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Does one heavy load back squat set lead to postactivation performance enhancement of three-point explosion and sprint in third division American football players?

BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2021
Background American football players need the ability to provide maximal muscular power in a modicum of time. Postactivation performance enhancement (PAPE), which is characterized by an acute improvement of a performance measure following conditioning ...
Robert Bielitzki, Daniel Hamacher, Astrid Zech   +2 more
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Concussion (2015). Cinema and concussions in contact sports

Revista de Medicina y Cine / Journal of Medicine and Movies, 2019
The practice of contact sports (American football, rugby, boxing, mixed martial arts) is associated with an increase in the risk of suffering concussions or brain contusions by athletes, usually caused by traumatic brain injuries.
Miguel ABAD VILA
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North American Football Fans Show Neurofunctional Differences in Response to Violence: Implications for Public Health and Policy

Frontiers in Public Health, 2018
While social and behavioral effects of violence in the media have been studied extensively, much less is known about how sports affect perceptions of violence.
Thomas A. Daniel, Thomas A. Daniel, Thomas A. Daniel, Kyle M. Townsend, Yun Wang, Yun Wang, David S. Martin, Jeffrey S. Katz, Jeffrey S. Katz, Jeffrey S. Katz, Gopikrishna Deshpande, Gopikrishna Deshpande, Gopikrishna Deshpande, Gopikrishna Deshpande   +13 more
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Comparative analysis of models of sports development management on example of football industry: international experience and russian peculiarities

Управление, 2018
The organizational and economic aspects of modern sports development models is considered in the article. The analysis of foreign models such as American and European in comparison with Russian model is conducted.
Sh. M. Ramazanov
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High cognitive demand tasks may detect mild alterations in executive functions in American football players: A pilot study

Revista Mexicana de Neurociencia, 2021
Background: Repeated head trauma associated with sports activities can cause subtle cognitive alterations in amateur players, but these are difficult to detect.
Paul Carrillo-Mora, Vania Aldrete-Cortez, Jorge A. Guzmán-Cortés, Guadalupe García-de la Torre, Laura Tirado-Gómez, Luz Navarro, María Soto-Lara, Kenia F. Franyutti-Prado, Karina G. Barajas-Martínez   +8 more
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Quantitative and qualitative analysis of head and body impacts in American 7v7 non-tackle football

BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine, 2020
Objectives Non-tackle American football is growing in popularity, and it has been proposed as a safer alternative for young athletes interested in American football.
Ron Jadischke, Jessica Zendler, Erik Lovis, Andrew Elliott, Grant C Goulet   +4 more
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The effect of omega-3 fatty acids on a biomarker of head trauma in NCAA football athletes: a multi-site, non-randomized study

Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition, 2021
Background American-style football (ASF) athletes are at risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and exhibit elevated levels of serum neurofilament light (Nf-L), a biomarker of axonal injury that is associated with repetitive head impact exposure over the ...
Jeffery L. Heileson, Anthony J. Anzalone, Aaron F. Carbuhn, Andrew T. Askow, Jason D. Stone, Stephanie M. Turner, Lyn M. Hillyer, David W. L. Ma, Joel A. Luedke, Andrew R. Jagim, Jonathan M. Oliver   +10 more
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Automated player identification and indexing using two-stage deep learning network

Scientific Reports, 2023
American football games attract significant worldwide attention every year. Identifying players from videos in each play is also essential for the indexing of player participation.
Hongshan Liu, Colin Adreon, Noah Wagnon, Abdul Latif Bamba, Xueshen Li, Huapu Liu, Steven MacCall, Yu Gan   +7 more
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Lower hamstring to quadriceps muscle strength ratio and lower body weight as factors associated with noncontact anterior cruciate ligament injury in male American football players: A prospective cohort study

Asia-Pacific Journal of Sports Medicine, Arthroscopy, Rehabilitation and Technology
Background: Previous studies have aimed to determine the use of certain risk factors in predicting the occurrence of noncontact anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries. Unfortunately, evidence regarding noncontact ACL injuries in male American football
Shuji Taketomi, Kohei Kawaguchi, Yuri Mizutani, Seira Takei, Ryota Yamagami, Kenichi Kono, Ryo Murakami, Tomofumi Kage, Takahiro Arakawa, Sayaka Fujiwara, Sakae Tanaka, Toru Ogata   +11 more
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STAGING AND PERFORMING IDENTITY AT THE CROKE PARK CLASSIC: A NOTE ON SPORT, GEOGRAPHY AND NEOLIBERALISM

European Journal of Geography, 2023
American Football has seen limited success in international markets until recently. This paper is based on participant observations that incorporate a geographical perspective of sport and identity focusing on an American Football event played in Dublin,
Nicholas WISE
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