Medio-Lateral Hamstring Muscle Activity in Unilateral vs. Bilateral Strength Exercises in Female Team Handball Players – A Cross-Sectional Study by Brian Sørensen, Per Aagaard, Lasse Malchow-Møller, Mette Kreutzfeldt Zebis, Jesper Bencke

“…Twenty-three female elite team handball players were recruited. Hamstring electromyographic (EMG) activity and 3D kinematics were obtained during selected lower limb exercises (hip thrust, kettlebell swing, Romanian deadlift). …”
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Let´s Swing it –The Interaction Between Participation-Related Shoulder Load and Pre-season Trunk Rotation Power on Shoulder Problems in Male Handball Players by Kari Arnason, Atli Agustsson, Hilde Fredriksen, Elis Thor Rafnsson, Kristin Briem

“…# Background Little is known about the influence of kinetic chain strength and power on shoulder problems in handball players or the impact of participation-related shoulder load (PSL) during a season. …”
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Kinematic comparison between single and double-leg jump landings in sagittal plane for male hand ball players by Mariam A. Ameer

Subjects: “…handball players…”
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The Closed Kinetic Chain Upper Extremity Stability Test (CKCUEST) Performance in Elite Team Handball Players Playing with Shoulder Pain, Previous Pain, or No Pain by Tina Piil Torabi, Jesper Bencke, Roland van den Tillaar

“… # Study design Cross-sectional study # Methods Elite team handball players were recruited and performed the CKCUEST from which three different scores (raw, touch, and power) were calculated and compared among handball players playing with shoulder pain, previous pain, and no pain…”
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Influence of sports specificity on motor coordination in brazilian children by Lucas Savassi Figueiredo, Rodrigo Fábio Bezerra da Silva, Lucas de Castro Ribeiro, Thaís da Silva Sérvio, João Vitor Alves Pereira Fialho, Juliane Venturelli Silva Lima, Henrique de Oliveira Castro, Fabiano de Souza Fonseca

“…The futsal group also scored higher overall than the handball group (p = 0.025). In motor coordination with a ball, the handball group outperformed the physical education (p < 0.001), capoeira (p = 0.001), and futsal (p = 0.004) groups in the dribbling test. …”
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Individualized Technique Feedback for Instant Technique Improvements and Knee Abduction Moment Reductions – A New Approach for ‘Sidestepping’ ACL Injuries? by Kevin Bill, Patrick Mai, Lasse Mausehund, Sigurd Solbakken, Tron Krosshaug, Uwe G. Kersting

“… # Study Design Controlled laboratory cohort study # Methods Three-dimensional biomechanics of 48 adolescent female handball players were recorded during a handball-specific sidestep cut. …”
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Exploring gender-based disparities in emotional distress among university level athletes by Sohom Saha, Farjana Akter Boby, Arnav Sharma, Sourav Ganguly, Kautilya Upadhyay, Awesh Khati, Dev Karan Singh, Kamal Dhoni, Debajit Karmakar

“…Objective: This study aims to examine gender-based disparities in depression, anxiety, and stress among university-level volleyball, basketball, and handball players to understand sport-specific and gender-specific emotional dynamics. …”
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Shoulder Isokinetic Strength Balance Ratio in Overhead Athletes: A Cross-Sectional Study by Valentine Zimermann Vargas, Caroline Motta, Rodrigo Luiz Vancini, Claudio Andre Barbosa de Lira, Marilia Santos Andrade

“…Male handball (0.90±0.23), tennis (0.86±0.30), and judo (0.68±0.22) athletes had lower FR values than soccer athletes (1.20±0.21) and volleyball athletes (1.25±0.28)…”
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Investigation of proprioceptive sense in team and individual athletes by Emine Busra Aydin

“…The athletes were selected from soccer, basketball, volleyball, handball, taekwondo, tennis, athletics and other individual branches (boxing, kickboxing, karate, wushu, muaythai).  …”
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Harnessing coaches' expertise: creating 11 sport-specific profiles for talent orientation by Johanna Ochs, Andreas Hohmann, Johan Pion, Johan Pion

“…Overlaps were found in the profiles of handball and tennis, as well as judo and swimming. …”
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Associations between subjective and objective measures of stress and load: an insight from 45-week prospective study in 189 elite athletes by Kristina Drole, Mojca Doupona, Kathrin Steffen, Kathrin Steffen, Aleš Jerin, Aleš Jerin, Armin Paravlic, Armin Paravlic

“…IntroductionThe aim of this study was to investigate the associations between subjective and objective measures of stress and load in elite male handball players at both the group and individual levels.MethodsIn this 45-week prospective cohort study, 189 elite male handball players weekly reported their perceived stress and load across training, competition, academic, and work domains. …”
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Genderwise Investigation of Empahty Skills in Child Athletes by Yasin Arslan, Gülfem Sezen Balçıkanlı

“…The study group is distributed into branches, with 29.2% pertaining to volleyball, 42% to handball, and 28.8% to basketball. In the study, 'Empathy Scale for Children' developed by Bryant (3) and adapted to Turkish by Yüksel (23) was used as data collection tool. …”
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Designing an innovative method to determine the degree and level of sprained wrist ligament injury in athletes with wrist injuries by Ahmed Atshan Abdalreda, Ali Jasim Swadi, Maher Mohammad Radhi

“…The study targeted athletes with wrist sprain ligament injuries in Dhi Qar Governorate, which included handball, gymnastics, track and field, and basketball. …”
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The information gain of explicitly provided over self-generated contextual knowledge for behavioral control. by Lukas Magnaguagno, Stephan Zahno, Ernst-Joachim Hossner

“…To this end, we measured the positioning of female handball players (N = 36 experts + 36 near-experts) in a virtual-reality defensive task as a function of their teammates' defensive-strength patterns, which was either explicitly instructed or had to be self-generated. …”
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Relationship between Shoulder Pain, Trunk and Lower Limb Pain in Overhead Athletes: A Systematic Review with Meta-analysis by Marine Leroux, Franck Lagniaux

“…., 'overhead', 'baseball', 'volleyball', 'handball') and injury-related terms (e.g., 'injury history', 'shoulder pain', 'lower limb pain', 'hip pain', 'knee pain', 'ankle pain', 'foot pain', 'trunk pain'). …”
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Leveraging the Chain on Goals Model in Football: Applications for Attack and Defensive Play by Blanca De-la-Cruz-Torres, Miguel Navarro-Castro, Anselmo Ruiz-de-Alarcón-Quintero

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Low-Load Blood-flow Restriction Training for Medial Tibial Stress-Syndrome in Athletes: A Case Series by Anders F. Brekke, Johanne Bjørklund, Rosa C. Holse, Christian Larsen, Mikkel H. Hjortshoej

“… # Study design Case series # Methods Six recreational athletes (one handball player, one soccer player, and four runners) with MTSS were recruited. …”
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A Personalized Muscle–Tendon Assessment and Exercise Prescription Concept Reduces Muscle–Tendon Imbalances in Female Adolescent Athletes by Theresa Domroes, Kolja Weidlich, Sebastian Bohm, Falk Mersmann, Adamantios Arampatzis

“…The purpose of this study was to identify muscle–tendon imbalances and to promote a more balanced musculotendinous adaptation through a personalized assessment and exercise prescription concept in female adolescent handball athletes (13–16 years). Methods At four measurement time points during a competitive season, we used dynamometry and ultrasonography to assess knee extensor muscle strength, patellar tendon stiffness and strain. …”
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