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  1. The Effects of Different Warm-Up Protocols on Sprint Performance

    Article • Sports, June 2026, MDPI AG

    Dr. Goran Kuvačić

  2. Safe Fall: Use of Predictive Modeling and Machine Vision Techniques for Fall Analysis and Fall Quality

    Article • Sensors, April 2026, MDPI AG

    Dr. Goran Kuvačić

  3. Correlation of Body Parameters and Age with Foot Arch Index and Stabilometric Variables in Physically Active Young Males and Females

    Article • Sports, September 2025, MDPI AG

    Dr. Goran Kuvačić

  4. New Specific Kinesthetic Differentiation Tests for Female Volleyball Players: Reliability, Discriminative Ability, and Usefulness

    Article • Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology, May 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr. Goran Kuvačić

  5. Reliability and Validity of the Four Station Fundamental Motor Test (4-SFMT) for Assessing Motor Skills in Preschool Children—A Pilot Study

    Article • Education Sciences, March 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr. Goran Kuvačić

  6. The Role of the Person Focused IARA Model in Reducing Anxiety and Improving Body Awareness and Illness Management in Diabetics with Acquired Lipodystrophy: A Mixed-Method Study

    Article • Journal of Personalized Medicine, November 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr. Goran Kuvačić

  7. Monitoring Internal Training Intensity Correlated with Neuromuscular and Well-Being Status in Croatian Professional Soccer Players during Five Weeks of the Pre-Season Training Phase

    Article • Sports, November 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr. Goran Kuvačić

  8. Willingness to Receive COVID-19 Booster Vaccine: Associations between Green-Pass, Social Media Information, Anti-Vax Beliefs, and Emotional Balance

    Article • Vaccines, March 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr. Goran Kuvačić

  9. The IARA Model Proved Effective in Emotional Literacy, Characters Strengths Awareness, and Cohesion among Italian Children

    Article • Education Sciences, October 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr. Goran Kuvačić

  10. Different Training Methods Cause Similar Muscle Damage in Youth Judo Athletes

    Article • Journal of Human Kinetics, March 2021, De Gruyter

    Dr. Goran Kuvačić

  11. Effects of Contextual Interference on Learning of Falling Techniques

    Article • Motor Control, January 2021, Human Kinetics

    Dr. Goran Kuvačić

  12. Rethinking the Role of Affect in Risk Judgment: What We Have Learned From COVID-19 During the First Week of Quarantine in Italy

    Article • Frontiers in Psychology, October 2020, Frontiers

    Dr. Goran Kuvačić

  13. Rapid Weight Loss Practices in Elite Kickboxers

    Article • International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism, June 2019, Human Kinetics

    Dr. Goran Kuvačić

  14. The ball kicking speed: A new, efficient performance indicator in youth soccer

    Article • PLOS One, May 2019, PLOS

    Dr Luca Paolo Ardigò, Dr. Goran Kuvačić

  15. Comment #2 on “Differences in Ventilatory Threshold for Exercise Prescription in Outpatient Diabetic and Sarcopenic Obese Subjects”

    Article • International Journal of Endocrinology, November 2018, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Dr Luca Paolo Ardigò, Professor Johnny Padulo, Dr. Goran Kuvačić

  16. Metric Characteristics of Tests Assessing Speed and Agility in Youth Soccer Players

    Article • Sport Mont, October 2018, Montenegrin Sports Academy

    Dr. Goran Kuvačić

  17. The Brain and Movement: How Physical Activity Affects the Brain

    Article • Montenegrin Journal of Sports Science and Medicine, September 2018, Montenegrin Sports Academy

    Dr. Goran Kuvačić

  18. Enhancing motor learning of young soccer players through preventing an internal focus of attention: The effect of shoes colour

    Article • PLOS One, August 2018, PLOS

    Dr. Goran Kuvačić

  19. Part II Comments on: Improving physical fitness and health status perception in community-dwelling older adults through a structured program for physical activity promotion in the city of Naples, Italy: A randomized controlled trial

    Article • Geriatrics and Gerontology International, August 2018, Wiley

    Dr. Goran Kuvačić

  20. Time-restricted feeding influences immune responses without compromising muscle performance in older men

    Article • Nutrition, July 2018, Elsevier

    Dr. Goran Kuvačić

  21. A new integrative approach to increase quality of life by reducing pain and fear of movement in patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty: the IARA model

    Article • Psychology Health & Medicine, June 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Goran Kuvačić

  22. Effectiveness of yoga and educational intervention on disability, anxiety, depression, and pain in people with CLBP: A randomized controlled trial

    Article • Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice, May 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Antonio Dello Iacono, Dr. Goran Kuvačić

  23. The effect of acute and chronic exercise on steroid hormone fluctuations in young and middle-aged men

    Article • Steroids, April 2018, Elsevier

    Dr. Goran Kuvačić

  24. Comments on: Improving physical fitness and health status perception in community-dwelling older adults through a structured program for physical activity promotion in the city of Naples, Italy: A randomized controlled trial

    Article • Geriatrics and Gerontology International, April 2018, Wiley

    Dr. Goran Kuvačić

  25. Herbal medicine for sports: a review

    Article • Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition, March 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Goran Kuvačić

  26. Effect of Heart rate on Basketball Three-Point Shot Accuracy

    Article • Frontiers in Physiology, February 2018, Frontiers

    Dr. Goran Kuvačić, Dr Luca Paolo Ardigò

  27. Vibration effect on ball score test in international vs. national level table tennis

    Article • Biology of Sport, January 2018, Termedia Sp. z.o.o.

    Dr Luca Paolo Ardigò, Dr. Goran Kuvačić

  28. Letter to the Editor concerning “Effects of lumbosacral orthoses on postural control in individuals with or without non-specific low back pain” by J. Mi et al. (Eur Spine J; 2017: DOI 10.1007/s00586-017-5355-5)

    Article • European Spine Journal, December 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Goran Kuvačić

  29. Factors Determining Success in Youth Judokas

    Article • Journal of Human Kinetics, January 2017, De Gruyter

    Dr. Goran Kuvačić

  30. Comment on “Differences in Ventilatory Threshold for Exercise Prescription in Outpatient Diabetic and Sarcopenic Obese Subjects”

    Article • International Journal of Endocrinology, January 2017, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Dr. Goran Kuvačić, Professor Johnny Padulo