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Ein Versuch der Bestimmung von latenter Struktur der Charakteristiken von Freizeitsportarten und anderen Freizeitaktivitäten
The aim of this study was to determine the latent structure of characteristics of leisure-time sporting and other recreation activities practised in the Republic of Croatia. The analysis was based on the survey of 1,126 adults of both sexes who filled in an open-ended questionnaire, which resulted in a list of 93 items - sporting and other recreation activities - that the subjects wrote as answers to the questions regarding their participation in sporting and other recreation activities according to their own preferences and attitudes as well as their experience. Taking into account the existing well known approaches to classifications, a new solution and elaborated. On the basic of the basic information about recreation activities ten variables were obtained. Factor analysis was applied, interpreted and discussed. In accordance with the Guttman-Kaiser criterion, nine factors were obtained that explained 95% of the total variance. The factors were, as a rule, defined by only one criterion variable each. Therefore, the expected latent structure of the characteristics describing leisure-time sporting and other recreation activities was not obtained.Uvod
U radu se polazi od činjenice da postoji veliki broj različitih sportova i sadržaja sportske rekreacije kojima se ljudi bave. Njihova brojnost nameće problem racionalne klasifikacije, što je predmet istraživanja kako u svijetu tako i u nas. Primjerice, COMPASS je europski projekt sa svrhom da se klasificira, standardizira i prati sudjelovanje ljudi u redovitim oblicima vježbanja. Hrvatska (još) nije formalni član COMPASS-a, ali se poduzimaju neke akcije u tom smjeru.
Ovaj rad ima dva cilja. Prvi cilj je napraviti listu (popis) sportova i sadržaja sportske rekreacije kojima se bave građani Republike Hrvatske. Drugi je cilj odrediti latentnu strukturu karakteristika tih sportova i sadržaja sportske rekreacije i tako ih klasificirati, odnosno, svrstati u manji broj skupina. Pored toga, ovakvo istraživanje može doprinijeti usklađivanju hrvatskih standarda s onima deklariranima u Europi.
Metode
Putem anketnog upitnika otvorenog tipa, prikupljeni su podaci od 1.126 odraslih osoba, građana Republike Hrvatske. Na osnovi odgovora ispitanika registrirana su 93 različita sporta i/ili sadržaja sportske rekreacije kojima su se ispitanici nekada bavili ili se sada bave. U ovome radu, upravo ta 93 sporta i/ili sadržaja sportske rekreacije čine uzorak entiteta. Tako definiran uzorak entiteta ne pokriva sve moguće sportove i sadržaje sportske rekreacije kojima bi se ljudi mogli baviti niti ima ambiciju biti potpun i iscrpan, već je odraz onoga čime se ljudi u Hrvatskoj bave.
Definiranje varijabli (kriterija) za utvrđivanje latentne strukture temelji se na postojećim teorijama u kineziologiji te na metodičkom pristupu u planiranju, programiranju, provedbi i kontroli tih sadržaja u području sportske rekreacije. Primijenjeno je 10 varijabli kojima su obuhvaćene osobine sportsko-rekreacijskih sadržaja kao: kolektivno, borilački, individualno, na otvorenom prostoru, u zatvorenom prostoru, u prirodi, atraktivno/ekstremno, transformacijski, rekreacijski, društveno-zabavno, medicinski (zdravstveno).
Svaki od 93 entiteta je, temeljem procjene eksperata, svrstan u jednu od varijabli.
Za obradu podataka upotrijebljen je statistički paket SPSS za Windows. Primijenjena je faktorska analiza pod komponentnim modelom, a broj značajnih faktora određen je prema Guttman-Keiserovu kriteriju.
