the aim of this study was to investigate differences in stress coping styles between athletic and non-athletic students with high and low self-esteem. for this purpose, 465 students (118 females and 347 males, mean age 23.58+3.20 years) were selected by available sampling method. the questionnaire of coping styles (dadsetan et al. 1384) and self-esteem (rosenberg, 1987) were used to evaluate th...

UNLABELLED Elite endurance athletes typically have larger arteries contributing to greater skeletal muscle blood flow, oxygen and nutrient delivery and improved physical performance. Few studies have examined structural and functional properties of arteries in power athletes. PURPOSE To compare the size and vasoreactivity of the brachial artery of elite power athletes to age-matched controls....

BACKGROUND Sudden death in athletes can occur during sport activities and is presumably related to ventricular arrhythmias. There are no guidelines concerning athletes who develop ventricular arrhythmias during an exercise test. It is unclear whether they should be allowed to continue with their competitive activity or not. OBJECTIVES To investigate the long-term follow-up of athletes with ve...

the aim of this study was to investigate the possibility of explaining psychological resilience based on self-efficacy in athlete and non-athlete university students. a sample of 403 (198 females and 205 males) athlete and non-athlete university students, who were selected via purposive sampling procedure, completed resilience and self-efficacy scales. regression analysis, one-way anova, and t ...

BACKGROUND Since knee complaints are common among athletes and are frequently presented in general practice, it is of interest to investigate the type of knee complaints represented in general practice of athletes in comparison with those of non-athletes. Therefore, the aim of this study is to investigate the differences in type of knee complaints between sport participants, in this study defin...

background: severe and prolonged physical training is associated with morphological and physiological cardiac changes, often termed as the “athlete’s heart”. echocardiographic features peculiar to elite iranian athletes have not been previously described. the aim was to examine the echocardiographic characteristics of highly trained iranian athletes involved in three different sports.   methods...

This research assessed the frequency of marijuana use and perceptions of gender-specific marijuana use among intercollegiate athletes from two National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division 1 universities. Normative data were gathered in a live setting. Male athletes reported significantly greater marijuana use than female athletes and the overall sample reported higher prevalence of ...

Background. There is sparse literature examining the ICB phase of aerobic- and anaerobic-trained athletes. Measurements of ICB phase values of athletes can help to evaluate the sport’s physiological demands and understand the physiological adaptations in response to physical training. Objectives. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between the isocapnic buffering (IC...

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE To examine the possibility that athletes with multiple concussions show cumulative effects of injury. METHODS AND PROCEDURES Amateur athletes with a history of three or more concussions were carefully matched (gender, age, education and sport) with athletes with no prior concussions. All completed a computerized neuropsychological test battery at preseason (ImPACT) and then ...