Background Previous studies have evaluated high school and collegiate athletes in the pre-Zurich guidelines era; whether adolescent athletes demonstrate similar neurocognitive decrements in the current concussion management era remains unclear. Purpose To assess for the presence of neurocognitive deficits in adolescents with a sport-related concussion at the time of self-reported symptom reso...

Decreased neurocognitive performance in individuals with self-reported attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and learning disability (LD) is well documented in the neuropsychological research literature. Previous studies employing paper-and-pencil neurocognitive assessments report lower performance in individuals with ADHD and LD. The purpose of the current study was to examine the in...

BACKGROUND Patellar tendinopathy (PT) is one of the most common knee disorders among athletes. Changes in morphology and elasticity of the painful tendon and how these relate to the self-perceived pain and dysfunction remain unclear. OBJECTIVES To compare the morphology and elastic properties of patellar tendons between athlete with and without unilateral PT and to examine its association wit...

It has been repeatedly demonstrated that athletes often choke in high pressure situations because anxiety can affect attention regulation and in turn performance. There are two competing theoretical approaches to explain the negative anxiety-performance relationship. According to skillfocus theories, anxious athletes’ attention is directed at how to execute the sport-specific movements which in...

The general and sport psychology research converge to point to a complex relationship between depressive experiences and human performance. The purpose of this study was to explore the depressive experiences of top level athletes and the relationship of such experiences with sport performance. Twelve autobiographies of elite athletes representing eight sports were analyzed. The autobiographical...

INTRODUCTION: Self-talk is one of the most commonly used strategies to influence the intensity and duration of physical performance (Hamilton et al., 2007; Diaz-Ocejo et al., 2013). However, it has received little attention as a coping method in the study of perceived effort, particularly in National Collegiate Athletes Association (NCAA) Division III athletes. Previous research examining the u...

BACKGROUND Low Back Pain (LBP) is one of the most prevalent causes of disability not only in the general population but also in athletes. Despite a large number of self-reported back specific disability questionnaires, there is no specific, well documented, outcome measure for athletes suffering from back pain. OBJECTIVES This study aimed to identify the main descriptive themes representing f...