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The incidence of injury and exposure times of footballers playing in a professional football club in the PS
… studies on European players at the elite or professional level have shown a high risk of injury. However, the studies used different data collection methods, making it difficult to compare results. This suggested a need to standardise the definition of an injury and method of data collection. …
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The relationship between training load and incidence of injury and illness over a pre-season at an Australian Football League Club
… to a team's success to have the maximum number of their players free from injury and illness and available for selection in as many games as possible throughout the season. The training programme of the club, and therefore training load, can have an impact on the incidence of injury and illness …
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The epidemiology of injury and risk factors associated with injury in first league field hockey players
This study investigated the epidemiology of injury in a population of first league field hockey players during a playing season, establishing the true incidence (injuries/ 1000 hours) of injury, as well as the risk factors associated with field hockey injuries. Both the epidemiology of field hockey …
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Injury risk assessment and the incidence of musculo-skeletal injuries in recreational long-distance runners over a 3-month training period
… globally. Despite its popularity, a high burden of incidence of injury exists among runners. Previous research has focussed on specific injuries, whereas others have investigated isolated risk factors that may contribute to running related injuries. The purpose of the study is to determine …
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The kinetics, kinematics and energy requirements of distance running: Implications for footwear design
… role to play in the reduction/management of chronic injuries and enhancement of performance. Over the past thirty years the running shoe has changed considerably. However, despite significant advances in footwear technology, the incidence of injury in distance runners has not altered …
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The psychology of anterior cruciate ligament injury rehabilitation amongst professional rugby union players
[From the introduction:]Within professional contact sports, injury has been reported frequently by athletes as causing stress (Anshel, 2001; Noblet & Gifford, 2002). Particularly within rugby union where injury has been reported as one of the top four stressors experienced by elite adolescent …
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Balance and agility in mountain bikers: a reliability and validity study on skills affecting control in mountain biking
… is a popular recreational and competitive form of physical activity and method of transport. Cycling is broadly categorised as road cycling or mountain biking, and each form presents unique challenges and has different skill requirements. While cycling, in general, provides many benefits to both …
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A study of injuries associated with golf
… to certain studies golfers have a career incidence of injury as high as 57%. The aim of this study was to explore the injury profile of golfers from an elite golfing program at the Victorian Institue of Sport (VIS) as well as golfers representing a group of golf courses from the 'Sandbelt' …
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The Correlation Between Strength Levels Measured Through Dynamic Strength Exercises and the Incidence and Severity of Injury Among Collegiate Athletes
<p>Injury to athletes in sport occurs as a result of extrinsic and intrinsic risk factors. Mounting evidence points toward decreased strength as a predictor of injury in athletes. By comparing strength levels in functional movement patterns to injury, the strength and conditioning professional will …
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The Incidence of Stress Fractures Among All Female Division I Athletes at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
… that have plagued athletes for many years. Often referred to as fatigue fractures, they are formed when the skeletal muscles fatigue and can no longer absorb the shock of repetitive pounding activities such as running. Stress fractures are most common in the weight-bearing bones of the lower …
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Incidence of injuries and associated factors at the senior inter provincial field hockey tournament
… It is a high-speed team sport, consisting of short bursts of sprinting with technical coordination of a stick and ball, as well as the tactical execution of a coach's game plan. Participation in sports, including field hockey, comes with an accepted risk of injury; however, within the team …
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An Analysis of Injuries Sustained in Physical Education Classes and in Athletics at the Secondary Schools of the Grand Forks Public School System During the School Years 1960-1965
… was to determine the frequency and nature of injuries sustained by students in athletics and in physical education classes in grades seven through twelve in the Grand Forks Public School System from 1960-1965. Data were gathered from the school accident fund claim sheets which were kept at …
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Factors associated with injuries in road-runners at a local athletic club
… with cardiovascular and chronic diseases of lifestyle which often leads to an increased rate of various physical disabilities and premature death. To combat these high incidences of chronic diseases of lifestyle, WHO strongly encourages people to become physically active on a daily basis …
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Analysis of Linear Head Accelerations From Collegiate Football Impacts
… in the United States each year. The purpose of this study was to utilize an in-helmet system that measures and records linear head accelerations to analyze head impacts from collegiate football. The Head Impact Telemetry (HIT) System is an in-helmet system with six spring mounted …
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Converging Pathways: Neuroimmunology of Tauopathy and Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
… as the global population ages. Despite years of research and many clinical trials, no therapeutic has proven efficacious at addressing disease progression. The vast heterogeneity of these diseases makes uncovering etiology challenging. Specific genetic and environmental factors, however, have …
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Profiles of illness and injury among South African elite athletes with disability at the 2012 Summer Paralympic Games
… data is important to better understand injury and illness patterns in para athletes. Medical teams used a web-based injury and illness surveillance system (WEB-IISS system) to all the para-athlete injuries and illnesses during the 2012 London Paralympic games. All team physicians could …
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The epidemiology of injuries in South African high school soccer players
The aim of the study was to document the epidemiology of injuries sustained by South African high school soccer players. Subjects for the study were selected from all the high schools (n = 10) in Tembisa (Gauteng, South Africa). A cohort of 227 high school soccer players, representing all the …
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Exploration of wheelchair propulsion biomechanics in straightforward propulsion, turning manoeuvres and obstacle crossing: The impacts of sex, age and training
A high incidence of injury in wheelchair dependent populations relates to a low mechanical efficiency and a high mechanical load of wheelchair propulsion. The user-related elements such as sex and age as well as training consequences were believed to be main determinants of wheelchair propulsion …
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Some physico-chemical and biological aspects of urea
1. Mechanisms of urea adsorption by soils Physically adsorbed urea may be easily desorbed by dilution. Chemisorbed urea existing primarily in the form of relatively stable soil organic matter-urea complexes may, in part, be slowly dissociated upon dilution. Differences between soil types with …
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