Mental toughness has been associated with factors related to psychological well-being, but little is known about its relationship with stigma toward mental health and mental health help-seeking. This study investigated the relationship between mental toughness, sport-related well-being, and personal stigma toward mental health in a sample of 154 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I student-athletes. The moderating effect of mental toughness on the relationship between public stigma and self-stigma toward mental health help-seeking was also explored. Mental toughness was significantly and positively associated with sport-related well-being, but not significantly related to personal stigma toward mental health. Moderation analysis indicated that mental toughness was not a significant moderator of the relationship between public stigma and self-stigma, but higher levels of mental toughness were significantly associated with lower levels of stigma toward mental health help-seeking. ...

SCT is associated with exertional death in NCAA football players with a rate of 1:827 in Division I football athletes. The death rate is 37 times higher in football athletes with SCT than those without. Death in other athletes with SCT or those undergoing strenuous physical exertion has been reported although in this cohort no other sports were represented.1 3 4 8 9 13,-,15 The National Center for Catastrophic Sport Injury Research has documented 12 deaths association with SCT, seven of which occurred between 2000 and 2008. Other experts have cited up to 19 deaths associated with SCT in NCAA athletes since 1973 (Eichner, personal communication). All but 2 of these 19 deaths have been in Division I football players. There has been one NCAA male basketball athlete playing pick-up basketball and one male track athlete who have reportedly died from exertional collapse in athletes with SCT.. Although there is an association between exertional death and SCT, the pathophysiology of death is unknown. It ...

Student-athletes are susceptible to mental health problems that disrupt optimal functioning and well-being. Despite having many protective factors, student-athletes represent an at-risk subgroup of college students who experience mental health concerns due to the distress of balancing multiple obligations. However, many student-athletes underutilize psychological services. Stigma is the main barrier preventing student-athletes from seeking help, and mental health literacy (MHL) interventions addressing knowledge and beliefs about mental disorders have traditionally been used to destigmatize mental illness. This study investigated the impact of a 4-week program on stigma, MHL, and attitudes and intentions toward seeking help with 33 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I student-athletes. The program was composed of four science-based interventions-MHL, empathy, counter stereotyping, and contact-delivered face-to-face within a group setting. MHL, attitudes toward seeking help, and ...

Postconcussion, student-athletes should return to the classroom using a gradual, stepwise process to ensure that symptoms are not exacerbated by cognitive activ...

Female athlete triad is syndrome made up of a trio of health conditions that impact women involved in sports, typically at the high school or collegiate level. It is a relatively new diagnosis, characterized by a consistent pattern of consuming less energy than the athlete expends, which leads to dangerous and often irreversible symptoms. The female athlete triad can occur in non-athletes as well but is much more common among those who compete in sports. Because this can lead to serious medical complications, it is essential to understand the female athlete triad, its symptoms, and its treatments.. ...

Training in sport environments that emphasize leanness and muscularity may damage athletes body image and negatively influence male athletes eating behaviors and attitudes. The Questionnaire for Eating Disorder Diagnosis and the Bulimia Test - Revised were completed anonymously online by 732 male intercollegiate athletes. Most male collegiate athletes were classified as asymptomatic (82.9%), followed by symptomatic (16%) and eating disordered (1.1%). The most common forms pathogenic behaviors were excessive exercise (51.6%), binge eating (21.4%), and dieting or fasting (20.5%). Results suggested that athletes who participate in weight class sports are at higher risk for developing these behaviors than endurance sport or ball game athletes. Counseling and other implications for professionals working with athletes are discussed.

NEWARK, Del. - Nineteen swimming and diving student-athletes have been sanctioned by the University of Delaware for violations of COVID-19 protocol established by the university and have been suspended by the athletics department from all athletic related activities.. Their suspensions came after notification that there was a large indoor social gathering hosted on Sept. 26, 2020 at an off-campus residence, which violates the COVID-19 guidelines and the student-athlete social pledge, as well as the Newark city ordinance for indoor gatherings. The student-athletes that were involved were quarantined immediately and all were tested with negative results.. UD student-athletes and staff that are currently on campus for the fall semester are placed in an ongoing campus surveillance testing pool where groups will be tested twice a week.. We have spoken to our student-athletes at length about their responsibility of being back on campus. The protocols and guidelines put into place are ones that must ...

Performance enhancing scandals among professional athletes are not a new phenomenon. Sports fans can hardly tune their TV to their favorite sports coverage without seeing another well-known athlete caught up in accusations of performance enhancing drugs, blood doping, or some other substance usage that gives them a perceived physical edge over the competition. Most people presume that professional athletes, being richly compensated for their physical feats, are the people most likely t...

Purpose/Background: Functional tests have been used primarily to assess an athletes fitness or readiness to return to sport. The purpose of this prospective cohort study was to determine the ability of the standing long jump (SLJ) test, the single‐leg hop (SLH) for distance test, and the lower extremity functional test (LEFT) as preseason screening tools to identify collegiate athletes who may be at increased risk for a time‐loss sports‐related low back or lower extremity injury. Methods: A total of 193 Division III athletes from 15 university teams (110 females, age 19.1 ± 1.1 y; 83 males, age 19.5 ± 1.3 y) were tested prior to their sports seasons. Athletes performed the functional tests in the following sequence: SLJ, SLH, LEFT. The athletes were then prospectively followed during their sports season for occurrence of low back or LE injury. Results: Female athletes who completed the LEFT in $118 s were 6 times more likely (OR=6.4, 95% CI: 1.3, 31.7) to sustain a thigh or knee injury. ...

FRIDAY, Oct. 17, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Young athletes should undergo heart screening before they play competitive sports, according to new guidelines released by the National Athletic Trainers Association (NATA).. The goal of the guidelines for secondary schools is to prevent sudden cardiac arrest in athletes. Sudden cardiac arrest is often caused by an undetected structural abnormality of the heart, according to a NATA news release. The survival rate among U.S. student athletes who suffer sudden cardiac arrest is just one in 10, NATA said.. Some children may have the disease without knowing it; our job is to help identify those high-risk kids so they dont suffer a cardiac arrest while engaging in sports, Lisa Yue, founder and executive director of the Childrens Cardiomyopathy Foundation, said in a NATA news release.. Cardiomyopathy is a disease of the heart that affects about 30,000 American children, NATA said. Its also the leading cause of sudden cardiac arrest in youngsters, ...