Rezultati, rasprava i zaključak
Faktorskom analizom dobiveno je devet faktora koje objašnjavaju 95,5% ukupnog varijabiliteta. Komunaliteti potvrđuju dobru zastupljenost svih varijabli. Svaki od dobivenih faktora zastupljen je ravnomjerno (parcijalno nose podjednaku količinu zajedničkog varijabiliteta u ispitivanom prostoru), što upućuje na visoku kompleksnost strukture. Prvi faktor razlikuje kolektivne od svih ostalih u ovome radu opisanih sportova i sadržaja sportske rekreacije. Drugi faktor je bipolaran. Definiraju ga varijable individualnih sportova i sadržaja sportske rekreacije koji se provode kako u zatvorenom tako i na otvorenom prostoru. Treći faktor definiraju tri varijable koje pripadaju području sporta, a u osnovi se provode individualno. Unatoč tome može se reći da pokriva prostor borilačkih sportova. Četvrti faktor naglašava razliku između redovitih rekreacijskih programa koji se primjenjuju u svrhu transformacije antropoloških obilježja i njima bliskih sportova i sadržaja sportske rekreacije. Peti faktor definiraju dvije varijable kojima je zajednička karakteristika potencijala moć u transformaciji antropoloških obilježja, iako se razlikuju prema mjestu provođenja, stupnju organiziranosti i razini upravljanja. Šesti, sedmi, osmi i deveti faktor su “singl” faktori. Njih dominantno definira jedna varijabla, dok su doprinosi ostalih varijabli vrlo mali ili zanemarivi. Šesti faktor je definiran kao medicinski kontrolirani sadržaji sportske rekreacije, sedmi kao rekreacijski sadržaji koji se provode u prirodi, osmi kao atraktivne/ ekstremne sportske aktivnosti, a deveti kao rekreacijski i društveno-zabavni sadržaji. S obzirom na to da je veći broj faktora, u pravilu, bio definiran samo jednom kriterijskom varijablom nije dobivena očekivana latentna struktura varijabla koje opisuju sportske i druge sadržaje sportske rekreacije.Das Ziel dieser Studie war, zu versuchen, die latente Struktur von Charakteristiken sowohl der Freizeitsportarten, die in Kroatien getrieben werden, als auch anderer Freizeitaktivitäten zu bestimmen. Die Analyse ruhte auf der Untersuchung an 1126 Erwachsenen, Männer und Frauen, die einen offenen Fragebogen ausgefüllt und die Frage über deren Teilnahme sowohl an den Freizeitsportarten als auch an anderen Freizeitaktivitäten gemäß Präferenzen, Meinungen und Erfahrungen beantwortet haben. Das Resultat war eine aus 93 Item, Freizeitsportarten und anderen Freizeitaktivitäten, bestehende Liste. Eine neue Möglichkeit der Klassifikation von solchen Tätigkeiten wurde in diesem Artikel bearbeitet. Aufgrund Informationen über die Freizeitaktivitäten wurden 10 Variablen erhalten. Die Faktorenanalyse wurde angewandt, interpretiert und erörtert. Gemäß dem Guttman-Kaiser Kriterium wurden neun Faktoren abgeleitet, die 95% der gesamten Varianz erklärten. Die Faktoren wurden, in der Regel, nur mit einer Kriteriumsvariable definiert. Deswegen wurde die erwartete latente Struktur von Charakteristiken, die die Freizeitsportarten und andere Freizeitaktivitäten beschreiben, nicht erhalten
LATENT DIMENSIONS OF ECONOMIC INDICATORS OBTAINED ON THE STUDENT POPULATION
Abstract Man has used all his knowledge to make life easier for themselve
EMG AND GRF ANALYSIS OF STEP TOUCH PERFORMANCE AT DIFFERENT HEIGHTS OF STEP BENCH
Ovo istraživanje je provedeno s ciljem utvrðivanja
nekih prediktivnih biomehaničkih pokazatelja:
elektromiografska aktivnost (EMG) nogu i kinetički
parametri sile reakcije podloge (GRF) tijekom izvoðenja
dinamičkog pokreta penjanja i spuštanja na razlièite
visine step klupice korak dokorakom. Mjerenje EMG
signala provedeno je 8-kanalnim (TELEMG) sustavom
kojim su praćeni dominantni, karakteristični mišići nogu:
m. rectus femoris, m. biceps (caput longum), m.
gastrocnemius medialis, m. gluteus maximus. Kinetički
signali su izmjereni Kistler platformom za mjerenje sile
reakcije podloge, tipa 9281C, uz frekvenciju uzrokovanja
od 1000 Hz. Mjerenjem je bilo obuhvaćeno 9 ispitanika,
dugogodišnjih profesionalnih voditelja step aerobike.
