Professional footballers’ matchday performance fell after recovering from COVID-19, with three-quarters battling fatigue for six weeks, a University of Essex study has found. The study – published in Physiological reports — examined top football players for the first time and examined the impact of the long Covid-19 crisis on top athletes. The study found…
Body checking experience and injury rates among ice hockey players aged 15-17 years. Eliason PH, Hagel BE, Palacios-Derflingher L, Warriyar V, Bonfield S, Black AM, Mrazik M, Lebrun C, Emery CA. CMAJ. Jun 20, 2022;194(24):E834-E842. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.211718. Full text freely available Take home message More experience with body checking was not associated with a…
Record levels of obesity and physical inactivity among children mean they will bear the brunt of worse health consequences from rising global temperatures – that’s the stark warning in a new comprehensive review of current research on the subject. Publication of her findings in the peer-reviewed journal TemperatureDr. Shawnda Morrison, an environmental physiologist, states…
Diet quality of NCAA Division I athletes assessed by the Healthy Eating Index Werner EN, Robinson CA, Kerver JM, Pivarnik JM. J Am Coll Health. 2022 May 27:1-7. doi: 10.1080/07448481.2022.2076102. E-publishing prior to printing. PMID: 35623046. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/ Take home message Division I collegiate athletes reported poor diet quality. Background Collegiate athletes must balance a…
Older adults who participate in many different types of leisure activities every week, such as walking, jogging, swimming laps or playing tennis, may have a lower risk of death from any cause, as well as death from cardiovascular disease and cancer. according to a new study led by researchers at the National Cancer Institute,…