Dietary supplements are a booming business in the United States. Currently over half of Americans have taken a dietary supplement in the last year. Collegiate and professional athletes are even more likely to take a dietary supplement to get a competitive edge over their opponents. The objective of this study was to assess dietary supplement use in club athletes at Utah State University. Club athletes are non-scholarship athletes associated with a university. They often do not the same level of funding or resources that NCAA or scholarship athletes have. A survey was sent to all 401 club athletes at Utah State University electronically. 49 club athletes responded to the survey. Of those that responded 65% reported using a dietary supplement in the last two months. The most common dietary supplements consumed were protein, caffeine or energy drinks, Vitamin D, multivitamins, and fish oil. The most common reasons for taking a dietary supplement were to support energy, gain muscle or strength and general

TY - JOUR. T1 - Do big athletes have big hearts? Impact of extreme anthropometry upon cardiac hypertrophy in professional male athletes. AU - Riding, Nathan R.. AU - Salah, Othman. AU - Sharma, Sanjay. AU - Carré, François. AU - OHanlon, Rory. AU - George, Keith P.. AU - Hamilton, Bruce. AU - Chalabi, Hakim. AU - Whyte, Gregory P.. AU - Wilson, Mathew G.. PY - 2012/11. Y1 - 2012/11. N2 - Aim Differentiating physiological cardiac hypertrophy from pathology is challenging when the athlete presents with extreme anthropometry. While upper normal limits exist for maximal left ventricular (LV) wall thickness (14 mm) and LV internal diameter in diastole (LVIDd, 65 mm), it is unknown if these limits are applicable to athletes with a body surface area (BSA) ,2.3 m 2. Purpose To investigate cardiac structure in professional male athletes with a BSA,2.3 m 2, and to assess the validity of established upper normal limits for physiological cardiac hypertrophy. Methods 836 asymptomatic athletes without a ...

TY - JOUR. T1 - Pathogenic weight-control behavior in female athletes. AU - Rosen, L. W.. AU - McKeag, D. B.. AU - Hough, D. O.. AU - Curley, V.. PY - 1986/1/1. Y1 - 1986/1/1. N2 - Athletes have gone to extraordinary lengths to reduce their body fat stores in an effort to improve performance. To identify athletes who need help, a questionnaire was administered to 182 female collegiate athletes. Results showed that 32% practiced at least one of the weight-control behaviors defined as pathogenic, which include self-induced vomiting; binges more than twice weekly; and the use of laxatives, diet pills, and/or diuretics. A number of steps are suggested to alert coaches, trainers, and team physicians to the high-risk athlete who requires special attention or treatment to correct this disorder.. AB - Athletes have gone to extraordinary lengths to reduce their body fat stores in an effort to improve performance. To identify athletes who need help, a questionnaire was administered to 182 female ...

Sickle cell trait (SCT), in which a normal hemoglobin gene and an abnormal mutated β-globin sickle gene (HbS) are inherited, occurs in 8% of blacks in the United States (0.08% of nonblacks).1,2 SCT has been regarded as a benign condition that generally does not expose affected people to health risks, although for many years it has also been recognized as a potential cause of death in military training recruits during vigorous and intense physical exertion.3 More recently, evidence has been assembled proposing SCT as a cause of sudden death in competitive athletes, usually during training and conditioning.4,5 In 2010, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) mandated SCT screening (with solubility testing) for all student-athletes in division I sports (division II, 2012; division III, 2013). In addition, all newborns have been routinely tested for SCT shortly after birth since 1987 in accordance with a National Institutes of Health recommendation.1,6 Much of the controversy regarding ...

Principle Investigator: Christopher D. Ingersoll, PhD. Institution: University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA Title: Motor Evoked Potential Abnormalities Following Acute Concussion Among High School and Collegiate Athletes: Relationship to Post-Concussive Symptoms, Neuropsychological Test Scores, and Balance Error Scores.. Abstract: A transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) technique for recording motor evoked potentials (MEP) in concussed athletes will be examined. MEPs provide critical information about the excitability or inhibition of the primary motor cortex and the integrity of the descending motor pathways. MEP abnormalities in subjects with mild to severe head injuries have been reported but have not been evaluated in athletes with mild head injuries. Investigation of MEPs in a sports-related concussion population will increase our understanding of the pathophysiology of concussive injuries and will assist in the assessment and management of such injuries. The purposes of this study ...

Principle Investigator: Christopher D. Ingersoll, PhD. Institution: University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA. Title: Motor Evoked Potential Abnormalities Following Acute Concussion Among High School and Collegiate Athletes: Relationship to Post-Concussive Symptoms, Neuropsychological Test Scores, and Balance Error Scores.. Abstract: A transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) technique for recording motor evoked potentials (MEP) in concussed athletes will be examined. MEPs provide critical information about the excitability or inhibition of the primary motor cortex and the integrity of the descending motor pathways. MEP abnormalities in subjects with mild to severe head injuries have been reported but have not been evaluated in athletes with mild head injuries. Investigation of MEPs in a sports-related concussion population will increase our understanding of the pathophysiology of concussive injuries and will assist in the assessment and management of such injuries. The purposes of this study ...

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Exercise causes alterations in redox homeostasis (ARH). Measuring ARH in elite athletes may aid in the identification of training tolerance, fatigued states, and underperformance. To the best of our knowledge, no studies have examined ARH in elite male and female distance runners at sea level. The monitoring of ARH in athletes is hindered by a lack of reliable and repeatable in-the-field testing tools and by the rapid turnaround of results. We examined the effects of various exercise intensities on ARH in healthy (non-over-reached) elite male and female endurance athletes using clinical point-of-care (POC) redox tests, referred to as the free oxygen radical test (FORT) (pro-oxidant) and the free oxygen radical defence (FORD) (antioxidant). Elite male and female endurance athletes (n = 22) completed a discontinuous incremental treadmill protocol at submaximal running speeds and a test to exhaustion. Redox measures were analyzed via blood sampling at rest, warm-up, submaximal exercise, exhaustion, ...

Doping with endocrine drugs is quite prevalent in amateur and professional athletes. The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has a list of banned drugs for athletes who compete and a strategy to detect such drugs. Some are relatively easy, anabolic steroids and erythropoietin, and others more difficult, human growth hormone (rhGH) and insulin like growth factor I (IGF-I). The use of such compounds is likely less in adolescent athletes, but the detection that much more difficult given that the baseline secretion of the endogenous hormone is shifting during pubertal development with the greatest rise in testosterone in boys occuring about the time of peak height velocity and maximal secretion of hGH and IGF-I. This review notes the rationale, physiology, performance enhancement, adverse events and the detection of doping with insulin, rhGH, rhIGF-I, erythropoietin, and anabolic-androgenic steroids.

