Browsing HVL Open by Author "Falco, Coral"
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Activity Level and Nature of Practice and Play in Children’s Football
Nybakken, Tone; Falco, Coral (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)This study analyzes the activity level and nature of organized football training (deliberate practice, DPR), compared with when children play football on their own (deliberate play, DPL), in a sample of selected (YT) and ... -
Adolescent determinants of life-course leisure-time vigorous physical activity trajectories: a 27-Year longitudinal study
Mathisen, Frida Kathrine Sofie; Kristensen, Sara Madeleine; Falco, Coral; Wold, Bente (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Abstract Background Adolescence is regarded as formative years for building the foundations for life-long health and well-being, and adolescent determinants of physical activity (PA) development is particularly interesting. ... -
Analysis of different key behavioral patterns to score in elite taekwondoists according to the weight category and gender
Menescardi, Cristina; Falco, Coral; Hernandéz-Mendo, Antonio; Morales-Sánchez, Verónica (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Traditionally, research in taekwondo has focused on athletes' overall performance considering the entire sample of the tournament or analyzed selected bouts while ignoring behavioral differences of athletes according to ... -
Application of the Polar Coordinate Technique in the Study of Technical-Tactical Scoring Actions in Taekwondo
Gamero-Castillero, Jose Antonio; Quiñones-Rodríguez, Yarisel; Apollaro, Gennaro; Hernandéz-Mendo, Antonio; Morales-Sánchez, Verónica; Falco, Coral (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)The objective of this study was to design, validate and update an observation tool to analyse the technical-tactical actions by which taekwondo players win points. An ad hoc observational tool was developed for subsequent ... -
Are isokinetic leg torques and kick velocity reliable predictors of competitive level in taekwondo athletes?
Moreira, Pedro Vieira Sarmet; Falco, Coral; Menegaldo, Luciano Luporini; Goethel, Márcio Fagundes; de Paula, Leandro Vinhas; Goncąlves, Mauro (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)The aim of this study is to analyze how isokinetic knee and hip peak torques and roundhouse kick velocities are related to expertise level (elite vs. sub-elite) in taekwondo athletes. Seven elite and seven sub-elite athletes ... -
Bivariate analysis of taekwondo actions: The effectiveness of techniques and tactics in an Olympic taekwondo championship.
Menescardi, Cristina; Estevan, Isaac; Ros, Concepción; Hernandéz-Mendo, Antonio; Falco, Coral (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)This paper describes the effectiveness of technical-tactical actions performed during a tournament. A total of 14,145 actions of the 2012 London Olympic Games were analysed. Differences emerged in the use of tactics, ... -
Cognitive functioning, physical fitness, and game performance in a sample of adolescent soccer players.
Sabarit, A.; Reigal, R. E.; Morillo-Baro, J. P.; Juárez-Ruiz de Mier, R.; Franquelo, A.; Hernandéz-Mendo, Antonio; Falco, Coral; Morales-Sánchez, Verónica (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)The aim of this study was to analyze the relationships between cognitive functioning, physical fitness, and game performance in a sample of adolescent soccer players. Eighty-five boys from a soccer team in Rincon de la ... -
Comparison between the KPNP and Daedo Protection Scoring Systems through a Technical-Tactical Analysis of Elite Taekwondo Athletes
Márquez, José Jesús; López-Gullón, José María; Menescardi, Cristina; Falco, Coral (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Background: In the last two decades, the use of technology has been incorporated into taekwondo, changing the rules of the sport to employ a more objective scoring system. The current electronic Protection Scoring Systems ... -
Data Mining and Polar Coordinates in the Analysis by Gender of Finishing Behaviors in Professional Basketball Pick and Roll
Morillo-Baro, Juan Pablo; Troyano-Gallego, Belén; Pastrana-Brincones, José Luis; Vázquez-Diz, Juan Antonio; Reigal, Rafael E.; Quiñones-Rodríguez, Yarisel; Hernandéz-Mendo, Antonio; Falco, Coral; Morales-Sánchez, Verónica (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)The open nature of basketball gives it a large uncertainty that makes hard the tactical analysis of the situations that happen in the game. Specifically, screens are one of the offensive tactical elements most used in ... -
Development of a Taekwondo Combat Model Based on Markov Analysis
Menescardi, Cristina; Falco, Coral; Ros, Concepción; Morales-Sánchez, Verónica; Hernandéz-Mendo, Antonio (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)The purpose of the present study was to examine male and female Olympic taekwondo competitors’ movement patterns according to their tactical actions by applying a Markov processes analysis. To perform this study, 11,474 ... -
