BACKGROUND Data on indirect catastrophic injuries in wrestling are scarce. OBJECTIVES To develop a profile of indirect catastrophic injuries in international styles of wrestling and to describe possible risk factors. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective case series; Level of evidence, 3. METHODS Indirect catastrophic injuries that occurred in wrestling clubs in Iran from July 1998 to June 2005 were...

Ritual fights are widespread across human populations. However, the evolutionary advantage associated with this behaviour is unclear because these fights rarely provide direct benefits such as territory, resources or mates. Here, the reproductive success of men competing in a traditional ritual fight, Sereer wrestling, was investigated for the first time. Involvement in wrestling had a signific...

CONTEXT Unhealthy weight loss practices continue to plague amateur wrestling. The National Collegiate Athletic Association weight loss guidelines are beneficial but have not solved the problem. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION All relevant databases through 2008 were searched using PubMed. The references of relevant articles were then searched for additional publications. STUDY TYPE Clinical review. ...

OBJECTIVES To describe a community outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and to investigate risk factors for MRSA transmission and infection in a wrestling team. DESIGN Case series and retrospective cohort study. SETTING A high school wrestling team and the surrounding community in southern Vermont, 1993 to 1994. PATIENTS OR OTHER PARTICIPANTS The case series incl...

Howard Barker’s Theatre: Wrestling with Catastrophe, edited by James Reynolds and Andy W. Smith, sets out to provide “a timely and much-needed re-evaluation” (1) of Howard Barker and the theatre company founded to stage his work, The Wrestling School. The timeliness and necessity of the collection is, in part, due to the more “practice-orientated” (1) focus of its various contributions. Where p...

Background. Wrestling is one of the most popular sports in the world. United World Wrestling have developed “Wrestling+” injury prevention program similar to the FIFA 11+. Objectives. the aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of 12 weeks “Wrestling+” warm-up program on Functional Movement Screen scores in cadet wrestlers. Methods. The study population included all cadet wrest...

BACKGROUND Arm wrestling has recently become one of the most popular sports among young people, mainly due to its simplicity and spectacularity. Yet, unfortunately it is also injury prone. The aim of the study was to perform a biomechanical analysis of the forces which act during arm wrestling, as well as to explain the mechanism of the occurrence of humeral fractures of a similar topology as o...