Prospective Examination of Special Olympics Sport Retention in Ontario
Rural children and their communities leading the way toward the enhancement of sport and recreation
Poster Presentations – SCRI Conference 2013
Imagining Community: Women’s Ice Hockey, High Performance Sport and Rural Survival in Southern Alberta
Learning from elite and recreational soccer girls about sport longevity and “success” through the quantification of practice and play amounts: Methods and some preliminary data
Room 10 – Contemporary Issues in Sport | Salle 10 – Questions contemporaines dans le sport
Understanding Barriers to Sport in Hamilton, Ontario
Pain relief medication in elite athletes
An alarming number of elite athletes rely on pain relief medication to compete through injuries or enhance performance. Despite some caution about side effects, self-administration is common and can be influenced by coaches and medical staff.
Testosterone and sport performance
Higher testosterone levels are linked to faster sprint times in young male athletes, offering a potential edge in performance. While female athletes showed no correlation, males with higher testosterone ran significantly faster in 20 m and 30 m sprints.
Snow sport injuries
Did you know that professional skiing and snowboarding has an injury incidence rate of 3.49 injuries per 1000 days? Among these injuries, lower extremity injuries are most prevalent, with freestyle skiing exhibiting the highest risk at an alarming 6.83 injuries per 1000 days.