Edin Užičanin

• PhD
• Professor (Associate) at University of Tuzla

Background : Environmental factors influence children’s development. However, their impact on outdoor play among children from international settings remains understudied. This study examined associations between parent perceptions of environmental factors and outdoor play among an international sample of preschool-aged children. Methods : Data wer...

There is little knowledge about within-and between-referee variation (WBRV) in cardiovas-cular responses (CVR) and locomotor game demands (LMD). Thus, the primary aim of this study was to assess the WBRV of CVR and LMD in male basketball referees during elite international games in preparation [e.g., warm-up (WU) and re-warm-up (R-WU)] and active g...

The main aim of the study was to determine the difference in the effects between the two applied protocols (Unilateral and Bilateral), on the ability of planned agility and acceleration. For this research, the sample were active soccer players (N=30; 14 years in average). Two equal groups were formed randomly, unilateral group (EG=15) and bilateral...

The main aim of the research is to determine the difference in the influence between the two applied protocols (Unilateral and Bilateral), on the ability of acceleration, according to the results obtained, to determine the influence of both programs. For the purposes of this research, the sample was taken from the population of active young athl...

The goal of this research was to determine the effects of programmed work on the development of specific motor skills in young soccer players. The sample of subjects in this research were football players aged 11 and 12 and they were divided into two equal groups of 30 entities. All participants are involved in the regular training process in their...

The World Health Organization (WHO) released guidelines for physical activity (PA), sedentary behavior, and sleep for children under 5 years of age in 2019, but there are no reports on the adherence to the guidelines in southeastern Eu-rope. This study aimed to: (i) determine the proportion of preschool children (aged 3-5 years) who met the WHO gui...

Physical literacy (PL) is considered an important determinant of physical activity level (PAL), but studies have rarely examined the associations between PL and PAL in preadolescents. This study aimed to evaluate associatios between PL, PAL and sedentary behavior (SB) in preadolescents from southeastern Europe. The participants were 9- to 11-year-o...

The COVID-19 pandemic negatively influenced individuals’ physical activity levels (PALs) and particularly the PAL of the elderly. However, few studies have examined the correlates of PALs in this population during the pandemic. This study aimed to evaluate the residence-specific correlates of PALs in elderly people from Croatia and Bosnia and Herze...

The awareness of the importance of physical literacy (PL) is globally increasing; however, knowledge of the applicability of PL measurement tools in southeastern Europe is limited. The aim of this study was to evaluate the reliability and validity of translated versions of the CAPL-2 and PLAYself questionnaires in 9- to 11-year-old elementary schoo...

Introduction. COVID-19 pandemic increased consumption of alcohol (including harmful drinking – HD), and decreased physical activity levels (PAL) globally, but there is an evident lack of studies examining the problem in the post-pandemic period. This study aimed to evaluate gender-specific associations between sport participation and PAL (independe...

Cigarette smoking (CS) and low physical activity levels (PAL) are known to be risk factors for cardiovascular diseases. However, few studies have examined the associations between these factors in population of university students, and, to the best of our knowledge, no study examined this issue in period after the COVID-19 pandemic, despite the det...

Background: It is crucial to evaluate children’s motor coordination and strength to identify possible motor deficits on the right or left side of the body. However, whether a distinction exists in children aged 3–6 must be clarified. The goal of the current research was to investigate the differences in motor skills between preschool boys and girls...

The World Health Organization (WHO) released guidelines for physical activity, sedentary behav-iour, and sleep for children under 5 years of age in 2019. In response to these guidelines, this study aimed to determine the proportion of preschool children (ages 3-5 years) who met the WHO guidelines. The time spent in physical activity, sedentary beha...

The aim of this research was to determine the effects of programmed work on the development of basic motor skills in young soccer players. The sample of participants in this research were football players aged 11 and 12 and they were divided into two equal groups of 30 entities. All participants are involved in a systematic training process in thei...

The main aim of this research was to determine the relationship between childhood lifestyle habits and the level of physical activity of students during the COVID 19 pandemic. For that purpose, the research included 85 respondents (58 women and 27 men) aged between 15 and 27 years (20.85±2.77). Respondents were students of the 4 faculties from of t...

This study involved the application of static stretching exercises in warm-up part of soccer training with vibration stimulus (VSI), compared to an equivalent stretching exercise without applying vibration (SSI). For this purpose, all subjects, are in a randomized manner selected in two equal groups (SSI and VSI). Complete treatment for both groups...

