BACKGROUND The prevalence of patellar tendinopathy is elevated in elite soccer compared to less explosive sports. While the burden of training hours and load is comparably high in youth elite players (age < 23 years), little is known about the prevalence of patellar tendinopathy at this age. There is only little data available on the influence of age, the amount of training, the position on the...

In this paper we investigate wage determination among professional football players ranked in the Italian A and B series. Since football is a highly labour intensive activity, both scale economies and scarcity of the most talented players emerge as the main determinants of the high earnings levels observed. In particular, the marginal revenue product of a player is related to the extra price th...

Dance games are one of the most popular types of bodycontrolled console games, making them ideal candidates for initiating exertion in players who do not exercise regularly. However, in order to become effective tools for consistent cardiovascular exercise, dance games need to maintain interest over a long time span. One solution that could help with long-term engagement is the addition of more...

The electronic mail game [8] or “email game” is a coordination game with two possible states, a and b. In each state, players are trying to coordinate their actions so that both play A (in a) or B (in b). The first case happens more than half the time, and the second is not only less frequent but also carries a penalty if only one player chooses B. So in the absence of extra information, it mak...

We evaluated the efficacy of local or systemic parecoxib combined with lidocaine/clonidine IV regional analgesia in complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) type 1 in a dominant upper limb. Thirty patients with CRPS type 1 were divided into three groups. The control group (CG) received both IV saline in the healthy limb and IV loco-regional 1 mg/kg of lidocaine + 30 mug of clonidine, diluted to a ...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relation between training load, recovery and monthly field test performance in young elite soccer players in order to develop training guidelines to enhance performance. In a prospective, nonexperimental cohort design, eighteen young elite soccer players registered training and match duration for a full competitive season by means of daily traini...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relation between training load, recovery, and monthly field test performance in young elite soccer players to develop training guidelines to enhance performance. In a prospective, nonexperimental cohort design, 18 young elite soccer players registered training and match duration for a full competitive season by means of daily training logs. Furth...