BACKGROUND There are over 7 million US high school athletes and one-third are overweight or obese. Our objective was to examine injury patterns by body mass index (BMI) in high school athletes. METHODS Certified athletic trainers (ATCs) at 100 nationally representative US high schools submitted exposure and injury information during the 2005 to 08 school years via High School RIO (Reporting I...

Title of Thesis: TREATMENT ACCEPTABILITY OF NCAA DIVISION I STUDENT ATHLETES: FACTORS AFFECTING ATHLETES' ATTITUDES TOWARD SPORT PSYCHOLOGY CONSULTANTS Michael Hamberger, Master of Arts, Department of Kinesiology, 2004 Thesis directed by: Dr. Seppo Iso-Ahola (advisor) Dr. Ang Chen Dr. Brad Hatfield Consultations with sport psychologists can be a result of a coach implementing a sport psychology...

Cardiac arrhythmias in the athlete are a frequent cause for concern. Some arrhythmias may be benign and asymptomatic, but others may be life threatening and a sign that serious cardiovascular disease is present. Physicians often are consulted with regard to arrhythmias, or symptoms consistent with arrhythmias, in athletes. Sinus bradyarrhythmias are common and even expected in athletes. These b...

The purposes of the current study were to examine (a) the differences in Flow State Scale (FSS) subscales between the 4 experiential states of the orthogonal model (apathy, anxiety, relaxation, and flow), (b) the relationship between challenge, skills, and flow experience; and (c) the relationship between flow experience and athletes’ performance. Two hundred twenty athletes volunteered to part...

Sport injury epidemiology has received increased recognition as a field of sport medicine research that can improve the health and safety of athletes. Injuries among Paralympic powerlifters have not previously been systematically studied. The purpose of this prospective cohort study was to characterize injuries among Paralympic powerlifters. Athletes competing in the sport of powerlifting were ...

As part of a larger project to examine variables perceived to influence performance in Olympic competition, this manuscript was designed to (a) report coaches’ perceptions of variables influencing Olympic athlete performance, (b) triangulate findings from surveys and interviews with Olympic athletes, and (c) examine coaches’ perceptions of variables influencing Olympic coaching effectiveness. S...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW To evaluate the increase in overuse injuries in the adolescent athlete, specifically sports-related injuries to the foot and ankle of the adolescent runner. Factors affecting these injuries include anatomic considerations, gender, rate of development, growth, training errors, shoe wear, and running surface. RECENT FINDINGS Most injuries in adolescent runners are overuse inju...

Twenty-eight active international athletes agreed to be available for random spot urine collections at their homes, places of work and training. Suitable briefed collectors were arranged to conduct the spot collections and forward the specimens for analysis. An average number of 3.4 collections per athlete was made in the 9 month period of the trial. Overall there was a "failure to collect" per...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW The purpose of this review is to present an overview of sport-related concussion in the young athlete and review recent publications of clinical and scientific importance. RECENT FINDINGS Recent findings show that young athletes are more susceptible to concussions than older athletes and more likely to develop second impact syndrome, as well as long-term negative cumulative ...

Braakhuis, A.J. (2015). Learning styles of elite and sub-elite athletes. J. Hum. Sport Exerc., 10(4), pp.927935. Athletes have preferences for the way in which they internalise and process information. Athlete educators, such as coaches and sports medical staff, rarely consider the learning style of an prior to education. This study aims to characterise a range of athletes with regards to their...