Better Things in Secondary School Athletics

Preseason heat-acclimatization guidelines for secondary school athletics.

Inter-Association Task Force for Preseason Secondary School Athletics Participants: Lawrence E. Armstrong, PhD, FACSM ; Lindsay B. Baker, PhD`; Michael F. Bergeron, PhD, FACSM‰; Virginia M. Buchanan, JD ; Michael J. Carroll, MEd, LAT, ATCI; Michelle A. Cleary, PhD, LAT, ATCI; Edward R. Eichner, MD, FACSM ; Michael S. Ferrara, PhD, ATC, FNATAI; Tony D. Fitzpatrick, MA, LAT, ATCI; Jay R. Hoffman,...

Bigger and better things.

The inter-association task force for preventing sudden death in secondary school athletics programs: best-practices recommendations.

Douglas J. Casa, PhD, ATC, FNATA, FACSM (Chair)*†; Jon Almquist, VATL, ATC*; Scott A. Anderson, ATC*; Lindsay Baker, PhD‡; Michael F. Bergeron, PhD, FACSM§; Brian Biagioli, EdD||; Barry Boden, MD¶; Joel S. Brenner, MD, MPH, FAAP#; Michael Carroll, MEd, LAT, ATC*; Bob Colgate**; Larry Cooper, MS, LAT, ATC*; Ron Courson, PT, ATC, NREMT-I, CSCS*; David Csillan, MS, LAT, ATC*; Julie K. DeMartini, M...

Marketing vs. Games in Secondary School: Is it Secondary School?

Increases of the Internet users have drastically increased the number of media via which companies promote their products. One of such media are computer games. This paper investigates the perception of secondary school students as to the ads appearing in the games as well as their opinions and the experience they have gathered up to now regarding the advertising in the computer games. The firs...

State-Level Implementation of Health and Safety Policies to Prevent Sudden Death and Catastrophic Injuries Within Secondary School Athletics

BACKGROUND Sudden death and catastrophic injuries during sport can be attenuated with the implementation of evidence-based health and safety policies. However, the extent of the implementation of these policies within secondary school athletics is unknown. PURPOSE To provide an assessment of the implementation of health and safety policies pertaining to the leading causes of sudden death and ...