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Roundtable on Preseason Heat Safety in Secondary School Athletics: Heat Acclimatization
CONCLUSIONS: A period of heat acclimatization consisting of ≥14 consecutive days should be implemented at the start of fall preseason training or practices for all secondary school athletes to mitigate the risk of exertional heat illness. The heat-acclimatization guidelines should outline specific actions for secondary school athletics personnel to use, including the duration of training, the number of training sessions permitted per day, and adequate rest periods in a cool environment. Further, these guidelines should include sport-specific and athlete-specific recommendations, such as phasing in protective equipment an...
Source: Journal of Athletic Training - April 20, 2021 Category: Sports Medicine Authors: William M Adams Yuri Hosokawa Douglas J Casa Julien D P ériard Sebastien Racinais Jonathan E Wingo Susan W Yeargin Samantha E Scarneo-Miller Zachary Y Kerr Luke N Belval Denise Alosa David Csillan Cynthia LaBella Lisa Walker Source Type: research

Analysis of States' Barriers to and Progress Toward Implementation of Health and Safety Policies for Secondary School Athletics.
CONCLUSIONS: Although a majority of respondents reported progress in implementing health and safety policies in their states, perceived barriers pointed to the need for the continued education of state leaders in charge of developing and implementing health and safety policies. Despite these barriers, collaboration among key stakeholders is crucial to successful implementation of best-practice policies in secondary school athletics. PMID: 31017807 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: J Athl Train - April 23, 2019 Category: Sports Medicine Authors: Pike A, Adams WM, Huggins RA, Mazerolle SM, Casa DJ Tags: J Athl Train Source Type: research

Implementing Health and Safety Policy Changes at the High School Level From a Leadership Perspective.
CONCLUSIONS:  The initiating factor that spurred the change varied, yet shared leadership and communication fundamentally allowed for successful adoption of the policy. Our participants were influenced by the recommendations from national governing bodies, which align with the institutional change theory. As more states begin to examine and improve their health and safety policies, this information could serve as a valuable resource for athletic trainers in other states and for future health and safety initiatives. PMID: 27002250 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: J Athl Train - March 21, 2016 Category: Sports Medicine Authors: Pagnotta KD, Mazerolle SM, Pitney WA, Burton LJ, Casa DJ Tags: J Athl Train Source Type: research

Heat Illness in Football: Current Concepts
Despite growing health and safety concerns, American football remains a vastly popular sport in the United States. Unfortunately, even with increased efforts in promoting education and hydration, the incidence of death from exertional heat stroke continues to rise. General risk factors such as hydration status, obesity, fitness level, and football-specific risk factors such as timing of training camp and equipment all contribute to the development of heat illness. At the professional level, changes have been made to effectively reduce mortality from heat stroke with no deaths since August 2001. However, there have been at ...
Source: Current Sports Medicine Reports - November 1, 2015 Category: Sports Medicine Tags: Special Populations: Section Articles Source Type: research

Heat Illness in Football: Current Concepts.
Abstract Despite growing health and safety concerns, American football remains a vastly popular sport in the United States. Unfortunately, even with increased efforts in promoting education and hydration, the incidence of death from exertional heat stroke continues to rise. General risk factors such as hydration status, obesity, fitness level, and football-specific risk factors such as timing of training camp and equipment all contribute to the development of heat illness. At the professional level, changes have been made to effectively reduce mortality from heat stroke with no deaths since August 2001. However, t...
Source: Current Sports Medicine Reports - November 1, 2015 Category: Sports Medicine Authors: Krohn AR, Sikka R, Olson DE Tags: Curr Sports Med Rep Source Type: research

Athlete health and safety in rowing: editorial by the FISA (rowing) Sports Medicine Commission
Rowing should become the favourite sport of our young people as no other exercise can provide them with the physical and moral qualities that they need: energy, initiative and health —Pierre de Coubertin The FISA Sports Medicine Commission advises the FISA Council and member federations on rowing-related sports medicine issues. Rowing has been part of the Olympic programme since 1896; women’s rowing was introduced as an Olympic sport in 1976 and the lightweight category was included in 1996. The first World Championships for ‘Adaptive’ (persons with a disability) rowers was in 2002. Rowing was intro...
Source: British Journal of Sports Medicine - October 12, 2014 Category: Sports Medicine Authors: Lacoste, A., Hannafin, J., Wilkinson, M., Smith, M., Oswald, D., Rolland, J.-C. Tags: Editorial Source Type: research