UNLABELLED Football players are subjected to repetitive impacts that may lead to brain injury and neurologic dysfunction. Knowledge about head impact exposure (HIE) and consequent neurologic function among youth football players is limited. PURPOSE This study aimed to measure and characterize HIE of youth football players throughout one season and explore associations between HIE and changes ...

College football season is one of the most popular and anticipated sports competitions in the United States. Many of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I-A football games are surrounded by enormous fan interest and receive extensive media coverage. They are attended by tens of thousands of spectators and are followed by millions through the media. As a result, success ...

Life-threatening medical emergencies are an infrequent but regular occurrence on the football field. Proper prevention strategies, emergency medical planning and timely access to emergency equipment are required to prevent catastrophic outcomes. In a continuing commitment to player safety during football, this paper presents the FIFA Medical Emergency Bag and FIFA 11 Steps to prevent sudden car...

this study aimed at identifying critical factors affecting the security of iranian football stadiums and prioritizing them using the analytical hierarchy process (ahp) for future decisions. in the qualitative stage of the study, the main factors affecting the security of iranian football stadiums were identified in 12 semi-structured interviews with experts. in the quantitative stage, 17 expert...

the aim of this research was to study those economic barriers influencing foreign investment attraction in iran football industry. the statistical population consisted of all managers and board of directors of the clubs of the premier league, board of directors of football federation and former directors of football (n=240). 148 subjects were selected as the sample by morgan table and completed...

Cooperation and communication are two of the fundamental problems associated with research into multirobot systems. In our work we examine the interactions of a team of robot footballers. Like computer chess and Go, robot football can be thought of as a game in which the agents on one team cooperate to control more space more comprehensively than the opposing team. As a research experiment we a...

Most soccer, rugby union, rugby league, American football, Australian football and Gaelic football competitions over the world are played on natural grass over seasons that commence in the early autumn (fall) and extend through winter. Injury surveillance in these competitions has usually reported high rates of injury to the lower limb and an increased incidence of injuries early in the season....

BACKGROUND Field expedient screening tools that can identify individuals at an elevated risk for injury are needed to minimize time loss in American football players. Previous research has suggested that poor dynamic balance may be associated with an elevated risk for injury in athletes; however, this has yet to be examined in college football players. HYPOTHESIS To determine if dynamic balan...