Analizom osnovnih statističkih parametara obraðenih
EMG signala promatranih mišića najveći utrošak energije
imao je: m. gastrocnemius medialis (L), zatim m. biceps
femoris (L), m. rectus femoris (D), te m gastocnemius
medialis (D). Wilcoxon-ov test ekvivalentnih parova je
dokazao da postoje očekivano statistički značajne razlike
u intenzitetu mišićne kontrakcije povećanjem intenziteta
opterećenja s povišenjem step klupice. Osnovni statistički
parametri sile reakcije podloge (GRF) ukazuju na najveće
vrijednosti u vektorima sile Fz i Fy, kao i statistički
značajne razlike na različitim visinama step klupice što je
uvjetovano povećanjem amplitude pokreta, a time i većim
intenzitetom opterećenja pri silasku na mjernu platformu i
penjanju na veće visine step klupice.The main goal of this research was to establish some
predictive biomechanical performance indicators:
electromyographic activities (EMG) of leg muscles and
kinetics parameters of ground reaction force (GRF)
during dynamical movements stepping on and off at
different heights of step bench performing the step touch.
Measuring EMG signals was made by 8-channel
(TELEMG) system monitoring the dominant,
characteristic of both legs muscles: m. rectus femoris, m.
biceps (caput longum), m. gastrocnemius medialis, m.
gluteus maximus. Kinetics signals was measured by
Kistler platform for ground reaction force type 9281C,
with frequency of sampling 1000 Hz. The measuring
procedures included 9 examinees, long-time professional
step aerobics instructors. By analyzing the basic statistics
parameters from the processed EMG signals highest
energy consumption had: m. gastrocnemius medialis (L),
then m. biceps femoris (L), m. rectus femoris (R), and m
gastocnemius medialis (R). Wilcoxon matched pairs test
has proved that there are statistically significant
difference in muscle contraction intensity when
increasing the exertion intensity by increasing the height
of the step bench. The basic statistics parameters of the
ground reaction force (GRF) indicate the greatest values
in vectors Fz and Fy, as statistically significant differences
between different height of the step bench conditional
increasing the amplitude of movement and increasing the
intensity during stepping on and off at different heights of
step bench
Edukacija stručnih kadrova za potrebe ronilačkog turizma u Republici Hrvatskoj
Cilj rada je prikazati stanje i perspektive školovanja kadrova za potrebe ronilačkog turizma u Republici Hrvatskoj. Educiranjem instruktora i trenera ronjenja preko ovlaštenih ustanova, nastavlja se pozitivan trend u školovanju visoko obrazovanih ronilačkih profila na Visokim učilištima i ustanovama. Na taj način su obrazovne institucije postavile određeni viši standard izobrazbe stručnih kadrova u sportu koji će pridonijeti kvalitetnijoj edukaciji budućih ronilaca i znatno unaprijediti njihovu sigurnost pod morem
Effects of After-School Volleyball Program on Body Composition in Overweight Adolescent Girls
The current study aimed to investigate the effects of an after-school volleyball program on body composition in overweight adolescent girls. Forty-two girls were randomly divided into a volleyball group (VG) (n = 22 age: 15.6 ± 0.5 years) and control group (CG) (n = 20; age: 15.5 ± 0.7 years). Both groups continued with their usual physical education activities, while VG was included as small-sided games, two times a week, after school, on modified volleyball courts. Body mass, body mass index (BMI), body fat in kg, body fat percentage, and muscle mass were analyzed by a bioelectrical impedance method. There was a significant interaction of group (VG vs. CG) × time (pre-vs. post) for weight [F1, 40 = 7.933; p = 0.004] and BMI [F1, 40 = 5.764; p = 0.015]. Additionally, a significant main effect of time was found for body fat (kg) [F1, 40 = 17.650; p < 0.001] and body fat (%) [F1, 40 = 18.721; p < 0.001]. The results of the current study show that a twelve-week after-school volleyball program, including two sessions a week, can improve body composition in overweight adolescent girls
8th international scientific conference on kinesiology: 20th anniversary : proceedings
We are exceptionally happy that we can greet you once more on this occasion. The Faculty of Kinesiology,
as a proud member of the University of Zagreb and a higher education institution that is 57 years old, is
organizing The International Scientific Conference on Kinesiology for the 8th time. Identically as three years
ago, this is a good opportunity to remember some important anniversaries. First of all, this year we celebrate
160 years since Nicolas Dally published his work in 1857 under the title “Kinesiology – Science of Movement
in Relation to Education, Hygiene and Therapy”. This was the first book that introduced Kinesiology
as a science of movement. The second important anniversary is 20 years since the establishment of our
Conference. In 1997 the first International Scientific Conference on Kinesiology was held in Dubrovnik.
