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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"retired athletes"”.
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Investigating the Use of [18-F] tau-PET Imaging as a Biomarker of tau Pathology in Retired Athletes at Risk of Neurodegeneration
… of tau protein in the brains of affected athletes in a pattern distinct from other neurodegenerative diseases. There is currently no in vivo biomarker of tau pathology of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, and the diagnosis is made post-mortem. [18-F] Flortaucipir tau-PET has shown high …
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Own the Podium Funding and Support: The Athletes' Perspective
… the experiences of Canada’s high performance athletes who have benefitted from Own the Podium (OTP)-recommended funding and support leading up to an Olympic or Paralympic Games. OTP, a nonprofit agency, is responsible for determining the overall investment strategy for high performance sport …
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Transitions to the other side of the net : tales of tennis players who became coaches
… reports about the adjustment difficulties many athletes experience at the end of their sporting careers. Despite the recent profusion of retirement research, there is still much more work to be done in terms of understanding athletes’ retirement transition experiences, and more specifically, …
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Retreating to Restore: A Haven for the Athletic Mind and Body
… and suicide within this population indicate that athletes do not have the adequate resources to restore and improve their mental health. In some instances of presenting their troubles to coaches, staff, or teammates, their only advice is to seek help with on-campus resources or resources at home. …
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Can psychological attributes predict the playing level of Icelandic footballers four to five years later?
… were more likely to retire (59.9% vs. 44.8%). Retired athletes scored significantly lower on MT and PS and higher on CA than those playing at elite levels. Gender differences and interactions with playing level were found in anxiety. Regression analysis showed that youth national team …
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Cognitive Performance In A Retired NFL Population: Does Position Played And Racial Identity Impact Cognition?
… cognitive, and psychiatric challenges that many retired NFL players experience later in life (Alosco et al., 2017; Hart et al., 2013). While studies have been conducted on the predictors of long-term neuropsychiatric and psychosocial outcomes following a traumatic brain injury, there are few …
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Seeing Stars: Emotional Trauma in Athlete Retirement: Contexts, Intersections, and Explorations
… in popular and academic literature as that of retired professional and elite athletes. While the subject has been studied, the case of the retiring athlete has yet to be fully explored in a detailed, qualitative, and interdisciplinary study focusing on nuanced contexts affecting the quality of …
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Psychometric Analyses of a Comprehensive Neuropsychological Battery for Retired NFL Players
… to examine neuropsychological functioning in retired NFL players who were part of the NFL’s concussion settlement. This battery assesses multiple areas of cognitive functioning; executive functioning, language, processing speed, attention and memory. The study included 117 participants who …
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Exercise in Youth and Long-Term Effects on Bone and Joints
… cohort study that followed 46 active male athletes into a mean 29 years of retirement and 24 age-matched controls. The second used a cross-sectional mixed model design that included 329 measurements in 193 active and former male soccer players and 450 measurements in 280 controls, all aged …