OBJECTIVE To characterise cardiac arrhythmias and cardiac autonomic function in 11 elderly men (mean (SD) age 73.2 (2.8) years) with a lifelong history of regular very strenuous, exercise. A control group of 12 healthy sedentary or moderately physically active men (74.5 (2.7) years) was also studied. DESIGN 48 hour ambulatory electrocardiograms were recorded. Cardiac autonomic function was es...

BACKGROUND The prevalence of jumper's knee among nonelite athletes from different sports is unknown. PURPOSE This study was undertaken to determine the prevalence of jumper's knee in nonelite athletes from different sports and to determine potential risk factors for jumper's knee. DESIGN Cohort study (prevalence); Level of evidence, 2. METHODS The authors interviewed 891 male and female n...

We conducted an online survey of National Hockey League (NHL), Major League Soccer (MLS), and US Olympic/World Cup Ski/Snowboard (Olympic) team orthopedic surgeons to determine practice patterns relating to anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction in elite athletes. Of the 94 team orthopedic surgeons surveyed, 47 (50%) responded. Mean (SD) experience as a team physician was 7.73 (5.33) y...

OBJECTIVES We sought to assess the risk of sudden death (SD) in both male and female athletes age 12 to 35 years. BACKGROUND Little is known about the risk of SD in adolescents and young adults engaged in sports. METHODS We did a 21-year prospective cohort study of all young people of the Veneto Region of Italy. From 1979 to 1999, the total population of adolescents and young adults average...

BACKGROUND Young, trained athletes may have abnormal 12-lead electrocardiograms (ECGs) without evidence of structural cardiac disease. Whether such ECG patterns represent the initial expression of underlying cardiac disease with potential long-term adverse consequences remains unresolved. We assessed long-term clinical outcomes in athletes with ECGs characterized by marked repolarization abnorm...

BACKGROUND This study is a cross sectional analysis, aiming to evaluate if atopy is as a risk factor for exercise induced bronchoconstriction (EIB) among Tunisian athletes. METHODS Atopy was defined by a skin prick test result and EIB was defined as a decrease of at least 15% in forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) after 8-min running at 80-85% HRmaxTheo. The study population was com...

Sport psychology researchers have been investigating athletes’ ideal performance levels for a long time. Key areas of investigation in this field involve determining if there is an optimal zone and how to evaluate it. To advance line research, the current research aimed create short but reliable tool assessing psychological state professional athletes during their peak performance, known as “op...

Tobacco use remains a major cause of preventable illness and death in North America. Although reported smoking rates have decreased, they remain high among the young and among Aboriginal people. As part of an oral health promotion project, a convenience sample of 163 Aboriginal athletes participating in the 2002 North American Indigenous Games completed a self-administered questionnaire address...