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Texas launching extensive study of brain injuries in young athletes
Texas this week is launching a massive study to examine brain injuries in young athletes and whether new initiatives are making a difference. The study is commissioned by the University Interscholastic League (UIL) and the O'Donnell Brain Institut...
SportsMed: How sleep affects performance
Those in sports often have to consider the time they spend practicing while balancing all the other aspects of their lives. Oftentimes, sleep goes by the wayside. Competitive results and athletic performance are highly reliant on sleep. Sleep is j...
Recycled rubber, turf industries adopting new safety standards
Leading members of the recycled rubber and synthetic turf industries today announced that they are jointly cooperating to ensure all synthetic turf and playground infills meet new American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) toy standards for he...
Indiana quarterback quitting football: ‘I need my brain’
Indiana's appearance in a college football bowl game later this month will be the last for Hoosiers backup quarterback Zander Diamont. The junior announced over the weekend that he would quit football at the end of the season, citing concussion fe...
Study: Athletes who specialize suffer more ankle, knee injuries
A new study has found that athletes who specialize in a single sport are more likely to suffer lower-extremity injuries. [caption id="attachment_18015" align="alignright" width="252"] Photo: Kevin Hoffman[/caption] The study, conducted by resea...
Study: Kids’ brains altered after just one season of football
A new study suggests that sub-concussive blows might be enough to alter the brains of young children who play football. The study was conducted with the help of researchers at the Wake Forest School of Medicine and published in the medical journ...
Grant program offers prep football teams access to athletic trainers
The NFL Foundation, in collaboration with Gatorade, the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA), the Korey Stringer Institute (KSI) and the Professional Football Athletic Trainers Society (PFATS), announced the launch of a pilot program to p...
NBA announces first youth basketball guidelines
The NBA and USA Basketball have teamed up to develop the first-ever youth basketball guidelines aimed at improving the way children, parents and coaches experience the game, with a specific emphasis on promoting player health and wellness. These g...
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