STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES: OVERVIEW The Strength & Conditioning profession has come to a defining moment. The profession involves the combined competencies of sport/exercise science, administration, management, teaching and coaching. Its practitioners must also comply with various laws and regulations while responding to instances of potential injury, and r...

STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES: OVERVIEW The Strength & Conditioning profession has come to a defining moment. The profession involves the combined competencies of sport/exercise science, administration, management, teaching and coaching. Its practitioners must also comply with various laws and regulations while responding to instances of potential injury, and r...

The sport of fly-fishing has experienced significant growth since the start COVID-19 pandemic. There is very little literature available to quantify injuries associated with fly-fishing. Previous injury surveillance studies demonstrated certain casting styles and equipment may lead upper extremity pain or injury. purpose this study was evaluate factors that can contribute occur while participat...

This article presents a current review of the risk of physical and psychological injury associated with participation in elite youth sport, and suggests strategies to ensure the physical and emotional health of these young athletes. Although there is lack of epidemiological data, especially with regard to psychological injury, preliminary data suggest that the risk of injury is high in this pop...

The skeletally immature athlete sustains upper extremity injuries unique to the epiphyseal plate, articular cartilage, musculotendinous units, and specific to the sport itself. Specific shoulder and elbow conditions can be predicted based on the biomechanics of the sport and age of the patient. In the young athlete, recognition of these unique injury patterns with early activity modification an...

The case is reported of an open injury of the right arm sustained during a parachute jump. The fracture was managed in the usual way with wound debridement, wound irrigation, skeletal stabilisation, and reconstruction of the soft tissues. Good shoulder and elbow function were achieved. The combined effort of an orthopaedic trauma surgeon and plastic surgeon is essential to improve outcomes in s...

Digital games can be used not only for fun and entertainment. The term ‘serious games’ denotes digital games serving serious purposes like education, training, advertising, research, and health. In the contribution the chances and challenges of serious games for computer science in sport will be discussed. Serious games, particularly adventure and shooter games, already play an important role i...