Until today a great number of leading experts in the field of contemporary kinesiology were keynote lectures
and presenters of the most important scientific breakthroughs in the field.
Once again, the Conference will be a great opportunity for broadening of scientific insights into this
miraculous, beautiful phenomenon of physical activity and its effects – its perfection when performed by
sport artists, as seen at the XXXI Olympic Games, its joyfulness when happy children enjoy being competent
to be in motion, or when we see eager people who enjoy life and nature because they have enough energy
and they are healthy thanks to an active lifestyle. We are especially proud of the 17th place on the medal
list thanks to the ten Olympic medals won by Croatian athletes.
All fundamental and applied fields of our science will be discussed within 10 tentative sessions and 3
Satellite symposiums. The ultimate purpose of papers or abstracts published in this Proceedings book is
to know and understand human beings and to apply the findings in everyday practice of education, sports,
health promotion, recreation, sports management and kinesitherapy. The Proceedings Book contains 249
contributions, which were submitted by the submission deadline, written by 557 authors from 30 countries
from all over the world. We expect a number of graduate, doctoral and postdoctoral students from Croatia
and abroad for whom the Conference School of Kinesiology for Postgraduate and Doctoral Students will
be organised during the Conference.
From the very beginning the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts has given its highly respected
patronage to the Conference, thus underpinning the recognition of kinesiology in the structure of sciences.
Special thanks go to our partner institutions: Beijing Sports University, China and the Faculty of Sports
Studies, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic, to our collaboration institutions: the Lithuanian
University of Educational Sciences, Lithuania, the Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany
and the Faculty of Sport and Physical Education, University of Novi Sad, Serbia. We wish to express much
gratitude to all the authors, reviewers, participants, members of the Organisation and Program Committee,
Section Editors, technical support staff, and sponsors for their contributions, time and effort inbuilt in the
quality of the 8th International Conference on Kinesiology and its Proceedings.
We wish success in the conference work to all the participants and a pleasant time in Opatija. Convinced
that the Conference will give the expected impetus to further cooperation between scholars and institutions,
we are looking forward in advance to meeting you again at the 9th International Conference on Kinesiology
in 2020.
Organising Committe
8th international scientific conference on kinesiology: 20th anniversary : proceedings
We are exceptionally happy that we can greet you once more on this occasion. The Faculty of Kinesiology,
as a proud member of the University of Zagreb and a higher education institution that is 57 years old, is
organizing The International Scientific Conference on Kinesiology for the 8th time. Identically as three years
ago, this is a good opportunity to remember some important anniversaries. First of all, this year we celebrate
160 years since Nicolas Dally published his work in 1857 under the title “Kinesiology – Science of Movement
in Relation to Education, Hygiene and Therapy”. This was the first book that introduced Kinesiology
as a science of movement. The second important anniversary is 20 years since the establishment of our
Conference. In 1997 the first International Scientific Conference on Kinesiology was held in Dubrovnik.
Until today a great number of leading experts in the field of contemporary kinesiology were keynote lectures
and presenters of the most important scientific breakthroughs in the field.
Once again, the Conference will be a great opportunity for broadening of scientific insights into this
miraculous, beautiful phenomenon of physical activity and its effects – its perfection when performed by
sport artists, as seen at the XXXI Olympic Games, its joyfulness when happy children enjoy being competent
to be in motion, or when we see eager people who enjoy life and nature because they have enough energy
and they are healthy thanks to an active lifestyle. We are especially proud of the 17th place on the medal
list thanks to the ten Olympic medals won by Croatian athletes.
All fundamental and applied fields of our science will be discussed within 10 tentative sessions and 3
Satellite symposiums. The ultimate purpose of papers or abstracts published in this Proceedings book is
to know and understand human beings and to apply the findings in everyday practice of education, sports,
health promotion, recreation, sports management and kinesitherapy. The Proceedings Book contains 249
contributions, which were submitted by the submission deadline, written by 557 authors from 30 countries
from all over the world. We expect a number of graduate, doctoral and postdoctoral students from Croatia
and abroad for whom the Conference School of Kinesiology for Postgraduate and Doctoral Students will
be organised during the Conference.
From the very beginning the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts has given its highly respected
patronage to the Conference, thus underpinning the recognition of kinesiology in the structure of sciences.
