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COVID-19’s impact on physical activity and metabolic syndrome in firefighters: A randomized trial of pre- and post-recovery analysis (2025)
Journal Article

Objective: Despite the physical demands of their job, firefighters often experience declining health, a trend that has worsened with coronavirus infection. We investigated the correlation between physical activity (PA) and metabolic syndrome (MS) ris... Read More about COVID-19’s impact on physical activity and metabolic syndrome in firefighters: A randomized trial of pre- and post-recovery analysis.

Body-weight functional exercise promotes greater and safer blood glucose reduction compared to aerobic and strength exercises in type 1 diabetics: a randomised crossover study. (2025)
Journal Article

Aerobic and strength exercises are commonly recommended for patients with type-1 diabetes (T1DM) but may not suit everyone. Body-weight functional exercise (BWFE) could offer an alternative for diabetes management. We aimed to compare blood glucose (... Read More about Body-weight functional exercise promotes greater and safer blood glucose reduction compared to aerobic and strength exercises in type 1 diabetics: a randomised crossover study..

Sex-Related Glycemic and Cardiovascular Responses After Continuous and Interval Aerobic Sessions in Patients With Type 1 Diabetes: A Randomized Crossover Study (2024)
Journal Article

We aimed to investigate sex-related glycemic and cardiovascular responses after intensity- (moderate) and duration- (30 minutes) matched interval aerobic exercise (IAE) and continuous (CAE) aerobic exercise sessions in patients with type 1 diabetes m... Read More about Sex-Related Glycemic and Cardiovascular Responses After Continuous and Interval Aerobic Sessions in Patients With Type 1 Diabetes: A Randomized Crossover Study.

Masterful defense vs. rookie fumbles: How do expert air hockey champs on mobile reveal their skills through posture and touch? (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

We explored the relationships between expertise, in-game performance, posture, and screen interactions in mobile sports games. Twenty participants (10 experienced) played Disc-O, a turn-based air hockey game. Posture, phone holding style, play style,... Read More about Masterful defense vs. rookie fumbles: How do expert air hockey champs on mobile reveal their skills through posture and touch?.

The effects of acute caffeine ingestion on decision-making and pass accuracy in young soccer players: A preliminary randomized controlled trial (2023)
Journal Article

Caffeine has been shown to benefit physical aspects of different sports. In this paper, we aimed to understand the effects of caffeine on decision-making and the accuracy of soccer passes. Twelve young soccer players (16–17 years old and 20.8 ± 2.7 k... Read More about The effects of acute caffeine ingestion on decision-making and pass accuracy in young soccer players: A preliminary randomized controlled trial.

Is rating of perceived exertion a valid method for monitoring exergaming intensity in type-1 diabetics? A cross-sectional randomized trial (2023)
Journal Article

Aims: The rating of perceived exertion (RPE) provides correlations with physiological measurements of exercise intensity, including metabolic equivalent (MET), oxygen consumption (V̇O2), and heart rate (HR), in real (RS) and virtual (VS) sessions. To... Read More about Is rating of perceived exertion a valid method for monitoring exergaming intensity in type-1 diabetics? A cross-sectional randomized trial.

Getting past a basketball defender is not just a matter of size: A virtual reality body- and action-scaled affordance approach (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Introduction: Affordance theory (Gibson, 1977) has been promoted as a relevant framework for understanding information-movement coupling in sport (Fajen et al., 2009). With virtual reality, it is now possible to show how decision-making is shaped by... Read More about Getting past a basketball defender is not just a matter of size: A virtual reality body- and action-scaled affordance approach.

A multi‐scale analysis of basketball throw in virtual reality for tracking perceptual‐motor expertise (2022)
Journal Article

To benefit from virtual reality (VR) as a complementary tool for training, coaches must determine the proper tools and variables for tracking sports performance. We explored the basketball shooting at several scales (basket-ball, ball-player, and pla... Read More about A multi‐scale analysis of basketball throw in virtual reality for tracking perceptual‐motor expertise.

