School Athletics and Gate Money

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,...

The Academic Benefits of High School Athletics Graduate Degree/ Major: Ms School Counseling

With the current trend in educational budget cuts it is imperative that schools are aware of ways to increase student success. A negative stigma has often been associated with being an athlete. The following study was designed to discover whether students participating in athletics tend to possess significantly different grade point averages, and unexcused absence rates, than their non-athlete ...

Blood Transfusion and Athletics

* * In 1976, the Medical Commission ofthe International Olympic Committee formally condemned the practice of blood transfusion for athletes in good health. As ofthis writing, however, blood doping has not been explicitly forbidden. The Author discusses important and controversial questions such as: does blood transfusion afford world-class athletes a substantial competitive advantage? Is this p...

Spinal deformity and athletics.

Exercise and athletic competition for the young individual has become increasingly more important in society. Scoliosis and Scheurmann kyphosis are spinal deformities prevalent in up to 2% to 3% and 7% of the population respectively, requiring nonoperative and occasionally operative treatment. Curve progression and patient physiologic age dictate treatment regimens. Bracing and physical therapy...

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