Time-of-Day Effects on Static and Dynamic Balance in Elite Junior Athletes and Untrained Adolescents

Autor: Alessandra di Cagno, Enzo Iuliano, Giovanna Aquino, Giuseppe Calcagno, Claudia Battaglia, Giovanni Fiorilli, M Piazza, Despina Tsopani, Arrigo Giombini
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching. 9:615-625
ISSN: 2048-397X
1747-9541
DOI: 10.1260/1747-9541.9.4.615
Popis: The aim of the present study was to analyse the daily variation of balance in two groups of female adolescents: elite athletes (n=20, aged 13.2 ± 0.5 years) and untrained students (n=20, aged 12.9 ± 0.6 years). Participants underwent two testing sessions over two days at two different times each day. Morningness-Eveningness self-assessment questionnaire was administered to assess the chronotype of the participants and oral temperature was measured too. Significant group differences were found in the overall balance tests (p
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