Introduction: While right precordial T wave inversions (RPTWI) are associated with specific cardiomyopathic conditions including ARVC, they are common among trained athletes without underlying heart disease. RPTWI in athletes, particularly those that are not of Afro-Caribbean descent, remain poorly understood and represent a source of considerable clinical controversy. We therefore sought to examine the prevalence, training physiology specificity, and ECG correlates of RPTWI among asymptomatic Caucasian athletes.. Methods: Competitive collegiate Caucasian male endurance athletes (rowers, n=168) and strength-trained athletes (football players, n=162) underwent standard 12-lead ECG at the time of pre-participation screening. ECGs were analyzed for standard quantitative parameters and for the presence of RPTWI defined as TWI ≥2mm in ≥2 leads from V1 to V3.. Results: RPTWI were significantly more prevalent in endurance athletes (25%) than in strength-trained athletes (4%, p,0.001; Figure). ...

The Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial found excellent clinical outcomes in patients with lumbar disc herniation, irrespective of the treatment modality (conservative or surgical) [20]. There was a significant crossover of patients between the two groups in this randomized trial. Though the intent to treat analysis had shown a trend toward greater improvements in a group undergoing surgery, these differences were statistically insignificant [31]. These randomized trials described the outcomes of lumbar disc herniation treatment in the general population; however, these results do not necessarily hold true in the case of professional athletes involved in competitive contact sports. Parameters such as career longevity, performance, and RTS can aptly be described as representative outcome measures when evaluating any intervention in this subset of the population. The Professional Athlete Spine Initiative [25] was a retrospective cohort study of 342 professional athletes from four major North ...

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Sudden death in healthy athletes is uncommon but, when it occurs, the primary mechanism is cardiovascular. The major cause of sudden death in the young athlete is hypertrophic cardiomyopathy or related conditions characterized by left ventricular hypertrophy, aortic rupture due to cystic medial necrosis and congenital coronary artery abnormalities. In the middle-aged or older athlete, coronary artery disease is the most significant cause of sudden death.. Noninvasive screening procedures are currently available that can detect most subjects at risk of sudden death. However, although some potentially lethal diseases can be excluded by a relatively simple screening program, other diseases require expensive procedures, such as echocardiography and exercise electrocardiographic stress testing. This means that the sensitivity of detecting diseases leading to sudden death increases in proportion to the financial resources that can be applied to the screening program. Thus, when a screening program ...

The sickle cell trait could be a cause?albeit rare?of sudden death in young African-American competitive athletes, most commonly during football training, according to a scientific poster that will be presented at the American College of Cardiology (ACC) Scientific Sessions, April 1-3, in New Orleans.. The sickle cell trait (SCT), which affects approximately 8 percent of African-Americans in the U.S., has been associated with sudden death in military recruits undergoing vigorous exercise. Due to the potential hypothesis that SCT may also cause sudden death in young highly trained athletes during physical activity, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has recently made screening of athletes for SCT mandatory for all Division I athletes prior to their participation in college athletics. However, Kevin M. Harris, MD, co-director of the Acute Aortic Dissection Program and director of the echocardiography laboratory at the Minneapolis Heart Institute® at Abbott Northwestern Hospital ...

The data collected in this study show that the mean total baseline PCSS score for varsity collision sport athletes ranged between 3.5 and 6.5. This is in keeping with other studies that have found mild baseline symptom scores.10. Women had the highest baseline total symptom score and were more likely to rate their symptoms greater than 0. This result is consistent with Covassin et al,10 who found that female athletes endorsed a significant number of mild baseline symptoms compared with male athletes. PC athletes also reported a higher total baseline symptom score then NC athletes, which mirrors the findings of Bruce and Echemendia.11. The most commonly reported symptom for all groups was fatigue or low energy. Drowsiness and neck pain also ranked in the top five for all athletes. Men, NC and PC had the same top symptoms in a different order; this is consistent with the findings reported by Covassin et al.10 The increased frequency of these symptoms could be explained by a number of factors. ...

Female athletes that focus too much on being thin may eat too little or exercise too much, resulting in long-term damages to their health. Click on the link below to learn more about the three conditions that create the female athlete triad and problems the triad can cause.

With the increase in female participation in sports (much of it attributable to Title IX legislation in the United States), the incidence of a triad of disorders particular, but not exclusive, to women-the so-called female athlete triad-has also increased. The female athlete triad, though more common in the athletic population, can also occu...

CHAPEL HILL - As the summer draws to a close, high school student athletes are gearing up for competition once again. However, the recent tragic deaths of student athletes related to undetected cardiac conditions, including a high school football player in North Carolina last month, have prompted schools to focus even more on preventing these tragic events.

Reference:Majer R, Thornton A, Lauffenburger J, Marino J, Tsai M, Stellingwerff T, Peach H. Associations between subjective and objective measures of sleep quality and hemoglobin a1c in professional athletes. Sleep Medicine 2019. DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2019.11.670Objectives:It is well known that profession athletes often struggle to get adequate restorative sleep. Sleep disturbances have been linked to poor glycemic…

Sweat contains amino acids and electrolytes derived from plasma and athletes can lose 1-2L of sweat per hour during exercise. Sweat may also contain contributions of amino acids as well as urea, sodium and potassium from the natural moisturizing factors (NMF) produced in the stratum corneum. In preliminary experiments, one participant was tested on three separate occasions to compare sweat composition with surface water washings from the same area of skin to assess contributions from NMF. Two participants performed a 40 minute self-paced cycle session with sweat collected from cleansed skin at regular intervals to assess the contributions to the sweat load from NMF over the period of exercise. The main study investigated sweat amino acid composition collected from nineteen male athletes following standardised endurance exercise regimes at 32-34˚C and 20-30% RH. Plasma was also collected from ten of the athletes to compare sweat and plasma composition of amino acids. The amino acid profiles of the skin

The athletes ability to sprint at high velocities is an integral component in the related fields of Sports Rehabilitation and the Performance Enhancement Training of athletes. A principal objective of the rehabilitation process is to restore the athlete to their previous level of athletic performance including the athletes pre-injury running velocity. With regard to the athletes performance enhancement training, a necessary component of training, when appropriate, would be to enhance the athletes abilities in linear velocity. The review of the various rehabilitation and/or performance enhancement training programs often leads to the inquiry, as well as reveals the lack of an appropriate programmed sprinting volume as often the majority of the running volume prescription is tempo in nature. The Rehabilitation and Strength and Conditioning (S&C) Professional must ensure that the athlete incorporates an appropriate and proficient amount of sprinting volume into their rehabilitation and ...

