BACKGROUND Participation in sport can contribute to health-enhancing levels of leisure-time physical activity. There are recent reports that participation in sport in Australia is decreasing. However, these studies are limited to ages 15 years and over. METHODS This study integrates sports club membership data from five popular team sports and investigates sport participation across the lifes...

The last three decades have witnessed a tremendous increase in female sports participation at all levels. However, increased sports participation of female athletes has also increased the incidence of sport-related injuries, which can be either acute trauma or overuse injuries. Overuse injuries may be defined as an imbalance caused by overly intensive training and inadequate recovery, which sub...

Athletic participation can be rewarding both mentally and physically, and it should be an enjoyable activity. Oftentimes, however, there are setbacks in participation as a result of injuries and illnesses. Some of these conditions present themselves in the form of dermatological disorders. Dermatological problems in sports result from several causes including environmental, traumatic, and infec...

What is the role of physical activity in human capital accumulation? Brain research provides evidence of the importance of physical activity for cognitive functions. An increasingly sedentary lifestyle could thus disrupt human capital accumulation. We analyze effects of on-campus recreational sports and exercise on educational outcomes of university students. We randomize financial incentives t...

SPORT SPECIALISATION: FRIEND OR FOE? Sports participation is increasing in the USA (US population 313 million inhabitants) and in Icelandic (population 320 thousand inhabitants) adolescents, it is estimated that 35–45 million youth 6–18 years of age participate in some form of organised or recreational athletics. 2 However, sports specialisation including year-round sport-specific training, par...

The Impact of Participation in Sports on Educational Attainment: New Evidence from Germany We analyze the impact of exercising sports during childhood and adolescence on educational attainment. The theoretical framework is based on models of allocation of time and educational productivity. Using the rich information from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP), we apply generalized ordered prob...