Browsing Educación física y recreación by Subject "Performance"

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    • Aerobic fitness and neurocognitive performance in older adults from Kansas and Costa Rica 

      Salazar Villanea, Mónica; Chacón Araya, Yamileth; Watts, Amber; Vidoni, Eric D.; Billinger, Sandra; Johnson, David K.; Moncada Jiménez, José (2021)
      Background and Objectives: There is a dearth of comparative studies on the association between aging, cognitive function and cardiorespiratory fitness in older adults from developed and developing countries. The purpose ...

    • Perfil del patrón de sueño en deportistas universitarios 

      Carazo Vargas, Pedro; Moncada Jiménez, José (2021-01)
      La presente investigación se planteó el objetivo de describir y analizar los patrones de sueño de hombres y mujeres deportistas universitarios practicantes de fútbol, baloncesto, volibol, atletismo, natación y taekwondo. ...

    • Periodization Model for Costa Rican Taekwondo Athletes 

      Carazo Vargas, Pedro; González Ravé, José María; Newton, Robert U.; Moncada Jiménez, José (2015-06)
      The purpose of this article is to describe the conditioning of elite taekwondo competitors based on the block-periodized training model. this model of periodization has been used by the Costa Rican National Taekwondo Team ...

    • Reducing training volumen during tapering improves perfromance in taekwondo athletes 

      Carazo Vargas, Pedro; Moncada Jiménez, José (2018)
      There is a lack of evidence on periodization models in Taekwondo. Purpose: This study evaluated the effects of reducing the training volume during tapering on fitness and motor performance variables in Taekwondo ...

    • Referee’s bias explain red color advantage in Taekwondo 

      Carazo Vargas, Pedro; Moncada Jiménez, José (2014)
      Previous research supports the notion that wearing red color uniforms enhances human performance in sports competitions; however, such results might have been contaminated by referees’ bias. The purpose of this study was ...

    • The Elite Athlete’s Challenge to Maintain Proper Hydration 

      Aragón Vargas, Luis Fernando (2004)
      This presentation at the Pre-Olympic Congress in 2004 addresses the importance of maintaining proper hydration during sports competition, and the obstacles faced by competitors.