BACKGROUND We aimed to appraise (1) the rate of return to sport of athletes after hip surgery for femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) and (2) some aspects that may influence the return to sport. METHODS Four databases (EMBASE, PubMed, Web of Science, Cochrane Library) were searched until 21 October 2014. Studies evaluated return to sport of athletes who underwent hip surgery for the treatment ...

Title of Thesis: TREATMENT ACCEPTABILITY OF NCAA DIVISION I STUDENT ATHLETES: FACTORS AFFECTING ATHLETES' ATTITUDES TOWARD SPORT PSYCHOLOGY CONSULTANTS Michael Hamberger, Master of Arts, Department of Kinesiology, 2004 Thesis directed by: Dr. Seppo Iso-Ahola (advisor) Dr. Ang Chen Dr. Brad Hatfield Consultations with sport psychologists can be a result of a coach implementing a sport psychology...

About the Series: The purpose of this series is to add to the conversation and dialogues occurring in sport; thus, the National Association of Girls & Women in Sport has created this series to not only inform our members but also the public about the various aspects of sport and physical activity that display the diversity and inclusive nature of women’s sport. With the ultimate goal to raise a...

The initial results of reconstructing York University’s 3D virtual model and future research directions are presented. The demand for 3D geospatial data and modeling for urban environments continuously increases as GIS models and applications are changing from traditional 2/2.5D to actual 3D spatial representations. The iCampus project is part of the celebration of the 50 anniversary of York Un...

This study examined interrelationships among athletic identity, sport participation, and psychological adjustment in a sample of people with spinal cord injury (SCI). Participants (N = 1,034) completed measures of athletic identity, life satisfaction, anxiety, depression, and demographic and sport participation variables. Current amount of weekly sport participation was positively related to at...

To better understand the historical pattern of sport participation in Japan, two active elderly groups-Masters athletes and senior university students-were compared. Research findings suggest that Masters athletes perceive sport as serious and competitive, and their previous sport participation leads directly to their sport participation in later life. On the other hand, senior university stude...

Sport is today an increasingly widespread phenomenon and the interest in its study has outstandingly increased in the last decades, especially in the field of Economics due to the emergence of the Economy of Sport. Nonetheless, both the complexity of sport as a concept and the lack of statistical data about it make sport an element of analysis with many aspects still to be researched. This pape...

Goal perspective theory assumes that personal goals serve as organizing principles, influencing the meaning of activities and how individuals respond to achievement experiences (Nicholls, 1989). This study examined the link between an individual's personal goals, wider views about how sport operates, and trait anxiety level prior to or during competition. This investigation also determined the ...

introduction: water shortage is a crucial challenge that threatens future of landscape development in iran. naturally it intensifies by climate change that will be led to water stress of ecosystems. the water stress have confronted universities campus landscape with serious challenges especially those that located in arid and semi-arid areas such as center of iran. malayer university has had se...