Vol. 9 No. 2 (2024): 15th Annual Conference of the Swiss Society of Sports Sciences, February 7 and 8, 2024, at ETH Zurich: Approaches in Sports Sciences: Today and Tomorrow. Book of Abstracts

Symposium 1: Understanding meaning in sport and physical culture: Empirical and methodological insights

Noora J. Ronkainen, Michael McDougall

001

Perspectives on meaning in qualitative research

Violetta Oblinger-Peters, Kristoffer Henriksen, Noora J. Ronkainen

002

Meaning in elite sport – A narrative review of scholarship in sport psychology

Michael J. Schmid, Violetta Oblinger-Peters, Merlin Örencik, Helena Hlasová, Jürg Schmid, Achim Conzelmann, Noora J. Ronkainen

003

Meaning in life of elite athletes: A person-oriented study

Symposium 2: Advances in sleep science and athletic performance

Stephanie Huwiler, Manuel Carro-Domínguez, Fabia Stich, Rossella Sala, Florent Aziri, Anna Trippel, Tabea Ryf, Susanne Markendorf, David Niederseer, Philipp Bohm, Gloria Stoll, Lily Laubscher, Jeivicaa Thevan, Christina M. Spengler, Joanna Gawinecka, Elena Osto, Reto Huber, Nicole Wenderoth, Christian Schmied, Caroline Lustenberger

004

Slow waves during deep sleep support cardiac function

Albrecht Vorster, Michael J. Schmid, Daniel Erlacher

005

Sleep health in Swiss elite athletes. An online survey

Emma Peters, Xinlin Wang, Martin Dresler, Daniel Erlacher

006

Dream incorporation of three different bodily stimuli

Symposium 3: Gender and diversity concepts in sport and physical education: Long-standing issues, current developments, future prospects

Christelle Hayoz

007

Coeducation in physical education in Switzerland – A national inventory of the legal basis and its implementation

Elke Gramespacher

008

Promoting girls in sport – (Still) in keeping with the times?

Karolin Heckemeyer, Marianne Meier, Matthias Grabherr

009

Gender and diversity competence in sport studies programs in higher education

Symposium 4: Current issues in sport organization research

Rahel Bürgi, Angela Gebert, Hanspeter Stamm, Markus Lamprecht

010

The development of Swiss sports clubs: Membership, volunteering, professionalization

Raphael Stieger, Romano Keller-Meier, Grazia Lang, Siegfried Nagel

011

Professionalisation and governance in Swiss sports clubs – Establishing a club office

Josephine Clausen, Emmanuel Bayle

012

Challenges and practices in international sport federations to gain and maintain legitimacy

Symposium 5: Mental health and substance use in Swiss elite para-athelets

Lucas Lüdi, Georg Pfarrwaller, Christian Imboden, Olivia Stoffel, Matthias Schlüssel, Andreas Heiniger, Birgit Kleim, Nikolai Kiselev

013

Voices of Swiss Paralympic athletes: Perspectives on mental health and well-being

Michele Lardi, Nikolai Kiselev, Christian Imboden, Olivia Stoffel, Andreas Heiniger, Michael Schaub

015

Unveiling the shadows - Substance use among para-athletes: A qualitative study with Swiss elite para-athletes

Tiffany Hartmann, Nikolai Kiselev, Malte Claussen, Christian Imboden, Olivia Stoffel, Andreas Heiniger, Ceren Acarturk, Christoph Kreinbucher-Bekerle, Michael Schaub

016

Mental health and substance use among elite para-athletes: An cross-sectional survey

Symposium 6: Physical activity promotion in Swiss pediatric oncology

Ann Christin Schneider, Lisa Hillebrecht, Julia Schmid, Christina Schindera, Eva Katharina Brack, Valentin Benzing

017

«KiKli Fit» – The effects of a specifically designed physical activity program on cognitive and motor performance in children with cancer: A multicenter crossover trial

Julia Schmid, Bianca Schmidli, Lisa Hillebrecht, Christina Schindera, Nicolas von der Weid, Eva Katharina Brack, Valentin Benzing

018

Physical activity counseling within the «KiKli Fit»-project: Development and first implementation

Fiona Streckmann, Christina Schindera, Oliver Faude, Nicolas von der Weid

019

The potential and importance of exercise therapy in pediatric oncology – The PrepAIR study

