostic Criteria for Schizoaffective disorder Bipolar type (RDC-SABP) might identify a more genetically homogenous subgroup of bipolar disorder. Aiming to identify loci associated ...