Updated 7/05 STUDENT-ATHLETES: EATING DISORDERS. Eating disorders, most commonly anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, are relatively common health problems on for students on college campuses. Collegiate athletes are at the same risk for these disorders. It is a goal of the Sports Medicine Department at Kansas Athletics to work to prevent, identify, evaluate and treat these disorders in a such a way as to maximize the health and performance of those individuals affected.. Prevention. Although the precise cause of eating disorders has not been agreed upon, the development of an eating disorder probably is related to a combination of psychological, geological, family, genetic, environmental and social factors. Kansas Athletics will minimize environmental factors by utilizing a science-based approach to weight management which emphasizes healthy, performance-enhancing eating and de-emphasizes body image (see 506 A Student-Athletes: Medical Policy ).. Identification. Sports medicine personnel will ...

The ability to determine athletic performance in varsity athletes using preseason measures has been established. The ability of pre-season performance measures and athletes exposure to predict the incidence of injuries is unclear. Thus our purpose was to determine the ability of pre-season measures of athletic performance to predict time to injury in varsity athletes. Male and female varsity athletes competing in basketball, volleyball and ice hockey participated in this study. The main outcome measures were injury prevalence, time to injury (based on calculated exposure) and pre-season fitness measures as predictors of time to injury. Fitness measures were Apleys range of motion, push-up, curl-ups, vertical jump, modified Illinois agility, and sit-and-reach. Cox regression models were used to identify which baseline fitness measures were predictors of time to injury. Seventy-six percent of the athletes reported 1 or more injuries. Mean times to initial injury were significantly different for females

Research supports the use of a Healthy Weight (HW) program targeting small lifestyle modifications in the prevention of ED onset and in reducing ED risk factors. Studies show that HW can be tailored for specific social systems (e.g., sororities) which can facilitate dissemination and that undergraduate peer-leaders can implement these programs. Interventions that can be administered affordably by endogenous providers are more likely to be disseminated, as indicated by the large scale dissemination of a peer-led ED prevention program by a national sorority. Another target social system for dissemination of ED prevention is collegiate athletics. Research suggests that disordered eating among female athletes is prevalent, and that this group is at greater, or at least equal, risk for developing EDs as non-athlete females. Disordered eating is especially dangerous in female athletes because it increases risk for the Female Athlete Triad (i.e., low energy availability/disordered eating, menstrual ...

I met with Sarah Kubitschek (former First Lady of Brazil) at the rehabilitation hospital and I felt very attracted to wheelchair basketball as it was a sport totally different from what I had seen. The emotion of sitting in a basketball chair for the first time and feeling the adrenaline, it returned my dream of being a professional athlete and I had a chance to realize a dream of playing at a Paralympic Games.. ...

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Objectives: To evaluate the oral health status of the professional soccer players in Thailand. Methods: Twenty-five Thailand professional soccer players oral conditions were examined and included in this study. DMFT, Quigley & Hein plaque index (PI), Löe & Silness gingival index, World Health Organization malocclusion index, pocket depth, TMJ examination and history of dental trauma were recorded. Results: The results demonstrated poor oral health level including dental caries (84%), DMFT score mean was 10.08, dental attrition (60%) and periodontal pocket (36%). Thirty percent of all players presented bruxism. More than 40% of athletes were bothered by their oral health with 28% reporting an impact on quality of life and 18% on training and performance. Conclusion: The oral health of Thai professional soccer players was poor that may result in negative impact on well-being, training and performance. As oral health is an important element of overall health and well-being, health promotion is required

HOLLAND -- Dr. R. Richard Ray Jr. of the Hope College faculty has been chosen to receive the National Athletic Trainers Associations highest honor for an athletic training educator.

TY - JOUR. T1 - Chronic traumatic encephalopathy in a former Australian rules football player diagnosed with Alzheimers disease. AU - Pearce, Alan. AU - Sy, Joanne. AU - Lee, Maggie. AU - Harding, Antony. AU - Mobbs, Rowena. AU - Batchelor, Jennifer. AU - Suter, Catherine. AU - Buckland, Michael. N1 - Copyright the Author(s) 2020. Version archived for private and non-commercial use with the permission of the author/s and according to publisher conditions. For further rights please contact the publisher.. PY - 2020/2/26. Y1 - 2020/2/26. KW - Chronic traumatic encephalopathy. KW - Traumatic brain injury. KW - Australian football league. KW - Concussion. KW - Repetitive head injury. KW - Dementia. KW - Neurodegeneration. KW - Tau. KW - Public health. KW - Occupational health. UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85080892038&partnerID=8YFLogxK. U2 - 10.1186/s40478-020-0895-z. DO - 10.1186/s40478-020-0895-z. M3 - Article. VL - 8. SP - 1. EP - 4. JO - Acta Neuropathologica ...

CONCLUSIONS: This study shows that the intake of 25 g of p-EVOO was able to modulate, in postprandial time, the antioxidant profile and the expression of inflammation and of the oxidative stress-related genes, such as SOD1, USF1 and CAT. We also observed a significant reduction of MDA and oxLDL, plasma metabolites of oxidative stress. Our data show that the postprandial intake of phenols and antioxidants can reduce the inflammatory pathway and oxidative stress and therefore the risk of muscle injuries and early atherosclerosis in professional soccer players. More studies on a larger population are necessary before definitive conclusions can be draw.. ...

This study aimed to describe the worst-case scenarios (WCS) of professional soccer players by playing position in different durations and analyse WCS considering different contextual variables (match half, match location and match outcome). A longitudinal study was conducted in a professional...

A recent study shows the risk for professional soccer players of osteoarthritis in at least one of the lower extremity joints is very high and signifi

Chiropractic can address all of these issues. I find most of the time high school athletes are either not trained correctly or attempt to do extra things that cause injuries. Most of these injuries result from a poor adaptation to training, overtraining, or repetitive use of a muscle or joint; which is never properly stretched or rehabbed, leading to larger issues.. How We Can Help. If an athlete chooses chiropractic, we can assist with the issues at hand. We are able to reduce the pain through means of joint manipulation and manual mobilization as well as soft tissues therapy. We can relieve fatigued muscles using some of the newest technologies including cold laser therapy. And finally, we can ensure a faster return to playing sports by the means of chiropractic and various rehab therapies.. I believe every athlete should be seen by a chiropractor in order to prevent and reduce the chance of injury. Professional athletes around the world swear by it, so why not get athletes started at a ...

