Publications by authors named "Burger Ante"
Feint movement is an important factor for offensive players to outplay their guard, and score. So far, there is no evidence of feint biomechanical analysis on a sample of elite players in handball or other team sports. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate kinematic parameters of single side fake movement between elite and professional level handball players.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe Mediterranean diet (MD) is known to be one of the healthiest dietary patterns. Despite the significance of a healthful diet during the early stage of life, data for young individuals indicate that nutrition problems are common. This cross-sectional study aimed to determine parental factors associated with MD adherence in children and adolescents living in the Mediterranean region in Croatia.
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- The Mediterranean diet (MD) is recognized as one of the healthiest eating habits, and a study explored how well children and youth in Croatia adhere to it across different educational stages.
- Out of 2,722 participants, adherence levels were found to be poor in 19.2%, average in 60.8%, and good in 20.1%, with college students showing the highest rates of poor adherence at 39.3%.
- Factors contributing to poor adherence included more snacks during days off, less physical activity, and not having family meals, highlighting the need for improved MD adherence in this population.
The scope of the study was to elaborate and represent different aspects of high-tech suits which influence the swimming results and to justify the change of swimming rules in 2009. Impact of environmental factors on the result should not be greater than the athlete's impact. Impact of high-tech suits greatly contributes to the development of technology, new materials and modern design of sports equipment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe main scope of the study is concerned with the morphological profiles of playing positions in defense, offense and the combinations of these two phases of the game. Furthermore, study attempted to identify the difference between the morphological profiles of the individual playing positions. Entity sample of the study consist of the 148 players that participated in 45 matches of the World Men's Handball Championship which took place in Croatia in 2009.
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