Sport science integration: An evolutionary synthesis

European Journal of Sport Science

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 51-62

  Balague N ^a   Torrents, C ^b   Hristovski, R ^c   Kelso, J A S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^c SS CYRIL AND METHODIUS UNIVERSITY   (Macedonia)

^d FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

dynamical systems theory; integration; interdisciplinarity; Sport science; transdisciplinarity

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; DATA ANALYSIS; DRAWING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE; PHENOMENOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOLOGY; SPORTS SCIENCE; SYNTHESIS; SYSTEMS THEORY; THEORETICAL MODEL; INTERDISCIPLINARY EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; SCIENCE; SPORT; SPORTS MEDICINE; SPORTS PSYCHOLOGY;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES; PSYCHOLOGY, SPORTS; SCIENCE; SPORTS; SPORTS MEDICINE;

EID: 84981276927     PISSN: 17461391     EISSN: 15367290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17461391.2016.1198422     Document Type: Article

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