Sports and Active Living Are Medicine, and Education, Happiness, Performance, Business, Innovation, and Culture…for a Sustainable World

Millet, Grégoire P.; Giulianotti, Richard

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“…Sports carry strong cultural and political meanings for their practitioners and spectators and powerfully symbolize identities and communities (Millet and Giulianotti, 2019 ). It is therefore not surprising—and in a sense reassuring in our globalized world—to find that a local sporting culture can impact the scientific output, as is testified by the overrepresentation of alpine and Nordic skiing in Scand J Med Sci Sport .…”

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“…Over the last two decades, the “sport sciences” field has massively expanded, as evidenced by the continuously growing number of journals (e.g., 85 journals in 2021 vs. 58 in 1998 in the “sport sciences” category of the Incites journal citations report— https://jcr.clarivate.com ). The original definition of sport sciences as “ the study and application of scientific principles and techniques to improve sporting performance ” (Lippi et al, 2008 ) has become too narrow, and researchers in different scientific fields (e.g., antidoping sciences, biomechanics, physiology, nutrition, injury prevention and rehabilitation, psychology, pedagogy, management and marketing, history, sociology and many biomedical fields, including preventive medicine and oncology) (Millet and Giulianotti, 2019 ) are producing an enormous body of research related to exercise and sports. However, to our knowledge, there has been no comprehensive analysis of the “sport sciences” field and no comparison of the sport-specific scientific literature across all Olympic sports.…”

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Olympic Sports Science—Bibliometric Analysis of All Summer and Winter Olympic Sports Research

Millet

Brocherie

Burtscher

2021

Front. Sports Act. Living

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Introduction: The body of scientific literature on sports and exercise continues to expand. The summer and winter Olympic games will be held over a 7-month period in 2021–2022.Objectives: We took this rare opportunity to quantify and analyze the main bibliometric parameters (i.e., the number of articles and citations) across all Olympic sports to weigh and compare their importance and to assess the structure of the “sport sciences” field. The present review aims to perform a bibliometric analysis of Olympic sports research. We quantified the following topics: (1) the most investigated sports; (2) the main journals in which the studies are published; (3) the main factors explaining sport-specific scientific attractiveness; (4) the influence of being in the Olympic programme, economic weight, and local influences on research output; and (5) which research topic is the most investigated across sports.Methods: We searched 116 sport/exercise journals on PubMed for the 40 summer and 10 winter Olympic sports. A total of 34,038 articles were filtered for a final selection of 25,003 articles (23,334 articles on summer sports and 1,669 on winter sports) and a total of 599,820 citations.Results and Discussion: Nine sports [football (soccer), cycling, athletics, swimming, distance & marathon running, basketball, baseball, tennis, and rowing] were involved in 69% of the articles and 75% of the citations. Football was the most cited sport, with 19.7 and 26.3% of the total number of articles and citations, respectively. All sports yielded some scientific output, but 11 sports (biathlon, mountain biking, archery, diving, trampoline, skateboarding, skeleton, modern pentathlon, luge, bobsleigh, and curling) accumulated a total of fewer than 50 publications. While ice hockey is the most prominently represented winter sport in the scientific literature, winter sports overall have produced minor scientific output. Further analyses show a large scientific literature on team sports, particularly American professional sports (i.e., baseball, basketball, and ice hockey) and the importance of inclusion in the Olympic programme to increasing scientific interest in “recent” sports (i.e., triathlon and rugby sevens). We also found local/cultural influence on the occurrence of a sport in a particular “sport sciences” journal. Finally, the relative distribution of six main research topics (i.e., physiology, performance, training and testing, injuries and medicine, biomechanics, and psychology) was large across sports and reflected the specific performance factors of each sport.

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Olympic Sports Science—Bibliometric Analysis of All Summer and Winter Olympic Sports Research

Millet

Brocherie

Burtscher

2021

Front. Sports Act. Living

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“…Sports and active lifestyle are interconnected with medicine, education, happiness, performance, business and innovation, history, society, culture, and politics. The development of appropriate policy and practice recommendations for sport and active living is crucial for making a more sustainable world (Millet and Giulianotti 2019).…”

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Evolution of the Olympic Movement: Adapting to Contemporary Global Challenges

Theodorakis,

Georgiadis,

Hassandra

2024

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This paper explores the diverse impact of the Olympic Movement on society, emphasizing core values like ‘excellence’, ‘friendship’, and ‘respect’. Traditionally, the Olympic Movement actively promotes global sport through initiatives such as Olympic education programs, instilling moral dimensions, cultural values, and essential life skills. Recent Olympic Games are scrutinized for their organizers’ focus on safety, pandemic management, environmental sustainability, and gender equality. This paper addresses crucial policy options, spanning human rights, social inclusion through sport, and the pervasive issue of inactivity affecting public health. Noteworthy successes in leveraging sports for refugees and combating substance use disorders are discussed, alongside joint efforts by the World Health Organization and the International Olympic Committee, to combat inactivity and promote health through sports. Exploration of gender equality in the Olympic Movement recognizes challenges and suggests actions, including increasing female participation and addressing sexual harassment. The intersection of sports, climate change, and environmental responsibility is examined, with a focus on the ambitious ‘climate-positive’ goals of the Paris 2024 Olympics. However, since most of the IOC actions are rather symbolic and not substantial, many organizations are called upon to take active initiatives. Actionable recommendations urge countries to prioritize physical activity policies, organize exercise programs, and collaborate across sectors for health and environmental sustainability. The Olympic Games should focus on promoting mass sports participation, fostering positive attitudes, enhancing public health through sports, education, peace, and societal values, advocating for a holistic approach that champions ethical values, and promoting Olympic education to build a better world through sports.

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“…not only can physical activity be beneficial to health and wellbeing but to these other sectors of life as well. Designing with the thought of affecting our whole way of life will more likely make transitioning to a life of activity easier and more successful for the community Millet, G., & Giulianotti, R. (2019).…”

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Activate, Inactive, Activity.

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<p>Sports facilities in the Central Wellington area cater to physical activity for only a select portion of the population. Most of the time use is determined by the posts at each end of the field. Through the process of design research, I will test ways of maximizing space which is not used in thesefacilities to bring more physical and recreational options to the wider community. The theory of active living will influence the design as it has been associated with preventing diseases andimproving mental health. However, to increase physical activity in the community there needs to be new and improved devices that will encourage physical and social activity. This researchassignment will test what sports and physical activities can co-exist in the same space, maximizing the usage of land in an undulating and shrinking city. Reshaping these facilities will offer options that do not require consistent commitment and can be used whenever the user can dedicate time to recreation, shifting away from traditional sport and using other solutions to keep the community active. This I hope will stimulate and increase community mental health and reduce the risks of non-communicable diseases.</p>

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Sports and Active Living Are Medicine, and Education, Happiness, Performance, Business, Innovation, and Culture…for a Sustainable World

Cited by 12 publications

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Olympic Sports Science—Bibliometric Analysis of All Summer and Winter Olympic Sports Research

Olympic Sports Science—Bibliometric Analysis of All Summer and Winter Olympic Sports Research

Evolution of the Olympic Movement: Adapting to Contemporary Global Challenges

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