The purpose of this study was to quantify the home advantage in both men's and women's First and Second Division water polo leagues, to compare the results obtained according to sex of participants and the level of competition, and to test for possible differences in home advantage when considering the interaction between these two factors. The sample comprised four seasons from 2007-2008 to 20...

PURPOSE This study explored barriers and facilitators of sports participation of children with physical disabilities from the perspective of the children, their parents and their health professionals. METHOD Thirty children and 38 parents completed a questionnaire, and 17 professionals were interviewed in a semi-structured way. Data from the three groups were combined in a mixed-method design...

BACKGROUND This review looks at ways to increase physical activity, by walking and other sports and home activities, to reach the daily 10,000 steps goal. It also looks at a number of issues associated with achieving the daily step goal, such as considerations in walking, step counting and physical activity. METHODS The review is based on MEDLINE (1982-2006) and Google searches using keywords...

BACKGROUND Humeral head fractures requiring surgical intervention are severe injuries, which might affect the return to sports and daily activities. We hypothesize that athletic patients will be constrained regarding their sporting activities after surgically treated humeral head fractures. Despite a long rehabilitation program physical activities will change and an avoidance of overhead activi...

With market economy society development, non-profit organizations play irreplaceable roles in making up market failure and government failure aspects, and have become one of indispensable parts in “government-marketsociety” ternary structure society. Non-profit sports organizations development has become main direction of modern sports development, and become important carriers to develop natio...

Rural sports is one of important part in Chinese sports, it affects Chinese sports overall development at every turn. In current stage, Chinese rural sports have many problems, insufficient investment, and imperfect structure, non-deepen sports awareness and others are factors restrict its development, so research on rural sports optimization countermeasures has become presently Chinese rural s...

BACKGROUND Little information is available on the degree of actual social functioning after successful kidney transplantation. Moreover, information on factors that influence participation in social activities is scarce. The aim of this study was to examine the influence of clinical factors on social outcome. METHODS A retrospective study was performed on a cohort of primary kidney transplant...

PURPOSE To assess the degree of participation of the visually impaired elderly and to make a comparison with population-based reference data. METHOD This cross-sectional study included visually impaired elderly persons (≥55 years; n = 173) who were referred to a low-vision rehabilitation centre. Based on the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) participatio...

OBJECTIVES This study aimed to investigate longitudinal relations between leisure and social activities and mental health status, considering the presence or absence of other persons in the activity as an additional variable, among middle-aged adults in Japan. This study used nationally representative data in Japan with a five-year follow-up period. METHODS This study focused on 16,642 middle...

BACKGROUND Over the last 2 decades arthroscopic stabilization and Bankart repair has gained popularity due to the advances in materials and surgical techniques. Results of arthroscopic stabilization have been similar to open without the risks of it. The number of anchors used has been suggested to be very important in "spot-weld" arthroscopic stabilization however the "purse-string" technique (...