• Association Foot Morphology and Performance in Rhythmic Gymnastics 

      Sierra Palmeiro, Elena; Bobo-Arce, Marta; Fernández-Villarino, María A.; Alonso-Tajes, Francisco; González-Martín, M. Carmen; Gómez-Rivas, Lucía (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 2020)
      [Abstract] The objectives of the study were to determine the influence of foot morphology on performance in Rhythmic Gymnastics and to analyze the influence of years of practice. The sample consisted of 48 gymnasts who ...
    • Longitudinal study of individual exercises in elite rhythmic gymnastics 

      Sierra Palmeiro, Elena; Bobo-Arce, Marta; Pérez-Ferreirós, Alexandra; Fernández-Villarino, María A. (University of Extremadura, 2019-06-28)
      [Abstract] The performance evolution in rhythmic gymnastics depends on changes in code of points. At the beginning of each Olympic cycle the code of points changes and therefore, the content of the competition exercises, ...
    • Overweight in schoolchildren and association with physical activity and parental habits 

      Sierra Palmeiro, Elena; González Valeiro, Miguel; Fernández Villarino, María de los Ángeles (Sociedade brasileira de medicina do esporte, 2019-07)
      [Abstract]: Excess weight in childhood and adolescence is an important health problem that tends to persist in adulthood. Among the causes of this increase there appears to be a consensus on emphasizing physical activity ...
    • Performance indicators in individual rhythmic gymnastics: Correlations in competition 

      Bobo-Arce, Marta; Fernández Villarino, María de los Ángeles; Hernaiz-Sánchez, Ariadna; Sierra Palmeiro, Elena (Universidad de Alicante, 2018)
      [Abstract]: The aim of this study was to identify the training variables that can determine the score in elite rhythmic gymnasts. Seven female rhythmic gymnasts participated in the study (age 15.7 ± 1.2). Performance data ...
    • Training in Rhythmic Gymnastics during the pandemic 

      Bobo-Arce, Marta; Sierra Palmeiro, Elena; Fernández-Villarino, María A.; Fink, Hardy (Maneiro Dios, Rubén, 2021-04-09)
      [Abstract]: The pandemic caused by the COVID 19 Virus creates an unprecedented situation of global confinement altering the development of competition and sports training at all levels of participation and in all sports, ...