The effect of the colour red in 20 years of Olympic taekwondo
Apollaro, Gennaro; Falco, Coral; Morales-Sánchez, Verónica; Hernández-Mendo, Antonio (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)The objectives of this study were (1) to analyse the relationship between the colour of the protectors and the outcome of 895 matches in the six Olympic Games in which taekwondo has been included, and (2) to analyse the ... -
Effects of Strength Training on Physical Fitness of Olympic Combat Sports Athletes: A Systematic Review
Cid-Calfucura, Izham; Herrera-Valenzuela, Tomás; Franchini, Emerson; Falco, Coral; Alvial-Moscoso, Jorge; Pardo-Tamayo, Carolina; Zapata-Huenullán, Carolina; Ojeda-Aravena, Alex; Valdés-Badilla, Pablo (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)This review aimed to identify the effects of strength training programs on the physical fitness of Olympic combat sports (OCS) athletes. The systematic review included peer-reviewed articles that incorporated interventions ... -
Efficacy of Electromyographic Biofeedback in Muscle Recovery after Meniscectomy in Soccer Players
Morales-Sánchez, Verónica; Falco, Coral; Hernandéz-Mendo, Antonio; Reigal, Rafael E. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Electromyographic biofeedback (EMG-BF) is a therapeutic technique that has been used successfully in the rehabilitation of injuries. Although it has been applied to athletes, its use in this field is not very widespread. ... -
Is It Possible to Predict an Athlete’s Behavior? The Use of Polar Coordinates to Identify Key Patterns in Taekwondo
Menescardi, Cristina; Falco, Coral; Estevan, Isaac; Ros, Concepción; Morales-Sánchez, Verónica; Hernandéz-Mendo, Antonio (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Match analysts and sport psychologists can help elite athletes develop planned competition strategies from a technical-tactical perspective by analyzing of previous performances. The aim of this study was to analyze the ... -
Leisure-time physical activity trajectories from adolescence to adulthood in relation to several activity domains: a 27-year longitudinal study
Mathisen, Frida Kathrine Sofie; Torsheim, Torbjørn; Falco, Coral; Wold, Bente (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Background Insufficient physical activity (PA) levels among adolescents and adults make promoting PA a public health priority. Although most people exhibit low or decreasing levels of PA, other groups increase or maintain ... -
The outcome of acute occlusion of the abdominal aorta with bilateral limb ischaemia
Skrypnik, Denis; Butaev, Sultan; Arakelyan, Artur; Falco, Coral; Vinogradov, Roman; Baryshev, Alexander; Porhanov, Vladimir (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Background The purpose of this study was to investigate if the duration of bilateral acute limb ischaemia (BALI) caused by acute aortic occlusion (AAO) affected amputation-free survival. Materials and methods A ... -
Physical activity, sports practice and cognitive functioning: The current research status
Hernandéz-Mendo, Antonio; Reigal, Rafael E.; López-Walle, Jeanette M.; Serpa, Sidonio; Samdal, Oddrun; Morales-Sánchez, Verónica; Lopez de Mier, Rocio Juárez; Tristán Rodríguez, José L.; Rosado, António F.; Falco, Coral (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)The evidence for the benefits of physical activity on cognitive functioning has increased in recent years. Although the relationship between these variables has been analyzed for decades, the development of evaluation ... -
The Relationship between the Color of Electronic Protectors and the Outcome in Taekwondo Matches: Is There Fairness in National Competitions?
Apollaro, Gennaro; Moreira, Pedro V. Sarmet; Quiñones-Rodríguez, Yarisel; Morales-Sánchez, Verónica; Falco, Coral (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Although research on the effect of color in taekwondo has involved several international competitions, no previous study has investigated the presence of this phenomenon in national-level competitions. The main objective ... -
Relative and Chronological Age in Successful Athletes at the World Taekwondo Championships (1997–2019): A Focus on the Behaviour of Multiple Medallists
Apollaro, Gennaro; Quiñones-Rodríguez, Yarisel; Herrera-Valenzuela, Tomás; Hernandéz-Mendo, Antonio; Falco, Coral (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)The aims of this study were to investigate the relative and chronological age among taekwondo world medal winners (by gender, Olympic 4-year period, Olympic weight category; N = 740), and to study the behaviour of multiple ... -
Talent and creativity of taekwondoists winners of the 2016 Summer Olympics
Menescardi, Cristina; Falco, Coral; Hernandéz-Mendo, Antonio; Morales-Sánchez, Verónica (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Athletic talent and creativity are important for winning bouts in combat sports. The aim of the current study is to analyze technical–tactical actions performed by athletes of the 2016 Summer Olympics according to the ...