Search results for sport sciences
Scientists call for ban on alcohol-industry sponsorship of sport
Nov 09, 2009 |
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The alcohol industry's sponsorship of sport should be banned and replaced with a dedicated alcohol tax modelled on those employed by some countries for tobacco, say scientists.
Playing, and even watching, sports improves brain function
Sep 01, 2008 |
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Being an athlete or merely a fan improves language skills when it comes to discussing their sport because parts of the brain usually involved in playing sports are instead used to understand sport language, ...
Researcher uncovers what athletes need to perform well
Dec 09, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Watching her father qualify for the 1988 Olympics was what inspired UQ PhD graduate Dr Caroline Ringuet to research the needs of high-performance athletes.
How Parents Can Play a Role in a Child Injury
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- When a teenager suffers a sports-related injury, many times their agony is more mental than physical.
Study finds that hunters are depleting lion and cougar populations
Jun 17, 2009 |
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Sport hunters are depleting lion and cougar populations as managers respond to demands to control predators that threaten livestock and humans, according to a study published in the June 17 issue of PLoS ONE. The study was le ...
Don't mistake an athlete for a 'toxic jock'
Jun 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A rose by any other name is still a rose, but is an athlete by another name... a jock?
Children are not the only ones in the game when it comes to sports
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Aug 31, 2009 |
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Parents who sign their children up for sports as part of an educational experience and to learn about teamwork may be learning some of the same lessons themselves, according to new research from Purdue University.
Research Examines Fairness in Olympic Funding and Support for Amateur Athletics
Aug 13, 2009 |
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In the first study to examine resource allocation in Olympic sport, research led by Stephen W. Dittmore of the University of Arkansas revealed a gap between what administrators of U.S. National Governing Bodies thought was ...
Sportspeople warned: alcohol will affect performance
Jan 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Even moderate amounts of alcohol affect recovery from athletic performance, with muscle performance loss doubled in those who drank alcohol.
Physical education teaching staff play key role in making you like sport
Dec 10, 2009 |
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What factors have an influence in making us like sport in the physical education classes we receive in school? According to a new investigation, physical education teaching staff must develop the responsibility, ...
Study shows athletes and weekend warriors can keep playing after shoulder joint replacement
Jul 10, 2009 |
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Replacing a joint in any part of the body often leads to a long recovery process and the possibility of not being able to return to a sport or activity. However, a new study presented at the American Orthopaedic Society for ...
Study shows why sporting heroes should thank their friends
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 03, 2009 |
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Encouraging words from friends and family can pave the way to sporting victory, according to research by the University of Exeter, released today. Dame Kelly Holmes and Sir Chris Hoy have both cited the ongoing support of ...
Study: Perceptions might often kick a player when they are down
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 06, 2009 |
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Just like Lucy pulling the football away from Charlie Brown, kicking a football through goal posts can be an elusive task, according to Purdue University research.
Sudden death during sport: Education to improve survival rates
Sep 01, 2009 |
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More widespread availability of defibrillators and education of the general public could boost survival rates fourfold amongst athletes suffering cardiac arrest, a study has found. In less than half of cases, a bystander ...
Steroid doping tests ignore vital ethnic differences in hormone activity
Mar 12, 2009 |
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Current steroid (testosterone) doping tests should be scrapped for international sport, because they ignore vital ethnic differences in hormone activity, suggests research published ahead of print in the British Journal of ...
