PURPOSE Air pollution has remained a major health concern in Kolkata. The present study was carried out to analyze the association between the levels of air pollutants and pulmonary function of youngster footballers living in two different air pollutant zones of Kolkata, West Bengal. METHODS Air pollution data of the two ambient air quality-monitoring stations located at Rabindrabharati and V...

PURPOSE To study the validity of a video-based reactive agility test in Australian footballers. METHODS 15 higher performance, 15 lower performance, and 12 nonfootballers completed a light-based reactive agility test (LRAT), a video-based reactive agility test (VRAT), and a planned test (PLAN). RESULTS With skill groups pooled, agility time in PLAN (1346 ± 66 ms) was significantly faster (P...

OBJECTIVES Muslims observe fasting during the month of Ramadan by abstaining from eating and drinking from dawn to sunset. Available literature shows that although several studies have been conducted on athletes to determine the effects of Ramadan fasting in terms of physical fitness and performance, little data are available regarding the knowledge, beliefs and attitudes of athletes (particula...

BACKGROUND To investigate the association between running exposure and the risk of hamstring strain injury (HSI) in elite Australian footballers. METHODS Elite Australian footballers (n=220) from 5 different teams participated. Global positioning system (GPS) data were provided for every athlete for each training session and match for the entire 2015 season. The occurrences of HSIs throughout...

The mental health and wellbeing of elite footballers is beginning to receive much needed attention in research practice terms. However, date the knowledge generated initiatives designed improve provision for footballers’ centred on adults. junior attached development programmes have largely been overlooked. In England, this particularly concerning given an estimated 12,500 young professional ac...

Although dental injuries may be considered relatively insignificant when compared to other forms of injury sustained by Rugby players (Weightman and Browne, 1974; Walkden, 1975) they can nevertheless cause considerable discomfort and necessitate the provision of otherwise unnecessary and expensive dental treatment. A certain number of-injuries are inevitable in contact sports, but as has been s...

Abstract Purpose To examine the test re-test reliability of isometric maximal voluntary contractions (MVC) hip adduction (ADD ISO ), abduction (ABD and multijoint leg extension (SQUAT ) in sub-elite female Australian footballers. Methods Data were collected from 24 footballers (age 22.6 ± 4.5 years; height 169.4 5.5 cm; body mass 66.6 8.0 kg; 4.4 years sport-specific training; 2.5 2.0 unstructu...

Most injuries sustained by rugby players affect the soft tissues, and fracture is relatively uncommon. Whereas the lower limb is most affected in footballers, the upper limb tends to be injured in rugby players. Thirty consecutive fractures and ten dislocations affecting the upper limb, sustained by 35 rugby players, are reported.