Is perception of VAR outcome biomechanically accurate? (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The purpose of this study was to understand if offside judgments, using different video assistant referee (VAR) technologies (video replay vs. guiding lines), are biomechanically accurate. Ten college students viewed video clips of a football player,... Read More about Is perception of VAR outcome biomechanically accurate?.

Using virtual reality for the identification of expertise (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Cardiovascular and enjoyment comparisons after active videogame and running in type-1 diabetics: A randomized crossover trial (2021)
Journal Article

Background: Active videogames (AVGs) have been primarily studied in healthy individuals. To use the technology in type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) patients, cardiovascular and enjoyment responses should be studied and compared with traditional exercis... Read More about Cardiovascular and enjoyment comparisons after active videogame and running in type-1 diabetics: A randomized crossover trial.

The influence of virtual reality head-mounted displays on balance outcomes and training paradigms: A systematic review (2021)
Journal Article

Background: Falls are the leading causes of (non)fatal injuries in older adults. Recent research has developed interventions that aim to improve balance in older adults using virtual reality (VR).

Purpose: We aimed to investigate the validity, rel... Read More about The influence of virtual reality head-mounted displays on balance outcomes and training paradigms: A systematic review.

Expertise differences in a 2D animation simulation decision-making task: The influence of presentation speed on performance (2020)
Book Chapter

This article investigates the effect of using different playing speeds of 2D animation on the decision accuracy and reaction times of elite footballers. Groups of players from different age categories (under 16, under 18 and under 23 year olds) elite... Read More about Expertise differences in a 2D animation simulation decision-making task: The influence of presentation speed on performance.

Assessing decision making using 2D animations in elite academy footballers (2020)
Book Chapter

Having investigated the effects of videos in the preceding chapter, this chapter assesses 2D animation, a form of presentation used in many coaching situations. The aim of this experiment was to investigate decision-making skills in different age gro... Read More about Assessing decision making using 2D animations in elite academy footballers.

Assessing decision-making in elite academy footballers using real-world video clips (2020)
Book Chapter

The aim of this experiment was to investigate whether there were differences in decision-making skills between different age groups (Under 16, 18 and 23) of elite academy footballers on a video-based task of real-life football scenarios. It also expl... Read More about Assessing decision-making in elite academy footballers using real-world video clips.

Augmented reality tools for sports education and training (2020)
Journal Article

Augmented reality (AR) provides additional information to the reality of sportspeople, and might offer supplementary advantages compared to other technologies. The goals of this study were to characterize and understand the benefits of AR in sports e... Read More about Augmented reality tools for sports education and training.

Does exergaming drive future physical activity and sport intentions? (2020)
Journal Article

We studied how usability and playability of sport exergames affect future intentions of participation in physical activity or actual sport. We employed questionnaires to measure participants’ enjoyment, usability, game-experience, and future intentio... Read More about Does exergaming drive future physical activity and sport intentions?.

A SWOT analysis of virtual reality for seniors (2019)
Book Chapter

The population of older people is increasing. In this book chapter, the author reviewed some of the applications of virtual reality (VR) for seniors in form of a strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis. This approach is comm... Read More about A SWOT analysis of virtual reality for seniors.

Multi-user virtual environments for physical education and sport training (2019)
Book Chapter

For effective learning and training, virtual environments may provide lifelike opportunities, and researchers are actively investigating their potential for educational purposes. Minimal research attention has been paid to the integration of multi-us... Read More about Multi-user virtual environments for physical education and sport training.

Sport exergames for physical education (2018)
Book Chapter

Sports active video games (exergames) are accessible forms of physical activity which might also be used in physical education (PE) curriculum. The purpose of this book chapter is to firstly, review some of the relevant applications of sports exergam... Read More about Sport exergames for physical education.