Concussion education for student-athletes is mandated by several states and is becoming an integral component of concussion management programmes; however, little is known about student-athlete concussion knowledge and self-reporting of suspected concussion. This study explored to what extent collegiate student-athletes are knowledgeable on the topic of concussion, the relationship between havi...

BACKGROUND Although Perceived Stress Scale (PSS, Cohen, Kamarack & Mermelstein, 1983) has been validated and widely used in many domains, there is still no validation in sports by comparing athletes and non-athletes and examining related psychometric indices. PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to examine the measurement invariance of PSS between athletes and non-athletes, and examine const...

ABSTRACT Introduction: The step movement in volleyball is a fundamental skill that players must master, being the basis of support all other techniques this sport. Objective: Explore effect ladder training on mobility high school players. Methods: Twenty male aged 16-17 were selected as experimental volunteers. Randomly divided into and control groups, 10 individuals each group received interve...

Collegiate student athletes are faced with the same developmental challenges and stressors as their nonathlete peers, but they are also expected to deal with the challenges of athletic involvement (e.g., time demands, physical demands, travel schedules). Such additional demands may put athletes at greater risk for experiencing physical and psychological health problems. The current article was ...

The purpose of this research was to utilize the concept of hubris to frame a discussion of differences between collegiate athletes and collegiate non-athletes. Surveys were distributed to a collegiate student population that included both athletes and non-athletes and included questions that served as proxies for varying dimensions of hubris, such as perceptions of campus police (conventional a...

It is possible that running training for many years in athletics affects athletes' patterns and sole structure. The main aim of this study to examine the effect maximal force applied floor area contact athletes with related mid-distance athletics. 18 male who represent Turkey on International another 25 volunteers form control group from participants study. pressure measurement was performed th...

Abstract Introduction Student-athletes’ time demands include scholastic, athletic, and social events that may influence sleep duration; the association between duration, athletic performance, injury risk are inconclusive. Further, limited research investigates long-term habitual patterns in collegiate student-athletes. We aimed to describe feasibility of monitoring self-reported within-person d...

Abstract Background Prolonged endurance training results in physiological changes to elite athletes' hearts. These include thickened left ventricular (LV) walls and dilated right ventricles that may overlap with those from pathological conditions such as hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, cardiomyopathy arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy. While reference ranges for black white athletes have been published...

METHODS: We assessed 152 masters athletes 54.4±8.5 years of age (70% male) and 92 controls of similar age, sex, and low Framingham 10-year coronary artery disease risk scores with an echocardiogram, exercise stress test, computerized tomographic coronary angiogram, and cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging with late gadolinium enhancement and a 24-hour Holter. Athletes had participated in e...

Spiritual Intelligence and Volunteerism among Sport Clubs within the Ministry of Education H. Ghaasemi, Ph.D. M. Rezaee Soofi, Ph.D. A. Eshraaghi Nowadays volunteers are a valuable human resource for organizations. As a result, administrators need to be familiar with the very concept and ways of managing volunteers. The purpose of this study has been to help the administrato...