Psychology & Psychiatry
Big dreams and high demands: The mental health challenges of elite youth athletes
Elite sport poses several unique pressures that can impact athletes' mental health.
Jan 18, 2024
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News tagged with paralympic athletes
Psychology & Psychiatry
England Rugby captain's decision to prioritize mental health could inspire more athletes to do the same
England Rugby Union captain Owen Farrell recently announced he was deciding to step away from international duties. The 32-year-old said his decision to sit out of the 2024 Six Nations tournament was so that he could prioritize ...
Dec 12, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Athletes have no reason to be concerned by their COVID-19 vaccine this winter but timing matters
It is now almost a rule of thumb: As soon as an athlete falls to the ground with a sudden cardiac arrest, social media is awash with claims that COVID-19 vaccinations are to blame. This was the case with English footballer ...
Aug 10, 2023
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Sports medicine & Kinesiology
Fewer, but more serious, injuries at Tokyo 2020 Paralympics than at previous Games
There were fewer but more serious injuries among athletes competing at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics than at previous Games, with the newly introduced sports of taekwondo and badminton ranking among the sports with the highest ...
Dec 13, 2022
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Health
Tokyo Paralympics: How Paralympians are affected by the heat
The heat experts were right. In 2019, historical data suggested that the average daily temperature athletes would have to contend with during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games would be between 28.2℃ and 29.7℃, ...
Aug 24, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Postponing the Olympics is the right call: Curbing a pandemic matters more than money
The Olympic and Paralympic Games have officially been rescheduled to a date beyond 2020, but not later than the summer of 2021. The International Olympic Committee had been under pressure to make a decision about the Tokyo ...
Mar 25, 2020
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Sports medicine & Kinesiology
Injuries and illness are big concerns for Paralympic athletes, unique study reveals
Parasport continues to grow worldwide. A new thesis from Lund University in Sweden shows how Paralympic athletes run the risk of both being injured by strenuous training as well as being affected by injuries and illness due ...
Dec 5, 2019
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Health
Concussion important but badly neglected issue in Para sports, say experts
Concussion is an important but badly neglected issue in Para sports, and doctors, researchers, and leading sporting bodies need to start taking it seriously and take swift action, urge an international group of experts in ...
Jul 10, 2017
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Health
Researcher tuning into media representations of disability
Prior to the Paralympic Games in Rio last summer, Laura Misener found herself cringing after watching a broadcast interview with a Canadian athlete who uses a wheelchair. The female athlete, who has children, was asked by ...
Mar 10, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
NIH funds study of Zika infections in US Olympic athletes
Researchers will study some U.S. athletes for Zika during the summer Olympics and Paralympics in Brazil, to better understand how the virus infects.
Jul 5, 2016
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