UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA Whether it’s sports practice, music lessons or a casual catch up with friends, when children are involved in after-school activities, they’re more likely to feel happier and healthier than their counterparts who are glued to a screen. In a new study conducted by the University of South Australia and the Department for Education, researchers found that...
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Why sports concussions are worse for women
As women’s soccer, rugby and other sports gain popularity, scientists are racing to understand how the female brain responds to head injury. Football players jump for a header at a UEFA women’s Champions League match in Décines-Charpieu, France, in March 2019. Credit: Jeff Pachoud/AFP/Getty Liz Williams was standing pitchside at a women’s rugby match, and...
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Sports-related traumatic spine injuries
IMAGE: UPPER: MECHANISMS OF INJURY. THE MAJORITY OF ADULT SPORTS-RELATED TRAUMATIC SPINE INJURIES (TSIS) WERE ATTRIBUTED TO CYCLING-RELATED INJURIES, WITH SKIING/SNOWBOARDING, WATER SPORTS/SWIMMING, CONTACT SPORTS, SKATEBOARDING/ROLLERBLADING, AND OTHER MECHANISMS OF INJURY ALSO REFLECTED IN THIS COHORT. LOWER: SPINAL CORD INJURY (SCI) PREVALENCE BY MECHANISM OF INJURY. PREVALENCE OF TRAUMATIC SCI AMONG PATIENTS WITH SPORTS-RELATED TSI...
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Study discovers connection between contact sports, CTE and troubling sleep behaviors
by Boston University School of Medicine Repetitive head impacts are associated with development of the neurodegenerative disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). Some individuals diagnosed with CTE after death were reported to suffer from sleep dysfunction, but the type of disorder and its cause has never been formally explored. A team led by researchers at the VA...
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Skipping sleep to watch sports is the real March Madness
No matter whether your favorite team wins or loses, March Madness will likely put a slam dunk on your sleep habits. For many Americans, staying up late to watch NCAA basketball tournament games is a much-anticipated annual rite. But the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) warns that those late-night games can cause problems. “A...
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Why do we get muscle cramps?
Image: Some people experience cramps frequently after vigorous, high-intensity exercise. Many of us know the feeling of a cramp – whether you’ve been struck down on the sports field or woken with a start in excruciating pain in the middle of the night. A cramp is the involuntary contraction of our skeletal muscle, and it hurts. Some...
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Study finds brain differences in athletes playing contact vs. non contact sports
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — A study from researchers at Indiana University in the journal NeuroImage: Clinical has found differences in the brains of athletes who participate in contact sports compared to those who participate in non-contact sports. The differences were observed as both groups were given a simple visual task. The results could suggest that a history of...