J Sport Med Phys Fit
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Amputation in athletes has a substantial impact on lifestyle and sporting activity, as well as self-perception and quality of life. The impact of limb loss on athletic ability will vary depending on the cause of amputation and the anatomical location of the amputation. The use of sporting activity for rehabilitation of amputees was first introduced in 1944 at Stoke Mandeville Hospital. ⋯ This can cause subsequent degenerative changes within the remaining joints on the amputated limb as well as the contralateral limb. Factors affecting return to sporting activity are multivariate and inter-related, including patient factors, surgical factors, nature and level of the sporting activity and prosthetic factors. The authors review current literature, detail predictive factors of return to sport and the physical and psychosocial impact on patients following limb amputation.
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J Sport Med Phys Fit · Feb 2014
The King-Devick test as a concussion screening tool administered by sports parents.
Sports-related concussion has received increasing awareness due to short- and long-term neurologic sequelae seen among athletes. The King-Devick (K-D) test captures impairment of eye movements and other correlates of suboptimal brain function. We investigated the K-D test as a screening for concussion when administered by layperson sports parents in a cohort of amateur boxers. ⋯ The K-D test is a rapid sideline screening tool for concussion that can be effectively administered by non-medically trained laypersons.
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J Sport Med Phys Fit · Dec 2013
The effects of positive airway pressure on cardiovascular responses, perceived effort and time to exhaustion during high-intensity exercise in healthy subjects.
We investigated the effects of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) on the time to fatigue, rates of perceived exertion (RPE), and cardiovascular responses during sustained, high-intensity exercise (80% of VO2peak). ⋯ During sustained, high-intensity exercise (80% of VO2peak), CPAP extended the time to fatigue in healthy subjects but did not change the heart rate, blood pressure or rate pressure product. Additionally, the central and peripheral RPEs remained lower for a longer period of time during exercise with CPAP.
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J Sport Med Phys Fit · Apr 2013
Physical activity and fitness in adolescence as predictors of self-estimated fitness in adulthood.
This study investigated how participation in leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) and physical fitness (PF) in adolescence (age 12-18) predict self-estimated physical fitness (SEF) in adulthood (age 37-43). ⋯ Results indicated that associations for self-estimated fitness from adolescence to adulthood were stronger in fitness than in leisure-time physical activity. The risk of adult low self-estimated fitness level was significantly lower for subjects who were physically very active or on the high fitness level in adolescence compared to persons on the low activity or low fitness level.
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J Sport Med Phys Fit · Jun 2011
Cardiorespiratory fitness and oxidative stress: effect of acute maximal aerobic exercise in children and adolescents.
Evaluate the effects of oxidative stress in saliva in young males, according to their cardiorespiratory fitness and taking acute maximal aerobic exercise into consideration. An incremental exercise test (20 meter shuttle run) was used. ⋯ High cardiorespiratory fitness does not seem to be an essential factor effecting in the oxidative stress values before exercise. However, oxidative stress could be greater with more intensity and duration after and acute maximal physical exercise.