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Accelerometers in Our Pocket: Does Smartphone Accelerometer Technology Provide Accurate Data? by Grouios, George, Ziagkas, Efthymios, Loukovitis, Andreas, Chatzinikolaou, Konstantinos, Koidou, Eirini

“…This study evaluates accelerometer performance of three new state of the art smartphones and focuses on accuracy. The motivating research question was whether…”
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Assessing Static Balance, Balance Confidence, and Fall Rate in Patients with Heart Failure and Preserved Ejection Fraction: A Comprehensive Analysis by Teloudi, Andriana, Anifanti, Maria, Chatzinikolaou, Konstantinos, Grouios, George, Hatzitaki, Vassilia, Chouvarda, Ioanna, Kouidi, Evangelia

“…Chronic heart failure (CHF) is a complex clinical syndrome, associated with frailty, higher fall rates, and frequent hospitalizations. Heart Failure (HF) and…”
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A Novel Tool for Gait Analysis: Validation Study of the Smart Insole PODOSmart by Ziagkas, Efthymios, Loukovitis, Andreas, Zekakos, Dimitrios Xypolias, Chau, Thomas Duc-Phu, Petrelis, Alexandros, Grouios, George

“…The new smart insole PODOSmart®, is introduced as a new tool for gait analysis against high cost laboratory based equipment. PODOSmart® system measures walking…”
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Test-Retest Reliability of PODOSmart® Gait Analysis Insoles by Loukovitis, Andreas, Ziagkas, Efthymios, Zekakos, Dimitrios Xypolias, Petrelis, Alexandros, Grouios, George

“…It is recognized that gait analysis is a powerful tool used to capture human locomotion and quantify the related parameters. PODOSmart® insoles have been…”
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Environmental Influences on Individuals with Autistic Spectrum Disorders with Special Emphasis on Seasonality: An Overview by Botsas, George, Koidou, Eirini, Chatzinikolaou, Konstantinos, Grouios, George

“…This paper offers an in-depth exploration of the intricate relationship between environmental factors and autism spectrum disorder (ASD), with a special…”
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Changing Beliefs about Health in Early Elementary School Years: Effect of a Motor Creativity Intervention by Ourda, Despoina, Mouratidou, Aikaterini, Grouios, George, Tsorbatzoudis, Haralambos

“…School physical education offers an ideal venue to promote healthy habits. Motor creativity has been found to effectively increase children’s learning and…”
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Motoric Dominance and Sporting Excellence: Training versus Heredity by Grouios, George

“…In the past two decades, laterality in sports has become clearly established. In particular, the concept of motoric dominance in sports has been a fertile area…”
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Lateralized effects of hand and eye on anticipatory postural adjustments in visually guided aiming movements by Ypsilanti, Antonia, Hatzitaki, Vassilia, Grouios, George

“…This study investigated hemisphere-specific processing of visually aimed movements and associated postural adjustments while controlling for handedness and…”
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Speed of naming in children with Williams and Down syndromes by Ypsilanti, Antonia, Grouios, George, Zikouli, Argiro, Hatzinikolaou, Kostantinos

“…Background Williams syndrome (WS) and Down syndrome (DS) are two neurodevelopmental genetically based disorders which exhibit mental retardation with a unique…”
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Limb Preference and Limb Bone Mineral Density: an Overview of Empirical Findings by Tsorlakis, Nikolaos, Koidou, Irini, Grigoropoulou, Maria, Grouios, George

“…This study presents an overview of empirical findings from a systematic search of the published literature on the association between limb preference and limb…”
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Footedness related differences in femoral bone mineral density in elderly women with osteoporosis by Tsorlakis, Nikolaos, Grouios, George, Tsorbatzoudis, Haralambos, Hatzitaki, Vassilia

“…Purpose: The presumed link between lateralized habitual motor activity and bilateral skeletal asymmetry, as result of bone functional adaptation, is the basis…”
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Right hand advantage in visually guided reaching and aiming movements: brief review and comments by Grouios, George

“…Although understanding of the organization and control of visually guided reaching and aiming movements is still sketchy and incomplete, evidence from…”
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Weight-Discrimination Sensitivity in Congenitally Blind and Sighted Adults by Grouios, George, Alevriadou, Anastasia, Koidou, Irene

“…This study compared the weight-discrimination sensitivity of 41 congenitally blind and 41 normally sighted adults. The superior weight-discrimination…”
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Manipulation of motivational climate in physical education: Effects of a seven-month intervention by Barkoukis, Vassilis, Tsorbatzoudis, Haralambos, Grouios, George

“…The objective of this study was to examine the impact of an intervention programme that manipulated task, authority, recognition, grouping, evaluation and time…”
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Neuropsychological laterality indices of individuals with neurodevelopmental disorders: Methodological issues by Ypsilanti, Antonia, Semoglou, Klio, Grouios, George

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Effect of intensive neurodevelopmental treatment in gross motor function of children with cerebral palsy by Tsorlakis, Nikos, Evaggelinou, Christina, Grouios, George, Tsorbatzoudis, Charalambos

“…This study examined the effect of neurodevelopmental treatment (NDT) and differences in its intensity on gross motor function of children with cerebral palsy…”
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Distribution of subcutaneous body fat on the left and right side of the body in adult overweight right handed women by Koidou, Irini, Karelani, Athina, Grouios, George

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Corns and calluses in athletes’ feet: a cause for concern by Grouios, George

“…The risk of suffering disorders of the skin and underlying tissue in the lower extremities is one of the few adverse effects of a physically active lifestyle…”
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Footedness as a potential factor that contributes to the causation of corn and callus formation in lower extremities of physically active individuals by Grouios, George

“…The objective of this study was to investigate the link between footedness and the existence of corns and callus in the lower extremities. To achieve this…”
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Investigating the stabilising and mobilising features of footedness by Grouios, George, Hatzitaki, Vassilia, Kollias, Nikolaos, Koidou, Irene

“…This study investigated lower limb laterality for stabilising and mobilising actions in 10 right- and 10 mixed-footed participants by determining, via the…”
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