Carlos Elvira

University Isabel I · Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

The aim of this study was to compare internal load and external load between AirBadminton and traditional indoor badminton. The research was conducted with 8 badminton players from the Alicante Technification Centre, including both men and women. The study was carried out based on the recommendations and guidelines of the International Badminton Fe...

The Oncological Physical Exercise Unit (UEFO) of the province of Alicante, was created by the Spanish Association Against Cancer and Kinetic Performance (EBT of the University of Alicante) with the aim of promoting healthcare, educational and research activities focused on the benefits of physical exercise in oncological disease and its impact on t...

The present work has a double objective, to identify the profile of the tourist and their habits regarding sports tourism in the town of Calpe (Alicante), and, secondly, based on the information acquired, to establish the development guides for the map of local sports tourism. For this, an ad hoc questionnaire was developed, which was passed to a r...

The objective of this article was to compare different cardiovascular training machines and their effects on the body, as well as to determine their suitability for people with low intensity or high intensity training needs. A total of 8 physically active and healthy male subjects (mean ± standard deviation; age: 28.45 ± 1.75 years; height: 1.84 ±...

Sports commitment is a psychological construct that has been studied since the 1990s and that has been used in the educational field. The main objective of this study is to analyze the suitability of AirBadminton to acquired sports commitment and the classroom climate generated through the practice of AirBadminton. It was also proposed to analyze t...

The main purpose of this observational prospective pilot study was to evaluate the effects of hydrolysed collagen supplementation, in endurance training, in the performance of runners. A cohort of sixty-one subjects (women with an age = 44 ± 5 years; height = 1.65 ± 0.4 m; weight = 58.4 ± 5.2 kg; men with an age = 51 ± 3 years; height = 1.82 ± 0.2...

The objective of the present study is to determine the reliability of the measurements in the parameters of body composition of the Smart Performance measurement device and to compare the results with those produced by the InBody 270 device. Ten professional-level male athletes (mean weight = 58.4 kg ; height = 165.4 cm; BMI = 26.9 kg/m2) were anal...

The objective of this article was to establish comparisons between different special operations units of the army. 91 male subjects (mean ± Standard deviation; age: 33.05 ± 3.28 years; height: 1.77 ± 1.37 m; body weight 79.02 ± 1.59 kg), divided into 4 groups (mountain, diving, UEO and mobility), were evaluated through body composition and stress t...

Global population statistics demonstrate clear evidence that unhealthy lifestyle choices-including hyper-caloric, low-nutritional density diets and sedentary lifestyle-are raising the global burden of diseases, morbidity and mortality at alarming rates. Healthy diets and exercise are recommended by all health care professionals as a proven treatmen...

The objective of this study was to analyze the relationship between isometric force produced in different joints and its effects on the power kick serve speed in beach volleyball as a predictive aspect to improve sports performance. Seven athletes competing at national and international levels (mean ± standard deviation; age: 21.6 ± 3.20 years; bod...

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02712.].

The objectives of this study were to determine the results of the analysis of single and double outdoor badminton men's matches and to determine the relationship between technical and tactical aspects in a study organized by the BWF (Badminton Word Federation), on a sand surface. Twenty men's singles matches were recorded using video cameras and an...

Purpose The aim of this study was to analyze tactical and technical behavior across different ages and genders in young, elite beach volleyball players. Methods Forty teams from the Under-18, Under-20, Under-21, and Under-22 from semifinals and finals of the 2016 World Championships and the 2016 European Championship were analyzed. The sample was...

In today's soccer, teams are increasingly better trained both physically and tactically, hence different game styles can be identified and differences between them reduced. However, without an exhaustive analysis of reality, the view can lead to the extraction of erroneous conclusions, and what seems to be a team with a marked offensive profile is...

Sports-people's performance at their sport can vary due to the development of their athletic activity when competing. In addition to this, the scientific community have recently increased their interest for the study of essential amino acid's supplements (EA). The purpose of the present study is to examine the effect of the ingestion of an amino ac...

Russia will host the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Football has changed and new space-time concepts have emerged in recent years to help understand the performance of a football team. We need analyse football from a holistic perspective. Every team of football is understanding like a superorganism with two fundamental characteristics: division of labour and...