Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), a frequently under-diagnosed disorder, may lead to future poor health, performance, and wellbeing. Increased OSA prevalence has been reported in individuals who have had head injury. We systematically searched EMBASE, PSYCINFO, WEB OF SCIENCE, COCHRANE PUBMED 18 th June 2022. demographic data was extracted according PRISMA guidelines from 14 eligible studies with ...

The present study compares previous reports on the effect of “real-life” typical field individual (i.e. cross country running and wrestling – representing combat versus non-combat sports) and team sports (i.e. volleyball and water-polo – representing water and land team sports) training on pro (IL-6) and anti (IL-1 receptor antagonist – IL-1ra) inflammatory mediators in male and female late pub...

The margins in elite sport are becoming increasingly smaller particularly in timed sporting events forcing the limits of performance to be pushed further. Although traditionally only the physiological and physical attributes of performance were considered, there is growing awareness of a range of factors including but not limited to; the performance culture including the team environment, athle...

Abstract Objectives Full-contact football-code team sports offer a unique environment for illness risk. During training and match-play, players are exposed to high-intensity collisions which may result in skin-on-skin abrasions transfer of bodily fluids. Understanding the incidence all illnesses infections what impact they cause time-loss from competition is important improve athlete care withi...

We sought to determine whether the exposure to the sub-concussive blows that occur during division III collegiate collision sports affect later life neurobehavioral quality-of-life measures. We conducted a cross-sectional study of alumni from four division III colleges, targeting those between the ages of 40-70 years, using several well-validated quality-of-life measures for executive function,...