OBJECTIVE To assess the relationship between shoulder mobility and strength and the presence of pain among baseball players. METHODS Between April and July 2009, 55 baseball players were assessed by the Shoulder and Elbow Group of the School of Medical Sciences, Santa Casa de Misericórdia, São Paulo. They were all males, aged between 15 and 33 years (mean of 21); they attended an average of t...

The purpose of this study is that comparing the effects aquatic training to land training, decrease fat mass. 24 male students from UPIT Physical Education and Sport Departament were subjects study. do not practice any performance sport except loisir or exercises during faculty hours. same trainings testing facilities methods have been used for each evaluation lesson. Each lasted 45-70 minutes,...

Coronavirus named 2019-nCoV or (Covid-19) by the World Health Organization (WHO) has spread to all corners of globe, disrupting many aspects day-to-day life. The pandemic led nations implement stringent social distancing measures prevent virus; these include stay-athome advice, closures schools and businesses a pause everyday life reduce close contact among people. Sport is no exception: liveli...

without any doubt, road safety (rs) needs a precise planning in road accident prevention. rs effects on different fields of the life. therefore, response to this need in order to promote the rs as well as to save more lives is the most asset in each country. in the recent years, statistics have been shown that the numbers of mortalities due to road crashes decreased. this shows the true motion ...

the aim of this study was to survey four fundamental effective factors in sport sponsorship decision making. for this purpose, viewpoints of 30 experts and active individuals in sport sponsorship such as managers of sponsor corporations, authorities of sport federations and clubs were analyzed. the method of this research was qualitative and explorative and was performed through interviews. the...

media has an undeniable role in shaping and directing beliefs, attitudes and thoughts of society and also in creating a suitable ground in sport. the aim of this study was to examine the effective factors of sport media in development of athletic sport. the research methodology was descriptive-comparative, the type of the research was applied, the method was survey, and data collection was fiel...

To the Editor: I read the recent article on sound exposure during football matches in the SAMJ with great interest.1 Swanepoel et al. concluded that ‘exposure levels exceeded limits of permissible average and peak sound’1 and ‘Public awareness and personal hearing protection should be prioritised as preventive measures’.1 It is interesting that sound from sports competitions could be an importa...