The term probiotics refers to live microorganisms that, when administered to the human body in adequate amounts, are capable of conferring health benefits. Among the currently known biologically active components, the use of probiotics by athletes, as well as ordinary sports enthusiasts, is of...
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Shterman, S. V.; Sidorenko, A. Yu.; Sidorenko, M. Yu.; Shterman, V. S.; Ganina, V. I.; Sukhina, M. A.; Eliseeva, L. G.; Molodkina, P. G.
Publisher
OOO "Infokholodtekh", Moscow, Russia
Citation
Pishchevaya Promyshlennost', 2023, 9, pp 131-137
As well as having many positive effects, sports activities can cause medical and surgical problems which are the especial concern of specialists in the orthopaedic, neurological, cardiological and pneumologic fields. However, sports medicine pays little attention to dermatological diseases,...
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Edizioni Minerva Medica, Torino, Italy
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Giornale Italiano di Dermatologia e Venereologia, 2004, 139, 1, pp 47-65
As public health experts work to contain the outbreak of Zika virus in South America and minimize the devastating prenatal complications, the international sports community prepares for the 2016 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Athletes have publicly expressed concern...
Author(s)
Toresdahl, B. G.; Asif, I. M.
Publisher
Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, USA
Citation
Sports Health, 2016, 8, 5, pp 438-443
In athletes who present to their team physician with complaints of chest pain, the diagnosis of pericarditis should be entertained. Although generally self-limited, potential complications include cardiac tamponade and recurrent pericarditis. The typical scenario is of an athlete who had a recent...
Author(s)
Seidenberg, P. H.; Haynes, J.
Publisher
Current Science Inc., Philadelphia, USA
Citation
Current Sports Medicine Reports, 2006, 5, 2, pp 74-79
Introduction & Purpose: The present study aimed at investigating the relationship between exercise addiction and depression of athletes and closure of sports venues and events due to corona virus (Covid-19). Methodology: The current study was a descriptive correlational one. The participants of the ...
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Damirchi, B. G.; Dabbagh, H.; Khanjani, G.; Zandi, H. G.
Publisher
Journal of Motor and Behavioral Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Citation
Journal of Motor and Behavioral Sciences, 2020, 3, 4, pp fa493-fa501
Aim: Dermatologic diseases are commonly found in people engaged in contact sports. Particularly wrestlers can easily contract skin infections. The aim of this study is to reveal the incidence of infectious skin diseases engaged in wrestling athletes living in different climate regions. Material and ...
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Inönü Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Malatya, Turkey
Citation
Annals of Medical Research, 2018, 25, 1, pp 65-69
Background: Zika virus (ZIKV) was initially responsible for a limited number of punctual epidemics throughout Africa and Asia. Recently, large epidemics occurred in French Polynesia, Brazil and Pan-America. These outbreaks were associated with severe outcomes such as Guillain-Barré Syndrome and...
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Hingrat, Q. le; Perrier, M.; Charpentier, C.; Jacquot, A.; Houhou-Fidouh, N.; Descamps, D.; Visseaux, B.
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
Citation
Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2019, 32, pp 101512
Background: This study aimed to evaluate the COVID-19 as seen worldwide from a public health perspective and evaluate the measures taken across Turkey against the virus and to determine the compliance of people with these measures. Methods: WHO's official COVID-19 cases were evaluated up to 27 Mar...
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Doğan, M.; Bayraktar, M.
Publisher
School of Public Health and Institute of Public Health Research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Citation
Iranian Journal of Public Health, 2020, 49, Suppl. 1, pp 67-75
The current knowledge of the Zika Virus epidemic clearly lacks a comprehensive understanding of its determinants and clinical outcomes. Until recently regarded as a "simple" dengue-like infection, it nowadays turned into a real challenge to Public Health around the world. The Zika Epidemic shows a...
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Arbex, A. K.; Bizarro, V. R.; Paletti, M. T.; Brandt, O. J.; Jesus, A. L. C. de; Werner, I.; Dantas, L. M.; Almeida, M. H. de
Publisher
Scientific Research Publishing, Irvine, USA
Citation
Health, 2016, 8, 7, pp 711-722
The timing and origin of Zika virus (ZIKV) introduction in Brazil has been the subject of controversy. Initially, it was assumed that the virus was introduced during the FIFA World Cup in June-July 2014. Then, it was speculated that ZIKV may have been introduced by athletes from French Polynesia...
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Massad, E.; Burattini, M. N.; Khan, K.; Struchiner, C. J.; Coutinho, F. A. B.; Wilder-Smith, A.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK
Citation
Epidemiology and Infection, 2017, 145, 11, pp 2303-2312