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Engineering (R0) eBook Series

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  • Mobile Applications for Assessing Athletic Performance

    A Lab in Your Hand

    by Filipe Manuel Clemente ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This book provides a concise, evidence-informed guide to using mobile applications to measure and monitor human sports performance, turning a smartphone into a practical ‘lab in your hands’. It synthesizes what can (and cannot) be measured with apps and connected wearables, and it translates research concepts (validity, reliability, sensitivity, and meaningful change) into procedures for coaches, ... Read more

    $64.09 CAD

  • Computational Metrics for Soccer Analysis

    Connecting the dots

    by João Bernardo Sequeiros, Filipe Manuel Clemente, Fernando Manuel Lourenço Martins, Frutuoso G. M Silva, Acácio F.P.P. Correia ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This book provides an account of the use of computational tactical metrics in improving sports analysis, in particular the use of Global Positioning System (GPS) data in soccer. As well as offering a practical perspective on collective behavioural analysis, it introduces the computational metrics available in the literature that allow readers to identify collective behaviour and patterns of play ... Read more

    $70.49 CAD

  • Small-Sided and Conditioned Games in Soccer Training

    The Science and Practical Applications

    by Filipe Manuel Clemente ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This book reviews the general acute effects and adaptations of small-sided and conditioned games (SSCGs) in terms of physiological responses, technical performance and methodology/periodization in the game of soccer. It also reviews the many studies conducted in the past decade to investigate the influence of SSCGs on physiological responses and technical performance in soccer training. SSCGs, ... Read more

    $96.09 CAD

  • Social Network Analysis Applied to Team Sports Analysis

    by Filipe Manuel Clemente, Fernando Manuel Lourenço Martins, Rui Sousa Mendes ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    Explaining how graph theory and social network analysis can be applied to team sports analysis,This book presents useful approaches, models and methods that can be used to characterise the overall properties of team networks and identify the prominence of each team player.Exploring the different possible network metrics that can be utilised in sports analysis, their possible applications and ... Read more

    $70.49 CAD

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    Edited by NSCA -National Strength & Conditioning Association, Duncan French, Lorena Torres Ronda ...
    Within the domain of sport, the application of science is more apparent than ever before. Not only are universities and academic institutions scientifically investigating sport as one element of human performance, but professional teams, sporting organizations, and private training companies are embracing approaches that use scientific principles to help their athletes and teams gain a competitive ... Read more

    $86.79 CAD

  • Multidirectional Speed in Sport

    Research to Application

    Edited by Thomas Dos’Santos, Paul Jones ...
    During field- and court-based sports, players are continually required to perceive their environment within a match and select and perform the most appropriate action to achieve their immediate goal within that match instance. This ability is commonly known as agility, considered a vital quality in such sports and may incorporate a variety of locomotion and instantaneous actions.Multidirectional ... Read more

    $81.06 CAD

  • Quantifying Quality of Life

    Incorporating Daily Life into Medicine

    Edited by Katarzyna Wac, Sharon Wulfovich ...
    Series series Medicine (R0)
    This open access book presents the rise of technology-enabled methods and tools for objective, quantitative assessment of Quality of Life (QoL), while following the WHOQOL model. It is an in-depth resource describing and examining state-of-the-art, minimally obtrusive, ubiquitous technologies. Highlighting the required factors for adoption and scaling of technology-enabled methods and tools for ... Read more

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  • Strength and Conditioning for Football

    From Science to Practice

    Edited by Marco Beato, Chris Bishop, Anthony N. Turner ...
    The game of football is one of the most popular in the world and is followed by millions of spectators on all continents. In recent years, football has undergone technical, tactical and physical evolution, whereby players are subjected to ever higher physical stimuli. To be properly prepared, strength and conditioning coaches must use the most advanced scientific evidence to help inform decision ... Read more

    $83.81 CAD

  • Sport and Exercise Physiology Testing Guidelines: Volume I - Sport Testing

    The British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences Guide

    Edited by Richard Davison, Paul M Smith, James Hopker, Florentina Hettinga, Garry Tew, Lindsay Bottoms, Michael Price ...
    Series series BASES Sport and Exercise Science
    Since its first published edition more than 30 years ago, the BASES (British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences) Physiological Testing Guidelines have represented the leading knowledge base of current testing methodology for sport and exercise scientists. Sport and exercise physiologists conduct physiological assessments that have proven validity and reliability, both in laboratory and ... Read more

    $107.17 CAD

  • Monitoring Training and Performance in Athletes

    by Mike McGuigan ...
    The use of athlete and team training and performance monitoring systems has grown due to technology advances. Practitioners who work with athletes from high school to elite levels in a range of sports use these systems to observe athlete data, including exercise intensity, athletic fitness, and body responses. Monitoring Training and Performance in Athletes is a compilation of evidence-based ... Read more

    $47.99 CAD

  • Translational Neuroscience

    A Guide to a Successful Program

    Edited by Edgar Garcia-Rill ...
    Translational research looks to take the latest innovations made in the laboratory setting to translate findings into effective and sustainable medical interventions and improved preventative measures. Funding support is increasingly tied to practical healthcare outcomes, with this trend likely only to increase in coming years, Translational Neuroscience: A Guide to a Successful Program, is a ... Read more

    $113.99 CAD

  • Designing EEG Experiments for Studying the Brain

    Design Code and Example Datasets

    by Aamir Saeed Malik, Hafeez Ullah Amin ...
    Designing EEG Experiments for Studying the Brain: Design Code and Example Datasets details the design of various brain experiments using electroencephalogram (EEG). Providing guidelines for designing an EEG experiment, it is primarily for researchers who want to venture into this field by designing their own experiments as well as those who are excited about neuroscience and want to explore ... Read more

    $88.79 CAD