Inhaled corticosteroids was the most frequent treatment prescribed for asthma patients in the study. However, patients reported substantial asthma-related morbidity. Children used more resources than adults, despite being classified as having better control. Patients with poor control of asthma symptoms incurred the highest societal cost, improving patient control may reduce cost to society by 40% or more.

Background: The purpose of the study was to examine whether neuromuscular fitness contributes significantly to the success of eAlite junior tennis players of differing ages and sexes. Methods: The 160 participants, who were elite Hungarian junior tennis players (aged 11–17), were separated into four groups within this study, and 10 different types of field tests were used. Results: A moderate significant correlation was found between the results of the 5 m run (r = −0.42; r = −0.45), standing long jump (r = 0.39; r = 0.56), overhand ball throw (r = 0.44; r = 0.53), serve (r = 0.39; r = 0.64), amount of push-ups in 30 seconds (r = 0.32; r = 0.48), 10 × 5 m run in a shuttle run (r = −0.34; r = −0.45), the spider run (r = −0.34; r = −0.52), and competitive tennis success among U14 and U18 girls. A significant correlation between the overhead medicine ball throw test value (r = 0.47) and the current competitive performance was found only among U18 elite female tennis players. In contrast, no correlation was found between the values of the U14 and U18 male tennis players and their current competitive performance. Conclusions: Additional studies are needed to identify interventions that can increase sport-specific neuromuscular fitness with the ultimate goal of achieving better performance.

Tenisz-specifikus motoros tesztek áttekintéseAn overview of tennis-specific motor tests Dobos Károly Metro Rákosszentmihályi Sport ClubÖsszefoglaló -A tenisz technikai és taktikai dominanciájú sportjáték, amelyben a teniszező fizikai állapota nagyban befolyásolja azt, hogy győztesen vagy vesztesen hagyja-e el a pályát. Ezért a sportoló fizikai állapotáról történő objektív információszerzés elengedhetetlen. A szakirodalom a fizikai tesztekkel kapcsolatban pálya és labor teszteket különböztet meg. A labortesztek magas érvényességgel és megbízhatósággal rendelkező drága tesztek, amelyek szigorúbb sztenderdizálási folyamaton esnek át, mint a pályatesztek. A tenisz azonban a fizikai képességek komplex interakcióját igényli és ezek a tesztek ezt nem modellezik. Ezzel szemben a tenisz-specifikus motoros tesztek jól modellezik a sportági profilt. Ezért az összefoglaló tanulmány célja az volt, hogy a szakirodalmi ajánlások alapján bemutassa azokat a tenisz-specifikus motoros teszteket (pályatesztek), amelyek releváns információkat tartalmaznak a teniszezők fizikai teljesítményéről. A szakirodalom a teniszezők tenisz-specifikus fizikai képességeinek a feltérképezésére az 5, 10 méteres futás, a hatszög, a tenyeres és a fonák oldalmozgás, 5x10m ingafutás, a pókfutás, az adogatás, a sebesség, a felsődobás, a kétkezes tenyeres és fonák vetés, a kétkezes tömöttlabda dobás és az üss és fordulj teszt alkalmazását javasolja. A jövőt illetően a tendenciák a mérkőzések és az edzések alatti fizikai, élettani, biomechanikai, technikai és taktikai paraméterek komplex mérése felé mutatnak. Ezek a vizsgálatok olyan modern innovatív eszközöket alkalmaznak, mint például: a GPS alapú nyomkövető, a gyorsulás és lassulás mérő, az adogatógép, a radar, a nagyfelbontású kamera, a telemetrikus pulzuskövetés, a hordozható gáz és vér analizátor, az okos pálya, az ütő és óra, a hordozható számítógép, amelyekkel a sportági profil és az egyénre jellemző sajátosságok objektívabban figyelhetők meg. Költségvonzatuk azonban igen jelentős. Kulcsszavak: fizikai képességek, motoros teszt, sportági profil, tenisz Abstract -Tennis is a technically and tactically dominant sport, in which the physical state of the tennis player has a high influence on how he/she leaves the court: victoriously or defeated. That is why the gaining of objective information about the physical condition of the players is unavoidable. Special literature differentiates field and laboratory tests. Laboratory tests are very expensive, have higher validity and reliability, and go through higher standardization process, than the field tests. Tennis requires the complex interaction of physical abilities, which are not modelled by these tests. Tennis-specific motor tests wellmodel the profile of the sport. The aim of this study is to present those tennis-specific motor (field) tests, which give relevant information about the physical performance of tennis players. These are: 5-10m runs, hexagonal, sideward movement during the forehand and backhand shots, 5x10 m shuttle run, spider run, servi...

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"ABSTRACT. Introduction: Coaches should be able to estimate successfully different physical attributes of junior tennis player’s performance such as power, in order to monitor players’ progress and to design the most appropriate training program. However, this process requires reliable and valid field tests. Objective: Aim of this study was to examine absolute and relative reliability of overhand ball throw (OBT) test within testing session and to investigate its validity. Methods: 257 Hungarian junior boy and girl tennis players (aged 11- 17) separated into four groups, performed OBT and serve speed (SS) tests of standardised protocol. Results: Dependent sample t-test revealed no significant (p= 0.31-57>0.05) difference between test and retest sample means within testing session and magnitude of effect size (dz=0.1-0.5) were trivial for all groups. Furthermore, all groups had low typical percentage error (CV= 3-4 %), and standard error of measurement values was consistently low (SEM= 0.12- 0.18). Within test-retest consistency illustrated strong relative reliability (ICC= 0.98-0.99). Moreover, significantly large to very large positive correlations were found between OBT and SS (r= 0.57-0.81; p˂0.01) tests. The coefficient of determination indicated that OBT explained 32-65% of the SS for groups. Conclusions: These findings suggest that absolute and relative reliability of OBT test is high within testing session and validity of OBT test is acceptable for measuring power ability of flat serve execution in junior tennis players."