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Dental trauma associated with high impact sport

open access: yesJournal of Orofacial Sciences, 2015
The objective of this study was to report a case of tooth fracture during the sport practice and the treatment performed for the patient. A 17-year-old male patient was subjected to an endontic treatment followed by the reattachment of the fractured ...
Marcelo Coelho Goiato   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Wearable Soft Actuator for Directional Tactile Stimulation: Design and Testing

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
A wearable actuator able to produce directional tactile stimulation is obtained by embedding a planar shape memory spring in silicone matrix. The matrix is designed taking into account skin characteristics and leveraging its multifunctionality: it acts as a bias load, improves the thermal behavior of the spring and wearability.
Fabio Lazzari   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Eyewear protection [PDF]

open access: yes, 2000
Sports-related eye injuries increased more than 100% in the last three years. More significant is the fact thai nearly 90% could have been prevented had the athletes been wearing protective eyewear. A key to getting athletes to wear proper and protective
Hecimovich, M.
core   +1 more source

The acute:chronic workload ratio: challenges and prospects for improvement [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2019
Injuries occur when an athlete performs a greater amount of activity (workload) than what their body can absorb. To maximize the positive effects of training while avoiding injuries, athletes and coaches need to determine safe workload levels. The International Olympic Committee has recommended using the acute:chronic workload ratio (ACRatio) to ...
arxiv  

Deep Artificial Intelligence for Fantasy Football Language Understanding [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2021
Fantasy sports allow fans to manage a team of their favorite athletes and compete with friends. The fantasy platform aligns the real-world statistical performance of athletes to fantasy scoring and has steadily risen in popularity to an estimated 9.1 million players per month with 4.4 billion player card views on the ESPN Fantasy Football platform from
arxiv  

“Someday, I'll be an ancestor:” Understanding indigenous intergenerational connectedness through qualitative research to inform measure development

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Intergenerational connectedness broadly encompasses relations among humans, lands, and all living and spiritual beings, and functions as an important part of Indigenous well‐being. Many public health campaigns and interventions aim to promote connectedness to support holistic wellness and reduce health inequities. Currently, however, there are
Victoria M. O'Keefe   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Athlete Coping Strategies Relating to Different Types of Stressors [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
Coping strategies used by varsity athletes connected to sports-related stressors have been studied but, what has yet to be determined is if the stressor type affects the coping strategies selected by these athletes.
Loft, Michelle
core   +1 more source

Predictive modelling of football injuries [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2016
The goal of this thesis is to investigate the potential of predictive modelling for football injuries. This work was conducted in close collaboration with Tottenham Hotspurs FC (THFC), the PGA European tour and the participation of Wolverhampton Wanderers (WW). Three investigations were conducted: 1.
arxiv  

The Gender Harassment Experiences of Women Who Play, Coach, Officiate and Manage Sport in Australia

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sport remains a male‐dominated industry despite increasing numbers of women participating and working in a variety roles and contexts. In many sports, women report negative experiences and face gendered challenges as elite players, community players, coaches and referees.
Samantha Marshall   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Examining mood, coping, and social support in the context of athletic injuries [PDF]

open access: yes, 1995
It has recently been estimated that approximately 17 million injuries occur each year in the United States as a result of individuals' participation in sports or physical activity (Booth, 1987).
NC DOCKS at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro   +1 more
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