News tagged with soccer players


Half time warm-ups boost athletic performance

High-intensity, short duration warm up activities at half time intervals boost athletic performance, a study of soccer players has found.

Health created May 20, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Jocks beat bookworms on brain test

English Premier League soccer players, NHL hockey players, France's Top 14 club rugby players, and even elite amateur athletes have better developed cognitive functions than the average university student, ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jan 31, 2013 | popularity 2 / 5 (10) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Can playing soccer lead to brain damage?

(HealthDay)—Soccer is an extremely popular team sport, and one of the few that doesn't require any protective head gear. But, a small study of professional soccer players from Germany suggests that even ...

Health created Nov 13, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

High Schools with athletic trainers have more diagnosed concussions, fewer overall injuries

High schools with athletic trainers have lower overall injury rates, according to a new study, "A Comparative Analysis of Injury Rates and Patterns Among Girls' Soccer and Basketball Players," presented Oct. 22 at the American ...

Pediatrics created Oct 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Does gender affect acute concussive injury in soccer players? 'No' according to this study

Many studies suggest gender-related differences in athletes' responses to sports-related concussion. Nevertheless, findings have not been unanimous, and no guidelines regarding gender-specific strategies for prevention or ...

Pediatrics created Oct 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Simple routine could help athletes avoid choking under pressure

Some athletes may improve their performance under pressure simply by squeezing a ball or clenching their left hand before competition to activate certain parts of the brain, according to new research published by the American ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Sep 19, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Sudden death less likely in exercise related cardiac arrests

People who have a cardiac arrest during or shortly after exercise are three times more likely to survive than those who have a cardiac arrest that is not exercise related, according to research presented at the ESC Congress ...

Cardiology created Aug 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Psychological testing may predict success in football

(Medical Xpress) -- Measuring what are known as 'executive functions', which reflect the cognitive ability to deal with sudden problems, may make it possible to predict how good an elite football player will become in the ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Apr 04, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Competitive soccer linked to increased injuries and menstrual dysfunction in girls

In the U.S., there are nearly three million youth soccer players, and half of them are female. New research presented today at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) found that despite ...

Health created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

'Heading' a soccer ball could lead to brain injury

Using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) to study the effects of soccer 'heading,' researchers have found that players who head the ball with high frequency have brain abnormalities similar to those found in traumatic brain injury ...

Health created Nov 29, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Faking it on the soccer field

As the U.S. women prepare for a showdown with France in Wednesday's semifinal of the World Cup of soccer, a research group has reported two tantalizing tendencies in the game. Top female soccer players aren't ...

Other created Jul 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0