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July 4, 2021
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Sports: Men and Women React Differently to a Missing Audience

June 22, 2021 — Without an audience, men run slower and women faster: The lack of spectators during the coronavirus pandemic appears to have had a noticeable effect on the performance of athletes at the 2020 ...

Head Impacts Linked to Imaging Changes in Youth Football Players

June 15, 2021 — With pre-season football training on the horizon, a new study shows that head impacts experienced during practice are associated with changes in brain imaging of young players over multiple ...

New Drug to Halt Dementia After Multiple Head Injuries

June 7, 2021 — An international study has identified a new drug to stop athletes developing dementia after sustaining repeated head injuries in their ...

A Third of Kids Develop a Mental Health Problem After Concussion

Apr. 29, 2021 — A third of children and adolescents develop a mental health problem after a concussion, which could persist for several years post-injury, according to a new literature ...
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Baby Reef Fishes Swim for Gold

June 28, 2021 — Baby coral reef fishes can outpace all other baby fishes in the ocean, swimming around 15-40 body lengths per ...

MLB 'FEVER' -- Improved Elbow MRI View for Major League Baseball Pitchers

June 4, 2021 — According to a pilot study, the flexed elbow valgus external rotation (FEVER) view can improve MRI evaluation of the ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) in Major League Baseball pitchers. The increased ...

Muscle Cramp? Drink Electrolytes, Not Water, Study Shows

Mar. 18, 2021 — If you reach for water when a muscle cramp strikes, you might want to think again. New research has revealed drinking electrolytes instead of pure water can help prevent muscle ...

The Fitter You Are the Better You Burn Fat

Mar. 16, 2021 — Physiologists find that the biggest predictors of people's ability to burn fat are their biological sex and their fitness ...

Steroid Abuse by Men Leads to Long-Lasting Impaired Testicular Function

Mar. 9, 2021 — Illegal use of anabolic steroids not only has dangerous side effects during use but also can harm of men's testicular function years after they stop abusing steroids, according to a new ...

After a Concussion: No More Sitting in the Dark?

Mar. 8, 2021 — First study to objectively document self-paced physical and cognitive activity post-concussion among youth suggests they may be able to engage in physical and cognitive activity as soon as tolerated ...

In Professional Athletes, Heart Risk After Mild COVID-19 Is Very Low, Finds Study

Mar. 4, 2021 — A systematic screening program designed for athletes testing positive for COVID-19 has detected a low incidence of inflammatory heart disease, so far returning professional athletes safely to ...

Age Shall Not Weary Them When It Comes to Discus and Javelin

Feb. 11, 2021 — Discus and javelin throwers as well as marathon runners and race walkers are likely to achieve their best performances at a later age than sprinters, hurdlers and middle-distance runners. Why? It ...

No Overall Difference in Concussion Recovery Time for Male and Female College Athletes

Jan. 26, 2021 — Researchers found female and male collegiate athletes take approximately the same amount of time to recover from a concussion, with subtle differences in recovery time depending on the type of sports ...

Lack of Sleep, Stress Can Lead to Symptoms Resembling Concussion

Jan. 22, 2021 — A new study suggests that a lot of people might be going through life with symptoms that resemble concussion - a finding supporting researchers' argument that athletes recovering from a brain ...

Sweat, Bleach and Gym Air Quality: Chemical Reactions Make New Airborne Chemicals

Jan. 5, 2021 — One sweaty, huffing, exercising person emits as many chemicals from their body as up to five sedentary people, according to a new study. And notably, those human emissions, including amino acids from ...

College Football Players: Underestimating Risk of Injury and Concussion

Dec. 29, 2020 — College football players may underestimate their risk of injury and concussion, according to a new ...

Elite Soccer Players Help Define Normal Heart Measures in Competitive Athletes

Dec. 16, 2020 — Analyses of professional soccer players' heart test results provide insights on athletes' cardiac structure and function. The hearts of elite soccer players frequently exhibit electrical ...

Despite Decrease in Recent Years, Rate of Sledding-Related Injuries Still Concerning

Dec. 16, 2020 — A new study found that 220,488 patients were treated in U.S. emergency departments for injuries related to sledding from 2008 through 2017. Nearly 70% of these patients were children age 19 years and ...

Genes Play a Role in Common Knee Injury

Dec. 15, 2020 — It has long been known that the choice of shoe, surface and type of sport can all be contributing factors when someone suffers an anterior cruciate ligament rupture. Researchers have now observed ...

Current Treatment Period May Be Too Short to Remove Competitive Advantage of Transgender Athletes

Dec. 7, 2020 — Transgender women elite athletes may need more than the recommended year of feminising hormone therapy to remove the competitive advantage conferred by testosterone, suggests new ...

Football-Loving States Slow to Enact Youth Concussion Laws

Dec. 1, 2020 — States with college teams in strong conferences, in particular the Southeastern Conference (SEC), were among the last to take up regulations on youth concussions, according to a recent study. The ...

First Meta-Analysis Shows Promise for Yoga, Meditation, Mindfulness in Concussion

Nov. 30, 2020 — Chronic concussion symptoms are notoriously difficult to treat. But a researcher who is also a yoga instructor and has been teaching yoga for 17 years - is hoping that a recent study, the first-ever ...

Heading the Ball in Soccer: Blindfolded Players

Nov. 24, 2020 — Researchers find that blind soccer players rotate their heads downward when trapping an incoming pass. This work may lead to an improved understanding of the sensory changes that can manifest in ...

Concussion Risk in Stunt Performers

Nov. 23, 2020 — Researchers are shining a light on a segment of concussion patients who often go unnoticed in comparison to athletes: performing ...
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