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- 1From:Palaestra (Vol. 26, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedA 500-yard swim event is hard enough for a person without a disability. Brendan Driscoll competes in high-end able-bodied meets with one limb less. He is missing his left leg from the knee down. Driscoll was born with a...
- 2From:Medical Problems of Performing Artists (Vol. 21, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedVanderhave KL, Miller D: Foot and ankle problems in the adolescent athlete. Curr Opinion Orthop 2005; 16:45-49. The authors present a short, orthopaedically oriented review of common foot and ankle disorders in...
- 3From:Pediatric News (Vol. 40, Issue 4)A significant proportion of female high school athletes meet the criteria for one of three health disorders that constitute the female athlete triad syndrome, according to a cross-sectional study. Jeanne E Nichols,...
- 4From:Bulletin of the South Carolina Academy of ScienceAdolescents in today's fast-paced world are exposed to stress on an almost basis, a harm to their immune system on many levels. The purpose of this experiment was to investigate the effect of exercise intensity of...
- 5From:British Journal of Sports Medicine (Vol. 37, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedA large number of young athletes train for competitive sport before puberty, yet the understanding of their capabilities to benefit from endurance training is limited. (1 2) Many studies of endurance trainability of...
- 6From:Therapeutic Recreation Journal (Vol. 52, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedThis study explores the meaning of competitive sports participation among youth athletes with disabilities who are members of a sled hockey team affiliated with a community-based therapeutic recreation (TR) and adaptive...
- 7From:Archives of Public Health (Vol. 78, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground Athletes put their health at short- and long-term risk and a detailed investigation of health outcomes is important because it should allow the development of more specific interventions. This study aimed to...
- 8From:Studia Psychologica: Journal for Basic Research in Psychological Sciences (Vol. 58, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedThis study was designed to examine the role played by the coach in competitive sports by analyzing the motivational climate created in the team and its relationship with player commitment. Spanish versions of the...
- 9From:BMC Research Notes (Vol. 13, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedObjective Bio-banding (BB) has been introduced to account for varying maturity and to improve the talent development of junior soccer players. To date, research that investigated the physiological and technical effects...
- 10From:Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research (Vol. 13, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground Here, we compared the clinical and radiographic outcomes between coracoclavicular (CC) fixation with Mersilene tape and hook plate for acute unstable acromioclavicular (AC) joint dislocation treatment....
- 11From:AAOS NowPeer-ReviewedA new report from the Institute of Medicine (IOM) and the National Research Council notes that, although progress has been made in amassing information about the causes and extent of concussion in youths, much remains...
- 12From:Gifted Child Today (Vol. 33, Issue 1)All high school senior athletes are eligible to enter the annual Scholar Athlete Milk Mustache of the Year (SAMMY) scholarship program, which helps to educate young people about healthy lifestyles. Applicants should...
- 13From:Journal of Neuroscience Nursing (Vol. 43, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedABSTRACT Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a complex and debilitating neurological injury that places a significant financial and emotional burden on both families and medical providers. Accumulating evidence suggests...
- 14From:Contemporary Pediatrics (Vol. 32, Issue 8) Peer-ReviewedAs many as 50% of kids participating in sports will sustain a dental injury by the time they graduate high school. Pediatricians can play a vital role in educating parents and their student athletes on the importance of...
- 15From:The Prevention Researcher (Vol. 16, Issue S1) Peer-ReviewedThe misconceptions adolescents have about steroids, some of them fueled by the media and influenced by the actual use of performance-enhancing drugs by young people, demonstrate the need for coaches, parents, and other...
- 16From:AAOS NowPeer-ReviewedDuring the past few years, orthopaedic surgeons around the country who cover scholastic and club athletic teams have learned that their state legislatures have passed laws mandating that every child who sustains a...
- 17From:Ovidius University Annals, Series Physical Education and Sport/Science, Movement and Health (Vol. 13, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed
Influence of bi-competitive training on improving the performance capacity of junior female gymnasts
The purpose of this paper is the presentation of bi-competitive training influence on improving the performance capacity of junior female gymnasts. With that end in view, we considered that, by providing an optimum... - 18From:Journal of Sport Behavior (Vol. 36, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedDespite the many physical and psychological benefits of involvement in youth sports, athlete participation declines throughout childhood and adolescence, with girls exceeding boys in rates of attrition. The goal of this...
- 19From:Journal of Sport Behavior (Vol. 38, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedShame has been conceptualized as an emotional, cognitive, behavioral, and evolutionary phenomenon, and may impact such responses as anger, anxiety, withdrawal, avoidance, and violent ideation (Gilbert, 1998). The...
- 20From:Social Behavior and Personality: An International Journal (Vol. 40, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedThe relationship between achievement goals and physical self-perceptions of adolescent athletes was examined in this study. Participants were 208 adolescent athletes with a mean age of 16.35 [+ or -] 0.48 years....