Special thanks go to our partner institutions: Beijing Sports University, China and the Faculty of Sports
Studies, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic, to our collaboration institutions: the Lithuanian
University of Educational Sciences, Lithuania, the Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany
and the Faculty of Sport and Physical Education, University of Novi Sad, Serbia. We wish to express much
gratitude to all the authors, reviewers, participants, members of the Organisation and Program Committee,
Section Editors, technical support staff, and sponsors for their contributions, time and effort inbuilt in the
quality of the 8th International Conference on Kinesiology and its Proceedings.
We wish success in the conference work to all the participants and a pleasant time in Opatija. Convinced
that the Conference will give the expected impetus to further cooperation between scholars and institutions,
we are looking forward in advance to meeting you again at the 9th International Conference on Kinesiology
in 2020.
Organising Committe
6th International Scientific Conference on Kinesiology: Integrative power of kinesiology : proceedings book
The Faculty of Kinesiology University of Zagreb is organising the International Conference on Kinesiology for the
sixth time. Everything began more than 15 years ago when the initiators – Prof. Milanović, still bursting with new ideas,
and the late Prof. Mraković, started to advocate the idea of an international conference as a forum for kinesiologists or
sport scientists, as a place where their research findings could be presented and discussed, as a meeting point of globally
recognized scientists, or authorities in their field of research and research novices. In those days, in 1997, before the First
Conference in Dubrovnik, it all seemed so surreal. However, this conference is alive; it grows and becomes ever more
sophisticated. Therefore, it is feasible to expect that the forthcoming discussions, talks, dialogues, or whatever kind of idea
exchange will result, as they have until now, with new research ideas, insights, research teams and projects the eventual
outcome of which is further advances in kinesiology and the cognate and adjacent scientific areas.
The motto of this year’s conference is the “Integrative Power of Kinesiology“. It indicates the close relationships
among various scientific fields when they contribute to the promotion of physical exercise and various kinds of physical
activities in the areas of kinesiological education, high performance sports, kinesiological recreation, health-enhanced
kinesiology, kinesitherapy and rehabilitation, sport for physically and mentally challenged persons, school sports, military
kinesiology, and many others.
Simultaneously with the organisation of the 6th Conference, the Faculty of Kinesiology is celebrating the 40th anniversary
of the publication of the scientific journal KINESIOLOGY. Nowadays it is a recognized international scientific journal
with an IF of 0.525 for the year 2010.
The Conference and the journal KINESIOLOGY have contributed considerably to the affirmation of the name
“kinesiology” in the neighbouring European areas. Although both are focused on science, the Conference and the
accompanying regular KINESIOLOGY International Editorial Board meetings have also been opportunities for scholars
and institution delegates from all over the world to establish close personal contacts, thus opening doors for joint research
projects. The basic scientific concept of the Conference, with the working sections that cover the fundamental and
applicative disciplines of kinesiology, has been kept from the beginning. This year’s conference will have 12 oral and
poster sections in the framework of which the delegates will present 220 full text contributions and abstracts written by
300 authors from 32 countries. Each presented and published paper or abstract has been subjected to a review process
performed by at least two prominent referees.
For the first time the Conference is hosting a satellite symposium HEPA (Health Enhanced Physical Activity). The
purpose of the symposium is to inform delegates from the neighbouring countries, which have not yet become HEPA
association member countries, with the basic principles and directives of the movement and to encourage them to
become promoters of the idea of health-oriented physical activity in their communities. The World Health Organization
has stimulated the design of the Croatian National Action Plan for the implementation and improvement of HEPA in the
Republic of Croatia. A presentation of the Action Plan and the planned round table should also be stimulating to colleagues
to undertake similar steps in their communities.
From the very beginning the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Fine Arts has given its highly respected patronage
to the Conference, thus underpinning the recognition of kinesiology in the structure of sciences. The organisation of
such conferences would not be viable without the powerful support from the Croatian Ministry of Science, Education
and Sport and the University of Zagreb. The patronage and support are indicators of a notable position the Conference
and its organiser, the Faculty of Kinesiology University of Zagreb (established in 1959), have in the Croatian academic
and research community.