Young Investigator Award Finalists

Jan M. Anderegg, Stefanie L. Brefin, Claudio R. Nigg, David Koschnick, Claudia Paul, Sascha Ketelhut

020

Load and recovery monitoring in Swiss top-level youth soccer players: Exploring the associations of a new web application-based score with recognised load measures

Patrick Manser, Eling D. de Bruin

021

Brain-IT: Targeting the brain using information technology for secondary prevention of mild neurocognitive disorder

Timothée Popesco, Quentin Gardet, Jonathan Bossard, Nicola A. Maffiuletti, Nicolas Place

022

Effects of pulse width and frequency on evoked responses in electrostimulation: comparison between three muscle groups

Paul Ritsche, Martino Franchi, Jörg Spörri, Martin Keller, Neil Cronin, Oliver Faude

023

Muscle geometry and its relevance for sports performance? A perspective of current findings and future opportunities

Selin Scherrer, Sven Egger, Xinyu Liu, Anna Wick, Lijing Xin, Benedikt Lauber, Wolfgang Taube

024

Improved subjective sleep quality after three months of balance learning in older adults

Oral sessions and poster discussion sessions

Fabian Ammann, Ann Knuchel, Anneke Hertig-Godeschalk, Claudio Perret

025

The effects of eccentric arm crank training on upper body performance in elite athletes with a spinal cord injury

Gian-Andri Baumann, Mattia Nolé, Christina M. Spengler, Fernando G. Beltrami

026

Impact of midsole thickness on physiological responses during running in well-trained athletes

Fernando G. Beltrami, Kyle G. P. J. M. Bolye, Corinna Brunckhorst, Firat Duru, Christina M. Spengler, Ardan M. Saguner

027

Ventricular arrhythmia burden during different physical activities in patients with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy: Preliminary analysis

Kai Biedermann, Gian-Andri Baumann, Mattia Nolé, Christina M. Spengler, Fernando G. Beltrami

028

The order of running shoes and how it influences the perception of effort and comfort

Nicolas Bourdillon, Hélène Paschoud, Nancy B. Hopf, Jennifer Pache, Pascal Wild, Giorgio Manferdelli, Grégoire P. Millet, Myriam Borgatta

029

Effects of exposition to glycol ethers on heart rate recovery, parasympathetic modulation and oxygen diffusion at rest and during exercise

Kyle G. P. J. M. Bolye, Patrick Schön, Fernando G. Beltrami, Matthias Greutmann, Christina M. Spengler

030

It’s not just the heart: respiratory limitations to constant-load exercise in adult Fontan patients and potential implications for rehabilitation

Stefanie L. Brefin, Jan Anderegg, Claudio R. Nigg, David Koschnick, Claudia Paul, Sascha Ketelhut

031

Assessing the relationship between a web application-based load and recovery score and training load, considering the menstrual cycle: A longitudinal observational study in elite women’s soccer

Kathrin Bretz, Ilaria Ferrari, Johanna Kress, Christian Herrmann

032

Development of basic motor competencies and connections with sport participation

Martin Buehrer, Stephanie Rosenstiel, Gorden Sudeck, Julia Schmid

033

Fostering positive affective exercise experiences and affect-related competencies for a physically active lifestyle: The FEEL project

Matteo Bugnon, Jan Ruffieux, Wolfgang Taube

034

Short-term interference in learning ballistic motor tasks: Refining the notion of specificity

Benjamin Carr

035

Inventing safe sport: Comparing Swiss and global strategies

Tom Citherlet, Gustavo R. Mota, Marco Carletta, Kevin Hayoz, Daniel Pereira Silva, Grégoire P. Millet

036

Hypoxic, blood flow restriction, or eccentric cycling: Which training intervention is the most effective in elderly individuals?

Wiebe H. K. De Vries, Ursina Arnet, Fransiska M. Bossuyt, Sonja de Groot, Inge Eriks-Hoogland, Claudio Perret

037

Associations between aerobic exercise, muscle strength training and the prevalence of shoulder pain in manual wheelchair users with spinal cord injury

Patrick Eggenberger, Nadine Buffat, Thomas Weber, Raphael Gubler, Emanuel Brunner

038

Recovery and stress monitoring in elite ice hockey: A longitudinal pilot-study

Sven Egger, Michael Wälchli, Samuel Meyer, Wolfgang Taube

039

Repetitive magnetic stimuli over the motor cortex impair long-term consolidation of a balance task by suppressing up-regulation of intracortical inhibition

