Journal of Sports Medicine & Doping Studies

Takao Akama

Publications

• Research Article
  Characteristics of the Japanese National Team of the First Youth Olympic Games
  Author(s): Yoko Tanabe, Shin Asakawa, Yuko Arakida, Ichiro Kono and Takao AkamaYoko Tanabe, Shin Asakawa, Yuko Arakida, Ichiro Kono and Takao Akama
  
  Objective: To investigate the change in young elite Japanese athlete’s attitudes during the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in 2010. Design: Survey study. Setting: 2010 YOG, Singapore. Participants: Data were collected from individual surveys completed by 57 athletes selected for the Japanese national team. Main outcome measures: Main outcome measures were change in athlete’s awareness of the equal emphasis on sport, culture, and education and athlete understands of anti-doping education. Results: A total of 57 athletes agreed to participate in this study, Twenty-five respondents indicated that their main route of entry into their competition sport was family members who played the sport. Thirty-one res.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2161-0673.1000156

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