We wish to express much gratitude to all the authors of the papers, reviewers, conference participants, members
of the Organisation Committee, Section Leaders, Section Secretaries, technical support staff, and sponsors for their
contributions, time and effort inbuilt in the quality of the 6th Conference on Kinesiology and its Proceedings. Our special
gratitude goes to the Croatian Office of the World Health Organization.
We wish success in the conference work to all the participants and enjoyable time in Opatija. We are convinced the
Conference will give the expected impetus to further cooperation between scholars and institutions. Looking forward in
advance to meeting you again at the 7th International Conference on Kinesiology in 2014
6th International Scientific Conference on Kinesiology: Integrative power of kinesiology : proceedings book
The Faculty of Kinesiology University of Zagreb is organising the International Conference on Kinesiology for the
sixth time. Everything began more than 15 years ago when the initiators – Prof. Milanović, still bursting with new ideas,
and the late Prof. Mraković, started to advocate the idea of an international conference as a forum for kinesiologists or
sport scientists, as a place where their research findings could be presented and discussed, as a meeting point of globally
recognized scientists, or authorities in their field of research and research novices. In those days, in 1997, before the First
Conference in Dubrovnik, it all seemed so surreal. However, this conference is alive; it grows and becomes ever more
sophisticated. Therefore, it is feasible to expect that the forthcoming discussions, talks, dialogues, or whatever kind of idea
exchange will result, as they have until now, with new research ideas, insights, research teams and projects the eventual
outcome of which is further advances in kinesiology and the cognate and adjacent scientific areas.
The motto of this year’s conference is the “Integrative Power of Kinesiology“. It indicates the close relationships
among various scientific fields when they contribute to the promotion of physical exercise and various kinds of physical
activities in the areas of kinesiological education, high performance sports, kinesiological recreation, health-enhanced
kinesiology, kinesitherapy and rehabilitation, sport for physically and mentally challenged persons, school sports, military
kinesiology, and many others.
Simultaneously with the organisation of the 6th Conference, the Faculty of Kinesiology is celebrating the 40th anniversary
of the publication of the scientific journal KINESIOLOGY. Nowadays it is a recognized international scientific journal
with an IF of 0.525 for the year 2010.
The Conference and the journal KINESIOLOGY have contributed considerably to the affirmation of the name
“kinesiology” in the neighbouring European areas. Although both are focused on science, the Conference and the
accompanying regular KINESIOLOGY International Editorial Board meetings have also been opportunities for scholars
and institution delegates from all over the world to establish close personal contacts, thus opening doors for joint research
projects. The basic scientific concept of the Conference, with the working sections that cover the fundamental and
applicative disciplines of kinesiology, has been kept from the beginning. This year’s conference will have 12 oral and
poster sections in the framework of which the delegates will present 220 full text contributions and abstracts written by
300 authors from 32 countries. Each presented and published paper or abstract has been subjected to a review process
performed by at least two prominent referees.
For the first time the Conference is hosting a satellite symposium HEPA (Health Enhanced Physical Activity). The
purpose of the symposium is to inform delegates from the neighbouring countries, which have not yet become HEPA
association member countries, with the basic principles and directives of the movement and to encourage them to
become promoters of the idea of health-oriented physical activity in their communities. The World Health Organization
has stimulated the design of the Croatian National Action Plan for the implementation and improvement of HEPA in the
Republic of Croatia. A presentation of the Action Plan and the planned round table should also be stimulating to colleagues
to undertake similar steps in their communities.
From the very beginning the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Fine Arts has given its highly respected patronage
to the Conference, thus underpinning the recognition of kinesiology in the structure of sciences. The organisation of
such conferences would not be viable without the powerful support from the Croatian Ministry of Science, Education
and Sport and the University of Zagreb. The patronage and support are indicators of a notable position the Conference
and its organiser, the Faculty of Kinesiology University of Zagreb (established in 1959), have in the Croatian academic
and research community.
We wish to express much gratitude to all the authors of the papers, reviewers, conference participants, members
of the Organisation Committee, Section Leaders, Section Secretaries, technical support staff, and sponsors for their
contributions, time and effort inbuilt in the quality of the 6th Conference on Kinesiology and its Proceedings. Our special
gratitude goes to the Croatian Office of the World Health Organization.
We wish success in the conference work to all the participants and enjoyable time in Opatija. We are convinced the
Conference will give the expected impetus to further cooperation between scholars and institutions. Looking forward in
advance to meeting you again at the 7th International Conference on Kinesiology in 2014