Florence Epiney, Carina Baumberger, Carole Pauli, Daniela Loosli, Hansjörg Znoj, Birgit Kleim, Frank Wieber, Nikolai Kiselev

040

Voluntary sport programs for individuals with mental health disorders: The trainer’s and participant’s view

Louis Finiel, Fabio Borrani

041

Effect of catecholamines stimulation via hand cooling and the priming effect on the oxygen consumption kinetics

Martin Flück, Grégoire Mercier, Silvio Lorenzetti, Marie-Noëlle Giraud

042

Activation of the erythropoietin system in exhaustively exercise muscle relates to ACE gene polymorphism-modulated metabolic signalling and mitochondrial transcript expression

Alice Fornaciari, Chakaveh Ahmadizadeh, Valeria Galli, Carlo Menon

043

Textile wearable system for knee angle monitoring in three planes

Valeria Galli, Tyler J. Cuthbert, Chakaveh Ahmadizadeh, Carlo Menon

086

Preliminary investigation of the effect of artificial sweat on a wearable textile sensing system

Michelle C. Haas, Anna L. Martin-Niedecken, Larissa Wild, Leander Schneeberger, Eveline S. Graf

044

Biomechanical risk factors for ACL injury differ between the sexes when performing a high-intensive exergame

Michelle C. Haas, Anna L. Martin-Niedecken, Larissa Wild, Leander Schneeberger, Eveline S. Graf

045

Comparison of biomechanical risk factors for ACL injury between patients and healthy subjects during exergaming

Jonas Hanimann, Daniel P. Fitze, Tobias Götschi, Melanie Gloor, Eling D. de Bruin, Katrien de Bock, Reto Sutter, Jörg Spörri

046

Patellar tendon complaints and shear wave velocity patterns in maturing alpine skiers

Brett C. Hannigan, Mohamed Elgendi, Gholami Mohsen, Carlo Menon

047

Optimizing wearable motion tracking by assessing sagittal joint angle accuracy with minimal sensor use

Caroline Heimhofer, Susanne Koblitz, Marc Bächinger, Nicole Wenderoth

048

Finger-specific representations are sharpened during a fatiguing motor task

Anneke Hertig-Godeschalk, Claudio Perret

049

How elite athletes with a spinal cord injury sweat - An exploratory observational study

Vivien Hohberg, Eric Lichtenstein, Jan-Niklas Kreppke, Cedrine Zanitti, Fiona Streckmann, Markus Gerber, Oliver Faude

050

Effectiveness of lifestyle interventions to promote physical activity on glycated hemoglobin and physical activity in type 2 diabetes patients - Systematic review with meta-analysis

Eric Jeisy

051

Who’s better? Adaptive comparative judgment of dance performances

Ivona Jerkovic, Martin Camenzind, Agnes Psikuta, Simon Annaheim, René M. Rossi, Claudia Glass

052

Evaluation of drying performance of sports bras

Adelso Jorge, Eric Lichtenstein, Oliver Faude, Ralf Roth

053

Muscle activity and kinematics during three hamstring strengthening exercises compared to sprinting: A cross-sectional study

Slobodan Kojic, Steeve Menetrey, Karima Bouzourène, Lucia Mazzolai, Anne-Christine Peyter, Nathalie Rosenblatt-Velin, Grégoire P. Millet, Maxime Pellegrin

054

Comparison effect of high-intensity interval training and moderate intensity continuous training on vascular function in a mouse model of lower extremity peripheral artery disease

Sabrina Köchli, Isabel Casso, Caroline Whyatt, Stefan Schmid, Marietta Ungerer, Yvonne Delevoye-Turrell, Dawn Rose

055

Functional mobility assessment in Parkinson’s: A pilot feasibility study and a new methodological approach

Clément Lanfranchi, Sarah Willis, Bengt Kayser, Nicolas Place, Grégoire Millet, Nadège Zanou

056

Are there specific molecular adaptations of skeletal muscle to repeated sprint training in hypoxia?

