SAFETY IN SCHOOL SPORTS (TEKO)

High School Sports Participation

Impact of school sports injury.

BACKGROUND Most injuries in school occur during sport. OBJECTIVES To explore the impact of sports injury in supervised school sport. METHOD A prospective study of sports injury in children of secondary school age presenting to the accident and emergency department. Each patient was identified on registration, matched with medical records after discharge, and contacted later by telephone to ...

Guidelines for youth sports safety.

With the beginning of each school year athletes of all ages are gearing up to play. The National Athletic Trainers' Association offers several important tips for consideration before a player begins formal participation, including information regarding pre-participation physicals; beating the heat; locker room cleanliness; emergency action plans; and exercising caution with head injuries, inclu...

Sports Supplements: Efficacy, Safety, Permissibility

Other than essential nutrients, such as vitamins and minerals, foods contain numerous phytonutrients, also referred to as phytochemicals that may influence physiological processes in the body. Many of these phytonutrients have been studied for their potential beneficial effects on health, and some have also been theorized to have positive effects on physical and sport performance. One example i...

Physical education, school physical activity, school sports and academic performance

BACKGROUND The purpose of this paper is to review relationships of academic performance and some of its determinants to participation in school-based physical activities, including physical education (PE), free school physical activity (PA) and school sports. METHODS Linkages between academic achievement and involvement in PE, school PA and sport programmes have been examined, based on a syst...