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Beyond aerobic intensity: Comparing the effects of cognitively engaging gross-motor coordination training and aerobic exercise on working memory and selective attention in school-age children: A randomized controlled trial

Working memory and selective attention develop rapidly during middle childhood and are sensitive to physical activity. Aerobic exercise is thought to act mainly through intensity-driven physiological pathways (cerebral perfusion, neurotrophic signalling and arousal), whereas gros...

Epidural Electrical Stimulation Within an Integrated Rehabilitation Pathway for Traumatic Cervical Spinal Cord Injury: Safety and 12-Month Functional Outcomes

Background/Objectives: Epidural electrical stimulation (EES) is an investigational, off-label neuromodulation strategy used adjunctively with rehabilitation in chronic spinal cord injury (SCI), but safety and longitudinal functional data specific to traumatic cervical SCI remain...

Position-Related Differences in Anthropometric Characteristics and Field-Test Physical Performance of Elite Female Volleyball Players: A Cross-Sectional Analysis

Background: Volleyball court roles impose distinct physical demands, yet multi-domain position-specific profiles of elite female players are scarce. This study compared anthropometric characteristics and field-test physical performance across five positions. Methods: Fifty player...

Position-specific lower extremity performance and machine learning-based injury-risk screening classification in adult male basketball players: a random forest and SHAP approach

Basketball imposes high position-dependent neuromuscular demands that predispose athletes to lower extremity injuries. Machine learning offers the potential to identify multivariable risk-screening patterns that single-threshold approaches miss. This study aimed to (1) compare po...