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Duathlon performance unaltered by short-term changes in dietary fat and carbohydrates
(2009-02)
Purpose:
This study investigated the effects of short-term dietary changes on metabolism and duathlon performance.
Methods:
Eleven men underwent a high-fat (HF; >65% fat from energy) or a high-carbohydrate (CHO; HC) ...
Predictive Validity of the Body Adiposity Index in Costa Rican Students
(2016)
Objective: To verify the validity of the body adiposity index (BAI) in a sample of Costa Rican students. Methods: Volunteers were 93 females (mean age 5 18.6 6 2.4 years) and 106 males (mean age 5 19.2 6 2.8 years). ...
A Comparison of Nutritional Habits, Physical Function and Psychological Constructs between Urban and Rural Costa Rican Older Adults
(2019)
Purpose: To compare nutritional habits, physical function and psychological constructs between Costa Rican older adults from urban and rural zones. Methods: Male and female older adults aged ≥ 65 yr. from urban (n = 185) ...
Efecto de un programa de actividad física de moderada a vigorosa de diez meses sobre el VO2max y el porcentaje de grasa corporal en niños con sobrepeso y obesidad
Effect of a ten-month moderate to vigorous physical activity program on VO2max and the percentage of body fat in overweight and obese children
(2017)
Objetivo: Evaluar el efecto de un programa de actividad física con intensidad de moderada a vigorosa bajo el modelo CATCH sobre el porcentaje de grasa corporal y capacidad aeróbica en niños con sobrepeso u obesidad. Método: ...
Cinética de la inmunoglobulina-A salival (IgAs) en adultos jóvenes con capacidad aeróbica promedio o excelente antes y después de una prueba de esfuerzo máximo
Salivary immunoglobulin A (sIgA) kinetics in young adults with an average or excellent aerobic capacity before and after a cardiopulmonary graded exercise test
(2017)
Background: Aim: To compare the concentration of secretory immunoglobulin-A (sIgA) in young adults with average or excellent aerobic capacity before and after a cardiopulmonary graded exercise test. Methods: Participants ...
Monitoring Workload and Performance Response to Taekwondo Training
(2017)
This study compared the association between Foster’s and Banister’s TRIMP methods for quantifying internal training load and training stimuli responses.
Methods: A group of twenty-two Taekwondo competitors were divided ...
Paraoxonase responses to exercise and niacin therapy in men with metabolic syndrome
(2015)
Our purpose was to characterize changes in paraoxonase 1 (PON1) activity and concentration after single
aerobic exercise sessions conducted before and after 6 weeks of niacin therapy in men with metabolic
syndrome (MetS). ...
Periodization Model for Costa Rican Taekwondo Athletes
(2015-06)
The purpose of this article is to describe the conditioning of elite taekwondo competitors based on the block-periodized training model. this model of periodization has been used by the Costa Rican National Taekwondo Team ...
Evaluation of pre-game hydration status, heat stress, and fluid balance during professional soccer competition in the heat
(European Journal of Sport Science 9(5). 2009, 2009-09)
This study evaluated initial hydration status (stadium arrival urine specific gravity), fluid balance (pre- and post-game nude body weight, fluid intake, urine collection), and core temperature changes (pre-game, half-time, ...
Los espejos no afectan de manera crónica variables psicológicas en mujeres que realizan un programa de entrenamiento contra resistencia o actividades pasivas
Mirrors do not Chronically Affect Psychological Variables in Women Participating in a Resistance-Training Programme or in passive activities
(2015-07)
El propósito del estudio fue examinar el efecto crónico de la presencia de espejos en el entorno en el que se realiza ejercicio contra resistencia o actividades pasivas, sobre variables psicológicas de ansiedad fisicosocial ...