The Influence of Including Goalkeepers on the Intensity Demands of Walking Football Practice.

This preliminary study examined the effects of playing walking football with and without a goalkeeper (GK) on physiological, physical, technical, and perceptual variables in older men. Twenty participants (67 ± 4.7 years) engaged in two five vs.

External load transition practices from pre-season to in-season. A case study in elite female professional soccer players.

The study aim was to compare the external load during varying microcycles (M1-M4 during pre-season and M5 during the in-season) in elite female Portuguese soccer players and to describe external load variations between differing Ms. Fourteen first-team players participated in the study (age 23.29 ± 3.

Food assistance use barriers, facilitators, and recommendations: insights from a qualitative study of racially and ethnically diverse parents.

The objective of this study was to explore barriers and facilitators to utilising a range of food assistance resources as reported by parents living with or at risk for food insecurity (FI), as well as parents' recommendations for improving utilisation of these resources. Qualitative data from semi-structured interviews about parents' perspectives on interventions to address FI were analysed using a hybrid deductive/inductive thematic approach. Parents were drawn from the larger longitudinal cohort study ( = 1,307), which was recruited from primary care clinics in Minnesota.

Management strategies for radio-recurrent prostate cancer: a comprehensive review.

Radiation- (radio-)recurrent prostate cancer poses a significant challenge in clinical management due to its complexity and varied treatment responses. The recurrence of prostate cancer following radiotherapy necessitates a nuanced management strategy that considers disease stage and aggressiveness, patient health status, and prior treatment modalities. Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT), a cornerstone in the management of regional or distant relapse, often initiates the therapeutic cascade, effectively suppressing tumor growth by targeting androgen signaling.