Theres growing concern about the risks of concussions in young athletes. For years, high school coaches have had to take courses on the dangers of head injuries. This year, for the first time, all high school athletes in Florida are required to educate themselves about concussions before they can compete.. As the George Jenkins High School football team practices in the mid-August heat, senior Gavin Engle takes a knee on the sidelines. He was injured in a helmet to helmet collision three days before, and realized he was feeling the effects of a concussion.. I kind of laid on the ground for a second, Gavin says. It took me a minute to get it together. The light hurts, your head hurts, it hurts your eyes, it just makes everything feel like its pounding.. Read full article. ...

Exercise induced muscle damage (EIMD) is a well-investigated area, however there is a paucity of data surrounding the damage response in females. The aim of this study was to examine the damage responses from a sport-specific bout of repeated sprints in female athletes. Eleven well-trained females (mean ± SD; age 22 ± 3 y, height 166.6 ± 5.7 cm, mass 62.7 ± 4.5 kg) in the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle completed a repeated sprint protocol designed to induce EIMD (15 × 30 m sprints). Creatine kinase (CK), countermovement jump height (CMJ), knee extensor maximum voluntary contraction force (MVIC), muscle soreness (DOMS), 30 m sprint time and limb girth were recorded pre, post, 24 h, 48 h and 72 h post exercise. CK was elevated at 24, 48 and 72 h (p , 0.05), peaking at 24 h (+418%) and returning towards baseline at 72 h. CMJ height was reduced immediately post, 24 and 48 h (p , 0.05). Sprint performance was also negatively affected immediately post, 24 h, 48 h and 72 h post exercise. ...

Abstract Given their reverence and idol-like status, present-day professional Black male athletes in the American context face extensive pressure to act in a socially responsible manner. To date, however, researchers have yet to garner insights of the individual social responsibility (ISR) of professional athletes. This basic interpretive qualitative study elicited perceptions of the ISR of professional Black male athletes. The participants, athletes, and employees of one National Basketball Association (NBA) organization typified this responsibility as the following: (a) a social responsibility to self, (b) being a role model, (c) responsibility to the Black community, and (d) engaging in genuine activity. The findings are discussed in relation to their practical implications and future research directions are discussed. ...

The Sports Medicine Department functions to serve all intercollegiate student-athletes of Pacific Lutheran University. The mission of the Sports Medicine Department is to enable the student-athletes to reach their athletic potential by preventing, managing, treating and rehabilitating athletic injuries. The Sports Medicine Staff is dedicated to helping the Pacific Lutheran University student-athletes return to competition in a safe and expedient manner.. The Sports Medicine staff includes three full time certified athletic trainers, a team physician, and student workers. We work together with the school nurse practitioners, psychologists and other medical specialists as appropriate to provide the best care to the student-athletes of Pacific Lutheran University. All of these on-campus care providers can be directly accessed by student-athletes as necessary. Appointments for physician services can be scheduled on-site or off-site as dictated by the student athletes needs.. The Pacific Lutheran ...

I recently came across an article about a professional athlete who was driving his SUV and collided with another car. The woman driving the other car suffered neck and back injuries. This story is not particularly noteworthy, except for one fact. The athletes liability insurance limits are a minimal $25,000 (in Connecticut drivers are required to maintain a minimum of $25,000 in liability insurance).. The athletes insurer has offered up the $25,000 policy limits to settle the claim of the injured woman. However, she claims that her claim is worth much more in light of her injuries. The athletes lawyer says the woman is trying to extract money from his deep-pocketed client; and the womans lawyer maintains that the $25,000 offer is an insult. Due to the athletes minimal insurance, any settlement or judgment over $25,000 will have to come from the athletes pocket.. The obvious lesson is to purchase sufficient automobile liability insurance. But there is another lesson for the athlete - ...

The human body needs an adequate number of calories to meet basic health needs, whether youre an athlete or not. Athletes have an even higher energy demand than non-athletes, in order to fuel their practices and workouts. Some girls are pressured to keep their body weight as low as possible, prompting them to severely restrict dietary calorie intake. These behaviors are called disordered eating and may result in extreme weight loss or even starvation. When disordered eating is severe, athletes can be diagnosed with an eating disorder. Female athletes participating in cross-country, dance, gymnastics, or cheer may feel particular pressure to keep body weight low ...

SUNDAY, June 14, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Many female athletes lack knowledge about nutrition, which could harm their performance and put them at risk for health problems, a researcher says.. A review of two decades of literature on female athletes older than 13 found a lack of general knowledge of nutrition among athletes, coaches and other sports team specialists, said study author Mary Downes Gastrich, an associate professor at Rutgers University Medical School in New Brunswick, N.J.. Other factors included poor time management and food availability, disordered eating behaviors such as chronic dieting or a drive for lower body weight, Gastrich added in a Rutgers news release. Some female athletes may purposefully restrict their calorie intake for performance or aesthetic reasons, while others may unintentionally have low energy expenditure due to increased training or lack of education on how to properly fuel themselves for their sports demands.. She pointed out that the problem may be ...

SUNDAY, June 14, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Many female athletes lack knowledge about nutrition, which could harm their performance and put them at risk for health problems, a researcher says.. A review of two decades of literature on female athletes older than 13 found a lack of general knowledge of nutrition among athletes, coaches and other sports team specialists, said study author Mary Downes Gastrich, an associate professor at Rutgers University Medical School in New Brunswick, N.J.. Other factors included poor time management and food availability, disordered eating behaviors such as chronic dieting or a drive for lower body weight, Gastrich added in a Rutgers news release. Some female athletes may purposefully restrict their calorie intake for performance or aesthetic reasons, while others may unintentionally have low energy expenditure due to increased training or lack of education on how to properly fuel themselves for their sports demands.. She pointed out that the problem may be ...

