It appears to be a matter of Government policy to encourage participation in sport at all levels throughout the United Kingdom (1). This is perhaps not surprising in view of the universal movement towards what is known colloquially as "health sport for all". Increased participation in sport is reflected in figures collected by the Central Council of Physical Recreation (2) and more recently by ...

Deciding when to return to sport after injury is complex and multifactorial-an exercise in risk management. Return to sport decisions are made every day by clinicians, athletes and coaches, ideally in a collaborative way. The purpose of this consensus statement was to present and synthesise current evidence to make recommendations for return to sport decision-making, clinical practice and futur...

Consistent with the Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology’s mission, the current special issue on psychophysiology and neuroscience in sport has brought together a variety of timely papers exploring the relationship between physiological processes and both sport performance and personal well-being. These final thoughts observe patterns noted among the papers in this issue, highlight future resea...

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Objective: Youth participation in sport is reviewed to include its history, current growth patterns, reasons behind sport specialization, and the implications of sport specialization. The effects of early skill acquisi· tion, and the sociological, psychological, and physicaUphysiological aspects to help develop safeguards to meet the needs of young athletes are discussed. Study De ign a nd Sele...

OBJECTIVE To examine the seasonal distribution of tendon ruptures in a large cohort of patients from Vancouver, Canada. DESIGN Retrospective chart review. SETTING Acute Achilles tendon rupture cases that occurred from 1987 to 2010 at an academic hospital in Vancouver, Canada. Information was extracted from an orthopaedic database. PARTICIPANTS No direct contact was made with the participa...

BACKGROUND To estimate the lifetime prevalence and address the attitudes and knowledge of using prohibited substances (doping) among sport players in Saudi Arabia. METHODS A cross-sectional survey carried out using systematic random sampling technique among Saudi players of variable sports attending the sport clubs, stadiums, and sport fields (70 sport clubs, 22 types of sports belong to 22 S...

BACKGROUND Most research regarding sport participation and suicide risk found protective relationships. However, all studies in this area were based on cross-sectional designs. OBJECTIVE To fill a gap in research by exploring associations between sport involvement and suicide ideation and attempts (suicidality) based on a 5-year longitudinal, population-based study. STUDY GROUP Participants...

It seems common knowledge that school sport participation leads to all kinds of social, educational and health outcomes. However, it may also be that students with a certain predisposition, sometimes referred to as sporting habitus, are more inclined to participate in school sports and that the 'outcomes' were already present before participation. Several studies indicated that identity formati...