Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seongnam, Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Department of Internal Medicine, Hallym University Kangnam Sac...

This paper provides an empirical examination of the economic impact of spectator sports on local economies. Confirming the results of other ex post analyses of sports in general, this paper finds no statistically significant evidence that college football games in particular contribute positively to a host’s economy. Our analysis from 1970-2004 of 63 metropolitan areas that play host to big-tim...

This document provides an overview of selected medical issues that are important to team physicians who are responsible for the care and treatment of athletes. It is not intended as a standard of care and should not be interpreted as such. This document is only a guide and, as such, is of a general nature, consistent with the reasonable, objective practice of the healthcare profession. Adequate...

This document provides an overview of selected medical issues that are important to team physicians who are responsible for the care and treatment of athletes. It is not intended as a standard of care, and should not be interpreted as such. This document is only a guide, and as such, is of a general nature, consistent with the reasonable, objective practice of the health care profession. Adequa...

1626 Sports are “hot.” The average cost of a 30-second advertisement at the 2014 Super Bowl was $4 000 000, and millions of fans worldwide spent much of their February 2014 watching the Sochi Winter Olympics and its advertising. Sports cardiology is also hot. The American College of Cardiology in 2011 established a section dedicated to sports and exercise cardiology, and now there are several s...

1Department of Sport and Exercise, College of Health, Massey University, Palmerston North, 4410, New Zealand 2Applied Sports, Technology, Exercise and Medicine Research Centre, College of Engineering, Swansea University, Swansea, UK 3Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, UK 4Campus du Moulin de la Housse, University of Reims Champagne-Ar...

This is a special report of the findings of the Concussion Workshop, sponsored by the AOSSM in Chicago in December 1997. Here follows a listing of the members of the workshop: Julian Bailes, MD, American Association of Neurological Surgeons; Arthur Boland, MD, AOSSM; Charles Burke III, MD, National Hockey League; Robert Cantu, MD, American College of Sports Medicine; Letha “Etty” Griffin, MD, N...

INTRODUCTION Athletes—and lots of non-athletes—gulp vitamin pills in tremendous quantities, but most experts tell us that only a small number of athletes will notice any benefit of vitamin supplements on their health or sport performance. Is it O.K. to take vitamin supplements as an insurance policy, in case your diet does not supply sufficient vitamins? Can bad things happen if you take too ma...

The present study asses the prevalence of depressive symptoms among college students in Split, Croatia, and positive influence of sport activity on decreasing the depression symptoms. Authors screened all 664 college students of the first year of study. All of them were over the 18 years and the mean age was 19.4 +/- 1.2 years. There were 466 females (70.2%) and 178 (26.8%) males. They answered...