By Meaghan Kirby. 7/10/2018. Torn. Surgery. Out for the season. These are words every athlete dreads to hear during their career in sports. One of the most common injuries among female athletes is a knee injury and most common knee injury is an anterior cruciate ligament tear (ACL).. The Womens Sport Foundation reported ACL injuries account for 50 percent or more of knee injuries. Though ACL injuries occur in both men and women sports, female athletes tend to more vulnerable than male athletes to injure their knee. There is no exact reason in why women are more prone to the injury compared to men, but there are many factors that are linked to the possibility such as playing areas, physical difference and sports techniques. In research done by Dr. Paul Weitzel, a New England Baptist sports medicine expert, he discusses and explains why females are more susceptible to ACL tears. One of the most common reasoning when it comes technique, women often land flat-footed instead of on the balls of their ...

Hallelujah. Baseball is here. The exhibition season is in full swing and hope springs eternal. Well, not in Texas, unfortunately for Rangers fans, where its déjà vu all over again. Following a 2014 season with over 2000 player days lost to the disabled list, the Rangers ace right-hander Yu Darvish managed all of one inning of one spring start before exiting with what was quickly diagnosed as a sprained ulnar collateral ligament. While Tommy John surgery is the usual remedy for an UCL, Darvish is considering his options, such as they are. Presumably throwing left-handed is not under consideration. ...

Large quantities of data have described left ventricular adaptation to endurance training, but basic concepts on left ventricular performance during exercise remain controversial. In this thesis, we present the results of studies of left ventricular dynamics during exercise in 89 endurance-trained athletes.. Using radionuclide ventriculography, 35 female and 30 male endurance athletes were studied in supine position. During supine exercise at 70% of the age-expected maximal heart rate, the adjustments in left ventricular volumes were small, suggesting a high preload before exercise. Stroke volume increased by changes in the left ventricular end-diastolic volumes but no changes were observed in the end-systolic volumes. Moreover, no significant differences were noted between male and female athletes.. Contrast echocardiography was utilized when 24 male endurance athletes were studied during upright exercise. An almost linear increase in stroke volume was seen from upright rest to upright exercise ...

This is unfortunate, as these neurocognitive assessments are capable of detecting incomplete recovery. These findings, reported by William Meehan, III, MD, of the Sports Concussion Clinic at Childrens Hospital Boston, along with R. Dawn Comstock, PhD and colleagues at Nationwide Childrens Hospital, stem from a national study of injured athletes at US high schools and a survey of athletic trainers employed by those highs schools soon to be published in Pediatrics.. Awareness of the problem of concussions in young athletes has grown dramatically in recent years, as medical practitioners realize the potential for long term effects of sustaining multiple concussions. Computerized neurocognitive assessments offer an objective means of monitoring recovery. The study by Meehan and his colleagues showed that athletes who are managed with computerized neurocognitive assessments are less likely to be returned to sports within 10 days of their injury, presumably because the computerized assessments ...

Caffeine for Sports Performance is the definitive resource for all your questions regarding caffeine and its impact on sports performance. Based on the most recent research, studies, and guidelines, this guide is ideal for athletes and fitness enthusiasts looking to improve training and competition. Inside you will find these features: • The history of how caffeine has become the most widely used drug in the world • The pros and cons of using caffeine, including habitual daily caffeine intake, to boost sports performance • Personal usage guides that can be applied to various sports or scenarios of caffeine use in training and competition • Health advice regarding caffeine use • Performance effects of caffeine use • Safety considerations and potential risks • Best and worst sources for caffeine Caffeine for Sports Performance provides plenty of practical tips for using caffeine. In particular you will find sidebars that feature interviews with top athletes and

There are many potential benefits for athletes who undergo one of these sport performance enhancement techniques. For example, professional athletes may be able to perform better and therefore secure a larger salary, be traded to a better team or gain more exposure. For amateur athletes, better performance can help them get noticed by scouts, get better scholarships for college athletics or get picked up by better teams. In addition, these athletes may be able to recover from their injuries faster, which helps them lose less playing time after an injury occurs.. However, there are still many risks associated with these types of extreme enhancement therapies. First, some techniques have not been thoroughly researched yet, leaving long-term effects unknown. Additionally, some practices could lead to other health problems; with Tommy John surgery, for example, a patient increases their risk of infection by undergoing surgery. Finally, there is no guarantee that these therapies will work, so it ...

The diagnosis of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) upon autopsy in a growing number of athletes and soldiers alike has resulted in increased awareness, by both the scientific/medical and lay communities, of the potential for lasting effects of repetitive traumatic brain injury. While we have come to better understand the clinical presentation and underlying pathophysiology of CTE, the diagnosis of CTE remains autopsy-based, which prevents adequate monitoring and tracking of the disease. The lack of established biomarkers or imaging modalities for diagnostic and prognostic purposes also prevents the development and implementation of therapeutic protocols. In this work the clinical history and pathologic findings associated with CTE are reviewed as well as imaging modalities that have demonstrated some promise for future use in the diagnosis and/or tracking of CTE or repetitive brain injury. Biomarkers under investigation are also discussed with particular attention to the timing of release and

Former Major League Baseball player Ryan Freel was suffering from the degenerative brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) when he committed suicide last year, his family said Sunday.

The review uses the Bradford Hill criteria to show that vigorous exercise, particularly in cold air athletes and swimmers, causes asthma. For professional athletes this is occupational asthma. The review convincingly shows that hyperventilation is more important than the environment, with cross-country skiers developing asthma more frequently than ski jumpers, and endurance swimmers more comonly than divers. Intrigingly synchronised swimmers are at intermediate risk, perhaps because of the long breath-hold time after inhaling chloramines. This is a good and comprehensive review, but shies away from the obvious occupation consequence of removing the athlete from further exposure. One rule for the industrial worker, another for the athlete. At least for swimmers there are alternatives to chlorine for water sterilisation which could reduce chloramine exposures ...

This paper describes the case of a former professional athlete who developed an apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (aHMC) apparently after a severe traumatic event at the age of 46 years. The aHCM can phenotypically appear in a relatively advanced age and the typical electrocardiographic abnormalities usually become visible before hypertrophy is evident at ultrasound or magnetic resonance imaging. Several studies show associations between various forms of surgical stress or trauma and myocardial lesions or cardiovascular disease, suggesting the role of sudden catecholaminergic stimulation in aHCM development in genetically predisposed subjects. Late onset of aHCM and late mean age of presentation may be an example of gene-environment interaction needed to reveal latent genotype manifestations.. ...

