BACKGROUND In the United States (US), an estimated 300,000 sports-related concussions occur annually. Among individuals 15 to 24 years of age, sports are second only to motor vehicle crashes as the leading cause of concussions. PURPOSE To investigate the epidemiology of concussions in high school athletes by comparing rates and patterns of concussion among 20 sports. STUDY DESIGN Descriptiv...

The aim of this study was to compare feeling of loneliness between athlete and non-athlete university female students. The sample of the research consisted of 220 university female students, including 73 non-athletes who did not have any experience of sport participation and were randomly selected from the students of general physical education course in eleventh region of Islamic Azad Universi...

The relationship of puberty to body image, social physique anxiety, preoccupation with weight and nutritional status was examined in 77 non-obese females (7-16 years). Results showed that 34% of the pre-pubescent girls, 36% of the early pubescent girls and 76% of the post-pubescent girls were dissatisfied with their body shape. Social physique anxiety, determined by the SPAS scale, and preoccup...

OBJECTIVE To analyze and compare the vertical component of ground reaction forces and isokinetic muscle parameters for plantar flexion and dorsiflexion of the ankle between long-distance runners, triathletes, and nonathletes. METHODS Seventy-five males with a mean age of 30.26 (±6.5) years were divided into three groups: a triathlete group (n=26), a long-distance runner group (n = 23), and a ...

The aim of the present study was to analyze the instruction of the Judo coach immediately before the competition, in the process of preparation for the fights, looking to (1) study the coherency between the information which the coach transmits and that which the athlete retains; (2) identify the correlation between the coherency, the extension and the number of ideas conveyed by the coach; (3)...

AIM To assess changes in the mental and physical health of adolescents between the ages of 15 and 19. METHODS The study included a four-year follow-up of 844 students from 31 secondary schools located in Kosice, Slovakia (response rate 45.6%). The 36-item short form (SF-36) scales were used to assess vitality and mental health, self-rated health, long-term well-being, long-standing illness, a...

Study purpose. Declining levels of physical activity in adolescence are increasing concern, with data showing the difference ≥ 8% by gender favor adolescent boys; therefore, present study aims at determining (in)activity gap non-athlete boys and girls Slovakia. Materials methods. Standardized measure to estimate habitual practice (IPAQ-SF) was carried out six months (January – June, 2022), thro...

The purpose of this research brief is to review and describe the most rele‐ vant and recent data on the topic of sport participation rates among Amer‐ ican youth by various historically underserved populations. Specifically, data is aggregated and summarized by social class, race, gender, and disa‐ bility status. While the available data and research related to sport partici‐ pation and physica...

This study estimated the levels and differentials in nutritional status and dietary intake and relevant knowledge of adolescent girls in rural Bangladesh using data from the Baseline Survey 2004 of the National Nutrition Programme. A stratified two-stage random cluster-sampling was used for selecting 4,993 unmarried adolescent girls aged 13-18 years in 708 rural clusters. Female interviewers vi...