background trauma is an inescapable part of sports competitions. it occurs more frequently in contact sports such as wrestling. objectives the purpose of this study was to determine the frequency of injury in greco-roman style wrestling competitions at national level. patients and methods this descriptive epidemiological research included 50 greco-roman style wrestlers who participated in natio...

CONTEXT The shoulder is one of the most commonly injured body sites among athletes. Little previous research describes shoulder injury patterns in high school athletes. OBJECTIVE To describe and compare shoulder injury rates and patterns among high school athletes in 9 sports (football, soccer, basketball, baseball, and wrestling for boys and soccer, volleyball, basketball, and softball for g...

Basic psychological needs theory (BPNT) is one of six mini-theories of self-determination theory proposing that satisfaction of the needs for autonomy, competence, and relatedness is essential for humans to thrive. The aim of this study was to investigate whether a relationship exists between the satisfaction of basic psychological needs and goal orientation, as well as to examine the contribut...

BACKGROUND The inclusion of clinical practice factors, beyond epidemiologic data, may help guide medical coverage and care decisions. HYPOTHESIS Trends in injury and treatment characteristics of sport-specific injuries sustained by secondary school athletes will differ based on sport. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective analysis of electronic patient records. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE Level 4. METHODS P...

OBJECTIVE To conduct a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis of studies assessing the incidence of concussion in youth athletes. Specifically, we estimate the overall risk of concussion in youth sports and compare sport-specific estimates of concussion risk. DESIGN Systemic review and meta-analysis. DATA SOURCES A search of Medline, Embase (1980 through September 2014), and Spor...

This literature review evaluates the significance of dental injuries and their relationship to specific sports activities. Many studies have been published on individual sports or groups of sports but most pertain to specific age groups or levels of competition. Research suggests that many sports that do not require mouthguards should encourage male and female participants to use orofacial prot...

The purpose of this research is Prioritization coping with stress styles in individual and team athletes with an emphasis on gender and the level of championship. The‌ population is 1092 athletes participate in‌ team sports (volleyball, basketball, footsall and handball) and individual sports (ping pong, badminton, track & field, physical fitness, taekwondo and karate) with at least one year ch...

CONTEXT More than 1.6 million sport-related concussions occur every year in the United States, affecting greater than 5% of all high school athletes who participate in contact sports. As more females participate in sports, understanding possible differences in concussion symptoms between sexes becomes more important. OBJECTIVE To compare symptoms, symptom resolution time, and time to return t...

Street or Public Location Industrial Site School Sports Field Unknown TEAM SPORTS [1] Baseball/Softball 5.3% 1.0% 0.0% 6.5% 67.9% 19.3% 170.5 Basketball 6.1% 2.0% * 16.0% 49.0% 26.9% 393.9 Football 6.0% 1.2% 0.0% 20.9% 49.1% 22.8% 328.0 Hockey (Field/Ice/Roller) 1.4% 1.5% 0.0% 11.8% 63.3% 22.1% 42.3 Soccer 3.0% 0.9% * 11.2% 66.7% 18.2% 160.9 Volleyball 4.1% * 0.0% 27.4% 50.0% 17.4% 44.7 T...