Vitamin D deficiency is a global health concern that is prevalent in Ireland. The vitamin D status of elite Irish athletes following implementation of a revised supplementation policy in 2010/2011 has not been explored to date. This study aimed to assess the vitamin D status of elite Irish athletes participating in high-profile sports and establish if equatorial travel, supplementation and/or sunbed use predict vitamin D status. Across Ireland, blood samples (n = 92) were obtained from cricketers (n = 28), boxers (n = 21) and womens rugby sevens players (n = 43) between November 2013 and April 2015. Total 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) concentrations were quantified using LC-MS/MS. Parathyroid hormone and adjusted calcium concentrations were measured by clinical biochemistry. Athletes completed a questionnaire that queried equatorial travel, supplementation and sunbed use. Vitamin D sufficiency (25(OH)D >50 nmol/L) was evident in 86% of athletes. Insufficiency (31-49 nmol/L) and deficiency (<30

Natural News) Researchers have found another supplement ideal for athletes: caffeine. A systematic review published in the Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition has determined that caffeine supplements can improve strength, power, and endurance in combat sports athletes.. For the review, researchers from Spain and the U.S. looked at nine studies published since 2010 that evaluated the effect of caffeine on the performance of athletes in combat sports. The studies examined 109 participants in total: 42 were Brazilian jiu-jitsu athletes, 33 were taekwondo athletes, and 34 were judo athletes. The studies examined caffeine at doses of 3 milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg), 4 mg/kg, 5 mg/kg, and 6 mg/kg at different times before exercise testing.. Six of these studies presented a positive correlation between caffeine, physical performance, stamina, and recovery. The researchers found that caffeine doses of 3 to 6 mg/kg have been linked to increased glycolytic activity or breakdown of ...

TY - GEN. T1 - COL5A1 gene variants previously associated with reduced soft tissue injury risk are associated with elite athlete status in rugby. AU - Heffernan, Shane M.. AU - Kilduff, Liam P.. AU - Erskine, Robert M.. AU - Day, Stephen H.. AU - Stebbings, Georgina K.. AU - Cook, Christian J.. AU - Raleigh, Stuart M.. AU - Bennett, Mark A.. AU - Wang, Guan. AU - Collins, Malcolm. AU - Pitsiladis, Yannis P.. AU - Williams, Alun G.. PY - 2017/11/14. Y1 - 2017/11/14. N2 - Background: Two common single nucleotide polymorphisms within the COL5A1 gene (SNPs; rs12722 C/T and rs3196378 C/A) have previously been associated with tendon and ligament pathologies. Given the high incidence of tendon and ligament injuries in elite rugby athletes, we hypothesised that both SNPs would be associated with career success. Results: In 1105 participants (RugbyGene project), comprising 460 elite rugby union (RU), 88 elite rugby league athletes and 565 non-athlete controls, DNA was collected and genotyped for the ...

Purpose: Taekwondo, as the most popular martial art among Iranian sportsmen, might lead to injury for the athletes of this sport during competitions. We decided to report the incidence rate of injuries sustained by the athletes of this sport during national competitions. Methods: All competitions of Iran national championship taekwondo league in 2006-2007 with 204 athletes were observed prospectively to detect the occurrence of injuries. The severity of injuries was classified into four groups (mild, moderate, severe, and critical) according to the involvement of medical care team in the contest, ability of the athletes to resume and duration of probable absence of injured athletes from future competitions and training sessions. Athlete-Exposure (A-E) was defined as the number of competitions multiplied by two. On this base, the rate of injury incidence per 1000 A-Es, the rate of injuries per time unit and the rate of injury occurred for each 100 athletes were considered as the major outcomes of ...

|p|Yoga can improve performance by enhancing your focus, breathing, and endurance. Not to mention alleviating soreness and reducing recovery time.  This Yogasync will get into the hamstrings, quadriceps and shoulders, which are often so tight in football athletes that it imapirs range of motion.  More mobility plus all your inherent strength = speedier, maximum agility and ability to react quicker with the body.  Try it and youll see!|/p|

CLEVELAND - A treatment popular with professional athletes like LeBron James is now being used on an Ohio college campus. However, some experts, including the U.S. Food and Drug administration, are skeptical about its supposed benefits. RELATED: Cleveland Cavaliers offer it as healing option but does it work?. Kent State University recently installed a $50,000 whole body cryotherapy chamber for its athletes. It is the first school in the Mid-American Conference to utilize the technology. In fact, Ohio State University does not have a chamber yet. Temperatures in the chamber can reach below 200 degrees Fahrenheit. Each session only lasts about a minute and a half to two minutes. Roughly 100 Kent State athletes will use the chamber every week after their games. Were trying to keep the student athletes on the field, on the court or in the gym as much as possible and get them back as quickly as possible, said Kent State associate athletic director Trent Stratton. This will aid tremendously in ...

Beta alanine is an amino acid which increases carnosine in the muscles which is needed to regulate Ph as too much acid results in muscle fatigue. Research shows that it reduces fatigue thereby improving performance, endurance and strength as well as improving aerobic activity and lean body mass. Studies have shown that beta-alanine supplements increase muscle carnosine concentrations by 58% in four weeks and 80% in 10 weeks.. L-Glutamine accounts for more than 60% of the free amino acid pool however, there is evidence that our body cannot produce enough glutamine during times of stress, as occurs during intense exercise. Endurance athletes can often suffer low glutamine levels results in muscle breakdown, diminished immune function and reduced performance. Supplementing glutamine can decrease protein degradation, exercise induced muscle damage and improve performance in endurance sports. It is recommended that endurance athletes supplement 6-8grams of glutamine pre-training, 0.5grams an hour ...

Purpose T wave inversion (TWI) is the electrical hallmark of cardiac conditions such as hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) or arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC), which may be the substrate for sudden cardiac death in the young athlete. Such repolarization anomalies can feature on the ECG of an apparently healthy athlete and pose major diagnostic dilemmas in sports cardiology, as regular, prolonged high intensity, physical activity is associated with such repolarization changes. Athletes themselves are reluctant to detrain during the season, which makes interpreting any reversible effects of exercise on the ECG more difficult. This study aimed to investigate the effect of detraining on TWI in athletes. ...

