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...physical skills. Such suggestions have been made before when skateboarding, BMX and snowboarding were first included in the Olympic programme. The inclusion of breaking is no doubt related to the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) expressed desire to broaden the Olympic audience by attracting younger spectators and viewers to the games. The staging of the breaking...

...physical and mental demands of the modern game. As the game becomes faster and more physically intense, players are expected to deliver top performances across crowded domestic seasons, international tournaments and growing commercial commitments. Recovery windows are shrinking, while the pressure to remain at peak performance only grows. Physiotherapists have already...

...physical stimulation, social stimulation, levels decrease significantly. The decline that follows is usually steep and leads to rapid deterioration of the individual. Care home residents, in addition to cognitive impairment already present, are likely to quickly develop co-morbidities that require multiple medications; significant limitations in carrying out day to day...

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...physical and cognitive. In other words, it affects our muscles, bones, joints, our brain as well as all other organs. Our brain is in a sense a central computer where everything that is happening in our bodies and minds gets processed. It is interesting that our brain consumes around 20% of all glucose and 20% of all oxygen consumed by the whole body. [old man with a...