This study presents a complete psychological skills training (PST) program with a wheelchair athlete and examines the program effectiveness using a mixed-method approach. After initial testing, the athlete followed a two-month program of self-confidence building, motivational, visualization/relaxation, and injury management techniques. Quantitative and qualitative methods were used to examine t...

Introduction: During the recent decades, many scholars focused on the physical activities as an influencing factor on psychological and mental status. Concerning the importance of university students’ mental health, this paper investigates the effects of physical activities on promoting their mental health. Materials & Methods: In this descriptive analytical study, 200 female students of Shah...

BACKGROUND Recognition of the Female Athlete Triad (disordered eating, amenorrhea, osteoporosis) has increased significantly since it was defined in 1992 by the American College of Sports Medicine. However, knowledge and treatment of the Female Athlete Triad is still lacking among physicians and medical personnel. PURPOSE We surveyed physicians, physical therapists, athletic trainers, and coa...

Purpose: Long term effects of poliomyelitis are known in many countries. Despite no definite label for these signs and symptoms, there is a remarkable similarity among patients with regard to description of the problems and complications of the disease. In this study, we compared the prevalence of symptoms of Post-Polio Syndrome (PPS) in athlete and non-athlete poliomyelitis survivors. Methods...

The objectives of this study were to estimate the incidence and describe the pattern and severity of training injuries in taekwondo, and to compare pattern and severity of training injuries with competition injuries. One hundred and fifty-two active Australian amateur taekwondo athletes, aged 12 years or over, completed an online survey comprising questions on training exposure and injury histo...

introduction: during the recent decades, many scholars focused on the physical activities as an influencing factor on psychological and mental status. concerning the importance of university students’ mental health, this paper investigates the effects of physical activities on promoting their mental health. materials & methods: in this descriptive analytical study, 200 female students of shahee...

Today, researchers consider sports as one of the methods of reinforcement in the development of psychological parameters. The aim of the present study was to compare the alexithymia and its components, in athletes and non-athletic adolescents. Its components consist of difficulty in identifying feelings (DIF), difficulty in describing feelings (DDF), and externally oriented thinking (EOT). The ...

the aim of this research was to study the relationship between locus of control (loc) and general health (gh) in athletes and non – athlete male students in tehran university. for this purpose, 206 athlete and non – athlete university stundents (age: 18 – 25 years old) were selected randomly. the research method used in this study was ex post facto – descriptive. ratter's locus of control ...

OBJECTIVE To present recommendations for the certified athletic trainer in the management of type 1 diabetes in the athlete. BACKGROUND In managing diabetes, the most important goal is to keep blood glucose levels at or as close to normal levels as possible without causing hypoglycemia. This goal requires the maintenance of a delicate balance among hypoglycemia, euglycemia, and hyperglycemia,...