OBJECTIVE Balance disorders increase with aging and raise the risk of accidental falls in the elderly. It has been suggested that the practice of physical and sporting activities (PSA) efficiently counteracts these age related disorders, reducing the risk of falling significantly. METHODS This study, principally based on a period during which the subjects were engaged in PSA, included 65 heal...

OBJECTIVES Our study attempted to evaluate the effects of major sporting events on the census of a pediatric emergency department (ED) in the United States specifically related to the National Football League Super Bowl, National Basketball Association (NBA) Finals, and Major League Baseball World Series. METHODS We performed a retrospective data analysis of our pediatric ED census on the num...

Objective Our research investigated whether extracurricular activity intensity in early adolescence predicted coping efficacy one year later. The study also tested participation showed a linear or nonlinear relationship with efficacy.Method Year 8 students (N = 1,162; M 13 years; SD .35) reported on activities and efficacy, repeated the survey 9.Results Greater sporting greater efficacy. In con...

Forecasts for the outcome of sporting events are coveted by nearly everyone in the sporting world. In this paper, a number of machine learning algorithms for predicting the outcome of baseball games are explored, using both classification and regression approaches.