Background: In the present study, the main goal was to establish whether the disciplines are equal and should the Code of Points (COP) women's artistic gymnastics be revised in terms of point standardization on apparatus. Material and methods: The sample included all-around senior female gymnasts who participated in the qualification (C-I) competit...

UVOD Kada je u pitanju trening jakosti i snage, većina primijenjenih sadržaja za razvoj iste spadaju u dvije kategorije. Jednostrane (unilateralne) vježbe ili bilateralne vježbe. Unilateralni pokreti su pokreti jedne strane tijela, odnosno jednog ekstremiteta koji je izoliran od drugog, a sve u svrhu savladavanja vanjskog ili unutrašnjeg opterećenj...

The importance of response time (RT) in sports is well known, but there is an evident lack of reliable and valid sport-specific measurement tools applicable in the evaluation of RT in trained athletes. This study aimed to identify the validity, reliability, and usefulness of four newly developed RT testing protocols among athletes from agility-satu...

The importance of response time (RT) in sports is well known, but there is an evident lack of reliable and valid sport-specific measurement tools applicable in the evaluation of RT in trained athletes. This study aimed to identify the validity, reliability, and usefulness of four newly developed RT testing protocols among athletes from agility-satu...

The aim of this study is to determine existence and the amount of deviation of morphological features in relation to dominant/ non dominant upper limb. The sample subjects were 30 healthy male tennis players (age: 12.45 ± 1.12). They were measured by 7 morphological measures. The aim of this testing was to collect information about differences betw...

The basic aim of this study was to determine the acute effects whole body vibration training applied in static stretching exercises, on the range of movement and the muscular function of the lower extremities in the soccer players. For this purpose, footballers (N = 34) were engaged, chronologically aged 20-24. The vibration (experimental) protocol...

Research objective is determining differences in coordination of football players in different age categories. Research was conducted on 92 players, members of football club HNK “Rama” from Prozor. Footballers were divided according to chronological age in 9 subsamples which represent competitive categories from 11 years old (U11) to seniors (U18+)...

The main aim of this research was to determine the differences between 11 to 13 year old athletes and non-athletes. The study was conducted on a sample of 110 boys aged 11.7 ± 2.5, divided into two sub-categories: The first sub-sample of 50 boys-athletes (body height: 153.6 ± 9.9, body weight: 46, 3 ± 10.6, body fat percentage: 15.9 ± 7.9), who in...

The aim of the present study was to compare the aerobic and anaerobic power and capacity of elite male basketball players who played multiple positions. Fifty-five healthy players were divided into the following three different subsamples according to their positional role: guards (n = 22), forwards (n = 19) and centers (n = 14). The following thre...

Background: The application of whole body vibration (WBV) as a warm-up scheme has been receiving an increasing interest among practitioners. Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine the effect of loaded and unloaded WBV on countermovement jump, speed and agility. Patients and Methods: Twenty-one healthy male college football players (age:...

The aim of the present study was to compare the effects of different warm-up interventions on jump, sprint and agility performance in collegiate soccer players. Twenty-one healthy male college soccer players (age: 20.14 ± 1.65 years; body height: 179.9 ± 8.34 cm; body mass: 74.4 ± 13.0 kg; % body fat: 9.45 ± 4.8) participated in the study. Subjects...

The aim of this study was to examine the relationships among physical fitness of professional Bosnian basketball players (n = 38) and shooting accuracy during one basketball season. A related, secondary aim was to examine relationships between basketball shooting assessments and competitive shooting accuracy during game play. Physical fitness compo...

The aim of this study was to examine the relationships among physical fitness of professional Bosnian basketball players (n = 38) and shooting accuracy during one basketball season. A related, secondary aim was to examine relationships between basketball shooting assessments and competitive shooting accuracy during game play. Physical fitness compo...

The aim of this research was the estimation of anthropometric characteristics of elite male basketball players from four Bosnian first league teams, as well as the identification of possible differences between players who play in different positions in the teams. Fifty-five, healthy players (age: 19.09±3.13 years; body height: 189.13±8.30 cm; body...

The purpose of the study was to determine the influence of varying rest intervals on countermovement jump (CMJ) performances following low-intensity loaded countermovement jumps (LCMJs). Twenty-nine collegiate football players (age: 19.4 ± 1.1 years; height: 179.0 ± 5.1 cm; weight: 73.1 ± 8.0) from Tuzla University volunteered to participate in the...

The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of loaded whole body static squat exercise during whole body vibration and non-vibration schemes on countermovement jump (CMJ), speed and agility. Twenty-one healthy male college football players (age: 20.14 ± 1.65 years; body height: 179.9 ± 8.34 cm; body mass: 74.4 ± 13.0 kg; % body fat: 9.45 ±...

