Wrestler's Trachoma

Cutaneous Infections in Wrestlers

CONTEXT Cutaneous infections are common in wrestlers. Although many are simply a nuisance in the everyday population, they can be problematic to wrestlers because such infections may result in disqualification from practice or competition. Prompt diagnosis and treatment are therefore important. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION Medline and PubMed databases, the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, and...

Trachoma

Trachoma.

Trachoma is the most common infectious cause of blindness. It is caused by ocular serovars of Chlamydia trachomatis. Transmission is favoured in poor communities, where crowding is common and access to water and sanitation inadequate. Repeated reinfection over many years causes dense scarring of the upper eyelid. The resultant inversion of the lashes abrades the eyeball, and the abrasion leads ...

Bolivian Wrestlers in Skirts

ANAEROBIC CAPACITY OF LOWER LIMB MUSCLES IN JUVENILE WRESTLERS Anaerobic capacity of wrestlers

Changes in the way of wrestling enforce change of its structure, and thus the nature of the competitor’s physical effort. This problem is still present and requires a deeper analysis of wrestlers’ physical fitness. The aim of this study was to determine the change in the level of selected indicators of lower limb anaerobic capacity in the students of the Sporting Championship School involved in...