BACKGROUND US high schools are increasingly adopting automated external defibrillators (AEDs) for use in campus settings. We analyzed the effectiveness of emergency response planning for sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) in a large cohort of US high schools that had onsite AED programs. METHODS AND RESULTS A cohort of US high schools with at least 1 onsite AED was identified from the National Regis...

Background—The true incidence of sudden cardiac death (SCD) in US athletes is unknown. Current estimates are based largely on case identification through public media reports and estimated participation rates. The purpose of this study was to more precisely estimate the incidence of SCD in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) student-athletes and assess the accuracy of traditional me...

Conjugated linoleic acids (CLA) intake has been reported to reduce body fat mass or increase lean body mass and to improve exercise outcome by modulating testosterone in humans. These reports have studied mostly overweight subjects; few were athletes. Therefore, in this study, the effect of CLA intake on endurance performance and anti-fatigue in student athletes was investigated. A double-blind...

Participation in sports plays an important role university students’ lives, such as the development of a healthy lifestyle and promotion education. However, there is low participation universities which may be due to various constraints experienced or perceived by students. The purpose this study was examine hindering student-athletes activities. used cross-sectional survey design questionnaire...

Objectives: The main aim of the present investigation was to examine how athletes use observational learning (OL) through the development of a valid and reliable questionnaire. A second purpose was to determine how the functions of OL that emerged compared to the functions of imagery that have already been determined [Paivio, A. (1985). Cognitive and motivational functions of imagery in human p...

the aim of this study was to evaluate sport coaches' practical obligation towards their legal responsibilities from urmia athletes' viewpoints. the research method was descriptive–survey carried out as a field. 384 athletes of urmia city were randomly selected. a researcher-made questionnaire was used to collect data and its reliability was evaluated by test–retest method (coefficient...

BACKGROUND The true incidence of sudden cardiac death (SCD) in US athletes is unknown. Current estimates are based largely on case identification through public media reports and estimated participation rates. The purpose of this study was to more precisely estimate the incidence of SCD in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) student-athletes and assess the accuracy of traditional me...

The study aimed to assess the impact of mental fitness factors on development physical, health, psychological, and social abilities a group students’ athletes at Northern Border University, where plays major role enhance athletes’ in sports field. researcher used descriptive analysis method approach; constructed survey questionnaire applied for data collection, which measure standards athletes'...

  Participation in sport activities has become increasingly popular, as a result, more patients are referred 10 dermatologists for disorders caused by sport activities. During most forms of exercise, the skin and it's appendages are under constant assault by traumatic and other environmental factors that can cause injury. Physical activity also predispose s the skin to infection and can exacer...