The purpose of this study was to identify the effects of warm-up strategies on countermovement jump performance. Twenty-nine male college football players (age: 19.4 ± 1.1 years; body height: 179.0 ± 5.1 cm; body mass: 73.1 ± 8.0 kg; % body fat: 11.1 ± 2.7) from the Tuzla University underwent a control (no warm-up) and different warm-up conditions:...

Knowing that basketball is a sport that requires maximal accuracy of shooting, especially after high intensity movements with high fatigue impact, pose the needs for the assessment of basketball shooting accuracy in different conditions. The aim of the present study was to find out if the different structure and physiological load of the shooting t...

Original scientific paper ___________________________________________________________________________ Abstract Research was conducted to determine relations among 15 standard indicators of situational effectiveness in basketball and the final score of a basketball game. Data was collected from 50 games in Bosnian League 6, final stage of basketball...

The aim of this study was to find out the differences between perimeter and post basketball players in aerobic and anaerobic parameters. Thirty-four basketball players from four Bosnian teams were measured for body composition (body height and weight, fat%, fat free mass), aerobic power (VO2max prediction estimated using the multistage shuttle run...

The primary purpose of this research is to determine correlation of variables for evaluating explosive strength and agility, as well as variables for evaluating situational effectiveness of football players. For the needs of this research, two tests for evaluating agility were designed. In each test there are six changes of movement direction, thre...

SAŽETAK Cilj ovog rada je da se na osnovu standardnih pokazatelja situacijske efiskasnosti u košarci dobije odgovor na pitanje koje se posljedice mogu utvrditi, a prouzročene su posljednjom promjena pravila, posebno pomjeranjem crte tri poena na 6,75 m. Podaci za ovo istraživanje dobijeni su sa dva posljednje odigrana Evropska prvenstva U16, divizi...

The aim of the study was to determine reliability and factorial validity of six basketball shooting accuracy tests. Fifty five healthy basketball players (age 19.1 ± 3.1 years; body mass 83.4 ± 12.5 kg; height 189.1 ± 8.2 cm; body fat percentage 13.1 ± 4.1) from four Bosnian basketball teams participated in this research. The applied tests have bee...

The aim of this study was to find out if there were any differences between the home and road basketball teams that played in three different levels of competition, in nineteen standard and derived statistical indicators of situational efficiency. The home and road teams from NLB-Adriatic league, Euroleague–regular season and Euroleague-Top 16 were...

SAŽETAK Cilj ovog rada je da se na osnovu standardnih pokazatelja situacijske efiskasnosti u košarci dobije odgovor na pitanje da li je posljednjom promjenom pravila u košarci, posebno pomjeranjem crte tri poena na 6,75 m, šut za dva poena ponovno dobio na značaju, što je bila pretpostavka prije istraživanja. Podaci za ovo istraživanje crpljeni su...

The aim of this paper is to determine if winning teams can be discriminated from losing teams in basketball on the basis of 6 nonstandard indicators of situational effectiveness in 3 competitions (Regional League; League 6 - final round of Bosnian basketball championship; and Under-16 European basketball (hampionship), two systems of competition (t...

Fakultet za tjelesni odgoj i sport Univerziteta u Tuzli, BiH __________________________________________________________________________________________ Sažetak Istraživanje je provedeno radi utvrđivanja relacija između standardnih pokazatelja situacijske efikasnosti u košarci i konačnog rezultata u košarkaškoj utakmici. Podaci su prikupljeni na 99...

Na uzorku od 1.044 studenta Univerziteta u Tuzli analizirani su stavovi studenata o uvođenju Izbornih predmeta sa Fakulteta za tjelesni odgoj i sport na Univerzitetsku listu Općih izbornih predmeta. Utvrđeni stavovi studenata na osnovu odgovora na devet anketnih pitanja ukazuju na opravdanost uvođenja ovakvih programa u izbornu nastavu, ali i otvar...

This work is based on 13 standard indicators of situational effectiveness in basketball and its aim is to get the answer to the question whether Bosnian League basketball has a tendency of quality improvement. Two seasons of League 6, basketball championship in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2004/2005 & 2009/2010, were used to get the data for this resear...

The aim of the study was to find out global quantitative differences between successful and unsuccessful teams, which had played on the Olympic basketball tournament, in twenty two standard and derived statistical indicators of situational efficiency. The research was performed on the sample of 37 matches, so that 74 different statistical samples h...