Pediatrics
Injuries, burnout keep too many kids from sticking with sports: Report
Sports provides many physical and mental health benefits to children and teens, but many quit due to injury, overtraining and burnout.
Jan 22, 2024
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News tagged with athletic performance
Sports medicine & Kinesiology
Study shows advanced footwear technology positively impacts elite sprint performances
A study published in PeerJ sheds light on the potential game-changing impact of advanced footwear technology (AFT) on elite sprint performances in track and field. The research, titled "The Potential Impact of Advanced Footwear ...
Dec 4, 2023
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Sports medicine & Kinesiology
Does a woman's menstrual cycle affect her athletic performance? Here's what the science says
During the Women's FIFA World Cup, it has been wonderful to see the spotlight turn to female athletes.
Jul 24, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Why eating disorders in athletes can often go unnoticed
Researchers at the College of Physical Education and Sport Palestra, Czechia, have investigated ways to detect eating disorders in athletes. In their paper, "A pilot study of a modification EAT-26 questionnaire for screening ...
Sports medicine & Kinesiology
Study: Baseball and basketball players who peak early, die early
Baseball and basketball players, whose athletic skills peaked earlier or declined faster, had significantly shorter lifespans, according to an innovative study by Dr. Saul Newman from Oxford's Leverhulme Center for Demographic ...
May 22, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Why elite athletes should develop mindfulness to up their game
Athletes at the very highest level of their sport face the challenge of performing consistently under pressure amid many potential distractions, including performance anxiety, crowd behavior, their own and others' expectations, ...
Mar 24, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Psychological stress impedes performance, even for Olympic athletes
The 2020 Tokyo Olympics were unique not just for taking place during the COVID-19 pandemic but for being the first athletic event to measure and broadcast competitors' heart rates as world-class archers took a shot at Olympic ...
Feb 16, 2023
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Medical research
New study debunks the assumption that menstrual cycles disqualify women from exercise research
Peruse any women's magazine, and you'll likely find advice on how to boost workouts. But what many don't realize is that the research behind most exercise advice is based almost entirely on men. Female subjects are excluded ...
Jan 27, 2023
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Addiction
Sports team participation linked to increased odds of vaping
Youth sports team participation is associated with increased odds of electronic vapor product (EVP) use, according to a study published online Dec. 12 in Pediatrics.
Dec 12, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Concussions at school may affect academic performance
Adolescents who have experienced a concussion in the past 12 months could be 25% more likely to be in poor academic standing than youths who have no concussions, suggests a study published online in the journal Injury Prevention.
Sep 12, 2022
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