Ongwediva. The recently concluded annual Shokonowa Training Academy 21-kilometre half-marathon in Oshakato has left a sting in the tail.. A significant chunk of long-distance runners who competed in the road race at Oshakati have now come out with guns blazing.. The aggrieved athletes are accusing the chief organiser of the event, Gabriel Shokonawa, of playing truant after his failure to pay out the promised winning prizes upon completion of the race.. Athletes were promised prize money ranging between N$150 and N$600 for winning the 2km, 5km and 10km road races. However, each winner from their respective categories walked away with only between N$80 and N$150.. The disgruntled athletes say only one athlete is said to have walked away with his full winnings after he took the bold step to confront Shokonawa. The latter also doubles up as the sole owner of the Gabriel Shokonawa Training Academy.. It is further alleged that Shokonawa had to retrieve money already paid to his own academys athletes ...

For the wall-ball, the athlete must start with the ball at a dead stop on the ground. The athlete may then pick up the ball and stand tall before beginning a set, or squat clean the ball, before beginning their first repetition of any set. An athlete may not start in a squat, pick up the ball from this position, and toss the ball to the target. A repetition consists of an athlete holding the ball in the front rack, and performing a full squat, hip-crease passing below the top of the knee, and when vertically extending throwing the ball to a specific target height. If the athletes hip does not break parallel, or the target does not touch the wall, that rep will not be counted. The athlete may then catch the ball and perform multiple reps if they so choose. Finally, athletes may not catch the ball on the bounce, and head right into a wall-ball repetition. The ball must be settled on the floor before picking it up to begin another set. ...

Endocrine profiles have been measured on blood samples obtained immediately post-competition from 693 elite athletes from 15 Olympic Sports competing at National or International level; four were subsequently excluded leaving 689 for the current analysis. Body composition was measured by bioimpedance in a sub-set of 234 (146 men and 88 women) and from these data a regression model was constructed that enabled estimated lean body mass and fat mass to be calculated on all athletes. One way ANOVA was used to assess the differences in body composition and endocrine profiles between the sports and binary logistical regression to ascertain the characteristic of a given sport compared to the others. The results confirmed many suppositions such as basketball players being tall, weightlifters short and cross-country skiers light. The hormone profiles were more surprising with remarkably low testosterone and free T3 (tri-iodothyronine) in male powerlifters and high oestradiol, SHBG (sex hormone binding globulin

Endocrine profiles have been measured on blood samples obtained immediately post-competition from 693 elite athletes from 15 Olympic Sports competing at National or International level; four were subsequently excluded leaving 689 for the current analysis. Body composition was measured by bioimpedance in a sub-set of 234 (146 men and 88 women) and from these data a regression model was constructed that enabled estimated lean body mass and fat mass to be calculated on all athletes. One way ANOVA was used to assess the differences in body composition and endocrine profiles between the sports and binary logistical regression to ascertain the characteristic of a given sport compared to the others. The results confirmed many suppositions such as basketball players being tall, weightlifters short and cross-country skiers light. The hormone profiles were more surprising with remarkably low testosterone and free T3 (tri-iodothyronine) in male powerlifters and high oestradiol, SHBG (sex hormone binding globulin

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TY - JOUR. T1 - ACE DD genotype is unfavorable to korean short-term muscle power athletes. AU - Kim, C. H.. AU - Cho, J. Y.. AU - Jeon, J. Y.. AU - Koh, Y. G.. AU - Kim, Y. M.. AU - Kim, H. J.. AU - Park, M.. AU - Um, H. S.. AU - Kim, C.. PY - 2010. Y1 - 2010. N2 - The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that the ACE DD genotype is unfavorably associated with the ultimate power-oriented performance. To test the hypothesis we recruited a total of 848 subjects including 55 international level power-oriented athletes (High-performance), 100 national level power-oriented athletes (Mid-performance) and 693 healthy controls (Control) in Korea. Then the distributions of ACE polymorphism throughout these groups were analyzed. As a result, there was a gradual decrease of frequencies of the DD genotype with advancing levels of performance (Control vs. Mid-performance vs. High-performance=17.2% vs. 10.0% vs. 5.5%, p=0.002). Also, the frequencies of D allele decreased gradually with advancing ...

The Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) announced Tuesday that 10 former Florida high school student-athletes were selected in the first round of Mondays 2018 MLB Draft, the most of any state.. This marks the 41st consecutive year that one or more former FHSAA student-athletes have been selected in the first round of the MLB Draft and the 23rd consecutive MLB Draft (1996-Present) where an FHSAA student-athlete was drafted straight out of high school in the first round.. The amount of high school baseball talent that comes out of the state of Florida was on display last night during the 2018 MLB Draft, said FHSAA Executive Director George Tomyn. We couldnt be prouder of our former student-athletes and the hard work that they have put into their sport. We look forward to watching their professional journeys unfold with their respective teams.. The following former FHSAA student-athletes were selected in the first round of the 2018 MLB Draft:. ...

The Official Athletic Site of the University of Houston - A group of University of Houston student-athletes visited Texas Childrens hospital last week. The students interactive involvement at the hospital marked a fun afternoon for both the patients and the athletes and was organized by the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.

Find information about young female athletes from the Cleveland Clinic, including precautions to take regarding female athlete triad, maturation, and more.

Background: Although the scientific literature regarding sports genomics has grown during the last decade, some genes, such as peroxisome proliferator activated receptors (PPARs), have not been fully described in terms of their role in achieving extraordinary sports performance. Therefore, the purpose of this systematic review was to determine which elite sports performance constraints are positively influenced by PPARs and their coactivators. Methods: The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines were used, with a combination of PPAR and sports keywords. Results: In total, 27 studies that referred to PPARs in elite athletes were included, where the Ala allele in PPARG rs1801282 was associated with strength and power elite athlete status in comparison to subelite athlete status. The C allele in PPARA rs4253778 was associated with soccer, and the G allele PPARA rs4253778 was associated with endurance elite athlete status. Other elite status endurance alleles were the

On Oct. 1, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Empowering Olympic, Paralympic, and Amateur Athletes Act of 2020, sweeping new reform legislation that would provide congressional oversight of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee, increase athlete representation at the USOPC and at national governing bodies, and provide additional funding for the U.S. Center for SafeSport, among other changes.. The bill, prompted by the Larry Nassar sexual abuse scandal in gymnastics, was passed by the Senate in August and awaits the presidents signature to become law.. The legislation was first introduced by Sen. Jerry Moran of Kansas and Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, the chairman and ranking member, respectively, of the U.S. Senate Commerce Subcommittee, which has jurisdiction over the health and safety of U.S. Olympic, Paralympic and amateur athletes. It followed an 18-month bipartisan Senate investigation into systemic abuse within the U.S. Olympic movement, launched the day after ...