Objective: The aim of this research was to examine parents' opinions about their children's boxing experience. Material and Methods: The research group consisted of eight parents whose children were active boxers. Individual interviews were conducted with the parents and the interviews were...

Sweat losses in team sports can be significant due to repeated bursts of high-intensity activity, as well as the large body size of athletes, equipment and uniform requirements, and environmental heat stress often present during training and competition. In this paper we aimed to: (1) describe...

Objectives: To establish the prevalence of back pain in German elite athletes; examine the influence of age, sex, sports discipline and training volume; and compare elite athletes with a physically active control group. Methods: A standardized and validated online back pain questionnaire was sent...

The purpose of this study is to identify the differences in school attitudes among middle school students according to their participation in school sports club, participation period, frequency of weekly participation, and number of competitions. For this purpose, 520 middle school students who...

Objective: To describe injuries and illnesses across traditional and new sports among the participating athletes of the Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympic Summer Games (BA YOG) (6-18 October 2018). Methods: We recorded the daily number of athlete injuries and illnesses (1) through the reporting of all ...

Objective: To explore the prevalence, treatment and risk factors of allergic diseases in Beijing elite athletes, as well as the combined respiratory infection, so as to provide a basis for further rationalizing the comprehensive health management. Methods: Two hundred and fifty-nine Beijing elite ...

Background: The Olympic Movement Medical Code encourages all stakeholders to ensure that sport is practised without danger to the health of the athletes. Systematic surveillance of injuries and illnesses is the foundation for developing preventive measures in sport. Aim: To analyse the injuries and ...

A common trend among hosts of women's international sporting events is to tout the opportunity to positively impact women's and girls' sporting and physical activity practices. Yet, many scholars have shown that such 'trickle down' effects from the event to society are seldom realised....

Background: The objective was to study physical activity (PA)-related injuries in sports club, school sports, and other leisure time PA, and the associations between injuries and PA participation frequency and intensity. Methods: A nationally representative sample was obtained and a structured...

Aim: The aim of this study was to examine how vigorous physical activity (recreational physical activity) (VPA) and moderate to vigorous physical activity as a part of daily life (MVPA) is associated with structural characteristics (availability of sports facilities and sports clubs with child...