Holistic Approach in Sports Science Research

Daniel A. Marinho

University of Beira Interior, Research Centre in Sports, Health Sciences and Human Development (CIDESD, Covilhã), Portugal

Daniel A. Marinho, University of Beira Interior, Research Centre in Sports, Health Sciences and Human Development (CIDESD, Covilhã), Portugal.

Keywords: Sports Science; Fractal Analysis; Evaluation Apparatus; Injuries Prevention

Abstract

Holistic approach enabled to develop, for the last years, deterministic models to describe and predict performance. Recently some limitations were pointed out to these models and claims that dynamic systems theory should be used as major framework to analyze sports performance. Hence, the development of research based on non-linear parameters (i.e. fractal analysis, entropy, etc) is a step forward for this research field and only briefly described in some of the last papers published under this field. Therefore, it seems a hot topic for the sports science research.

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