There are many factors in mucosal secretions that contribute to innate immunity and the ‘first line of defence’ at mucosal surfaces. Few studies, however, have investigated the effects of exercise on many of these ‘defence’ ...

This article presents a systematic review of the literature examining the relationship between self-talk and performance. Second-generation questions regarding potential mediators and moderators of the self-talk performance ...

It is not possible to attain a metabolic steady state during exercise above the so-called critical force or power. We tested the hypothesis that the muscle metabolic perturbations at the end of a bout of maximal isometric ...

It is not possible to attain a metabolic steady state during exercise above the so-called critical force or critical power. We tested the hypothesis that the muscle metabolic perturbations at the end of a bout of maximal ...

Following the theoretical framework of Lazarus and Folkman (1984), recently adapted to sport (Fletcher, Hanton, & Mellalieu, 2006), 12 elite UK track athletes (M age = 22.7; SD = 2.4 years) participated in semistructured ...

To analyse static-standing-balance of adolescents with Down syndrome (DS).

We examined the hypothesis that congruence between motivational dominance and state results in optimal psychological responses and performance during exercise. Twenty participants (10 telic dominant and 10 paratelic dominant) ...