Christin Lang, Anne Bik, Alexandre N. Datta, Mark Brotzmann, Leila Tarokh, Markus Gerber

057

Behavioral physical activity counselling to promote an active healthy lifestyle among adolescent psychiatric outpatients. The TRANSPAC-study

Romina Ledergerber, Eric Lichtenstein, Ralf Roth

058

Manuel Meier, Christian Holz

059

Assessing the accuracy of photoplethysmography for wearable heart rate monitoring based on body location and body motion in uncontrolled outdoor environments

Manuel Meier, Christian Holz

060

Impact of optical wavelength on the reliability of photoplethysmography-based heart rate measurements outside of controlled laboratory environments

Christian Mikutta, Eva Allenbach, Christian Imboden

061

Mental health in rock climbing

Ursina Minder, Claudio Perret, Ursina Arnet, Fransiska M. Bossuyt

062

Reliability and validity of portable dynamometers in testing shoulder and shoulder girdle strength: A systematic review

Viktoriia Nagorna, Basil Achermann, Artur Mytko, Silvio Lorenzetti

063

Pilot study: Insights into the validity of Opencap to assess knee kinematics during the back squat

Mattia Nolè, Gian-Andri Baumann, Christina M. Spengler, Fernando G. Beltrami

064

Should a 1% gradient be used to equate the metabolic cost between treadmill and overground running?

Sarah Piller, Siegfried Nagel

065

What makes national sport federations consider environmental sustainability? A conceptual framework on the agenda setting process based on a multiple case study

Raberin Antoine, Giorgio Manferdelli, Forrest Schorderet, Nicolas Bourdillon, Grégoire P. Millet

066

Persistence of expiratory flow limitations between normoxia and hypoxia

Anne-Christin Roth, Maik Beege

067

Attitudes of students towards the use of video-based media in physical education

R. Schilling, R. Weibel, E. Giannouli, D. Infanger, A. Sofios, S. Gisler, C. Röcke, T. Rantanen, E. Portegijs, C. Schuster-Amft, A. Mai, A. Schmidt-Trucksäss, T. Hinrichs

068

Increasing habitual walking in mobility-limited older adults through a personalized GIS-based intervention

Lukas Schulthess, Thorir Ingolfsson, Serin Huber, Marc Nölke, Michele Magno, Luca Benini, Christoph Leitner

069

A leap into the future: Towards an augmented reality learning environment in ski-jumping

Laurie Schwab, Philipp Röthlin, Roberta Antonini Philippe, Stephan Horvath

070

The Perceived Instrumental Effects of Maltreatment in Sport (PIEMS) scale: Translation, (cross-)validation, and short-form development of the German version

Julia Seinsche, Eling D. de Bruin, Ilaria Carpinella, Maurizio Ferrarin, Sotiria Moza, Eleftheria Giannouli

071

Discriminant ability of novel cognitive-motor assessments to distinguish between fallers and non-fallers – Preliminary findings

Roksana Shiran, Claudio R. Nigg

072

Physical activity, sedentary behavior, and sleep across lifespan in adults across European countries: Background and design

Marie Simonet, Debra Beltrami, Jérôme Barral

073

Inhibitory control expertise through sports practice: A scoping review

Rolf Stämpfli, Martin Camenzind, Simon Annaheim, Ivona Jerkovic, Rene M. Rossi, Claudia Glass

074

Female manikin for the evaluation of breast support provided by sports bras

Fabian Studer, Sara Seiler, Anna Siffert, Laura C. Dapp, Venera Gashaj, Christian Herrmann

075

Development and validation of an evaluation instrument for assessing the quality of teaching and learning in Swiss children’s and youth sports

Jan Stutz, Philipp Eichenberger, Chiara Oetiker, Sacha Huber, Isabel Hirzel, Christina Spengler

076

Physical activity intensity classification during activities of daily living in older adults using accelerometers: Is the ear the new wrist?

Guia Tagliapietra, Tom Citherlet, Antoine Raberin, Giorgio Manferdelli, Bastien Krumm, Benjamin J. Narang, Nicolas Bourdillon, Tadej Debevec, Guido Giardini, Grégoire Millet

077

The effects of the menstrual cycle on the physiological responses to exercise in eumenorrheic women at high-altitude

Hayley Truskewycz, Ruth Jeanes, Justen O’Connor

078

Sport policy and the integration of refugee backgrounded women

Christian Vater, Svitlana Pinchuk, Stephan Zahno

079

Gaze behavior is influenced by task demands rather than football players creativity

Božo Vukojević, Christian Vater, Sylvain Laborde

080

The role of resonance frequency in slow-paced breathing: Systematic review

Michael Wälchli, Craig Tokuno, Benedikt Lauber, Wolfgang Taube