scholarly journals Relations Among Locus of Control, Religiosity, and Resiliency in Collegiate Football Players

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chazz P. Slatinsky ◽  
Gene L. Farren ◽  
Michelle Bartlett ◽  
Vanessa Fiaud ◽  
Rick Haasl
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Football Players ◽  
Collegiate Football

scholarly journals Effect of Resisted Sprint and Plyometric Training on Lower Limb Functional Performance in Collegiate Male Football Players: A Randomised Control Trial

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (13) ◽  
pp. 6702
Author(s):  
Shahnaz Hasan ◽  
Gokulakannan Kandasamy ◽  
Danah Alyahya ◽  
Asma Alonazi ◽  
Azfar Jamal ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Functional Performance ◽  
Group Analysis ◽  
Training Group ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Football Players ◽  
Plyometric Training ◽  
Sprint Training ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Hop Test ◽  
Collegiate Football

The main objectives of this study were to evaluate the short-term effects of resisted sprint and plyometric training on sprint performance together with lower limb physiological and functional performance in collegiate football players. Ninety collegiate football players participated in this three-arm, parallel group randomized controlled trial study. Participants were randomly divided into a control group and two experimental groups: resisted sprint training (RST) (n = 30), plyometric training (PT) (n = 30), and a control group (n = 30). Participants received their respective training program for six weeks on alternate days. The primary outcome measures were a knee extensor strength test (measured by an ISOMOVE dynamometer), a sprint test and a single leg triple hop test. Measurements were taken at baseline and after 6 weeks post-training. Participants, caregivers, and those assigning the outcomes were blinded to the group assignment. A mixed design analysis of variance was used to compare between groups, within-group and the interaction between time and group. A within-group analysis revealed a significant difference (p < 0.05) when compared to the baseline with the 6 weeks post-intervention scores for all the outcomes including STN (RST: d = 1.63; PT: d = 2.38; Control: d = 2.26), ST (RST: d = 1.21; PT: d = 1.36; Control: d = 0.38), and SLTHT (RST: d = 0.76; PT: d = 0.61; Control: d = 0.18). A sub-group analysis demonstrated an increase in strength in the plyometric training group (95% CI 14.73 to 15.09, p = 0.00), an increase in the single leg triple hop test in the resisted sprint training group (95% CI 516.41 to 538.4, p = 0.05), and the sprint test was also improved in both experimental groups (95% CI 8.54 to 8.82, p = 0.00). Our findings suggest that, during a short-term training period, RST or PT training are equally capable of enhancing the neuromechanical capacities of collegiate football players. No adverse events were reported by the participants.

Midfoot Sprains in Collegiate Football Players

1994 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 392-401 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott A. Meyer ◽  
John J. Callaghan ◽  
John P. Albright ◽  
Edward T. Crowley ◽  
John W. Powell
Keyword(s):  
Football Players ◽  
Collegiate Football

scholarly journals Prediction of Core and Lower Extremity Strains and Sprains in Collegiate Football Players: A Preliminary Study

2012 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 264-272 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary B. Wilkerson ◽  
Jessica L. Giles ◽  
Dustin K. Seibel
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Confidence Interval ◽  
Lower Extremity ◽  
Receiver Operating Characteristic ◽  
Injury Risk ◽  
Operating Characteristic ◽  
Football Players ◽  
Low Back ◽  
Collegiate Football ◽  
Receiver Operating

Context: Poor core stability is believed to increase vulnerability to uncontrolled joint displacements throughout the kinetic chain between the foot and the lumbar spine. Objective: To assess the value of preparticipation measurements as predictors of core or lower extremity strains or sprains in collegiate football players. Design: Cohort study. Setting: National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Football Championship Subdivision football program. Patients or Other Participants: All team members who were present for a mandatory physical examination on the day before preseason practice sessions began (n  =  83). Main Outcome Measure(s): Preparticipation administration of surveys to assess low back, knee, and ankle function; documentation of knee and ankle injury history; determination of body mass index; 4 different assessments of core muscle endurance; and measurement of step-test recovery heart rate. All injuries were documented throughout the preseason practice period and 11-game season. Receiver operating characteristic analysis and logistic regression analysis were used to identify dichotomized predictive factors that best discriminated injured from uninjured status. The 75th and 50th percentiles were evaluated as alternative cutpoints for dichotomization of injury predictors. Results: Players with ≥2 of 3 potentially modifiable risk factors related to core function had 2 times greater risk for injury than those with &lt;2 factors (95% confidence interval  =  1.27, 4.22), and adding a high level of exposure to game conditions increased the injury risk to 3 times greater (95% confidence interval  =  1.95, 4.98). Prediction models that used the 75th and 50th percentile cutpoints yielded results that were very similar to those for the model that used receiver operating characteristic-derived cutpoints. Conclusions: Low back dysfunction and suboptimal endurance of the core musculature appear to be important modifiable football injury risk factors that can be identified on preparticipation screening. These predictors need to be assessed in a prospective manner with a larger sample of collegiate football players.

Distal MCL Grade III Injuries in Collegiate Football Players: Operative Management, Rehabilitation, and Return to Play.

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Josue Acevedo ◽  
Allison L. Boden ◽  
Dylan N. Greif ◽  
Christopher P. Emerson ◽  
Jeffrey T. Ruiz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Operative Management ◽  
Return To Play ◽  
Football Players ◽  
Collegiate Football ◽  
Grade Iii

Abstract

scholarly journals Multiple flexor tendon pulley ruptures in a division 1 collegiate football player

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kelly Scott ◽  
Donald Dulle ◽  
Genaro Garcia ◽  
Jonathan A. Flug ◽  
Anikar Chhabra
Keyword(s):  
Treatment Option ◽  
Successful Treatment ◽  
Flexor Tendon ◽  
Football Player ◽  
Football Players ◽  
Division 1 ◽  
Complete Disruption ◽  
Collegiate Football

Injuries to the hand and digits are common in football players. To our knowledge, there have been no reports on multiple flexor pulley ruptures in football players treated non-operatively through splinting and taping techniques. A 22-year old collegiate defensive lineman sustained an injury resulting in complete disruption of the annular 2, 3, 4, and cruciate 1 and 2 pulleys. The patient was successfully treated with serial custom splints for 12 weeks. Our splinting and taping techniques and timing of these have not been previously described. This case illustrates a successful treatment option in football players with multiple flexor pulley ruptures.

scholarly journals Age of First Exposure to American Football and Behavioral, Cognitive, Psychological, and Physical Outcomes in High School and Collegiate Football Players

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 332-342 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin L. Brett ◽  
Daniel L. Huber ◽  
Alexa Wild ◽  
Lindsay D. Nelson ◽  
Michael A. McCrea
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Clinical Outcome ◽  
Outcome Measures ◽  
Collegiate Athletes ◽  
American Football ◽  
Outcome Variable ◽  
Football Players ◽  
Level Of Evidence ◽  
Intermediate Outcomes ◽  
Collegiate Football

Background: Although some studies have observed a relationship between age of first exposure (AFE) to American football and long-term outcomes, recent findings in collegiate athletes did not observe a relationship between AFE and more intermediate outcomes at early adulthood. This, however, requires independent replication. Hypothesis: There will be no association between AFE to football and behavioral, cognitive, emotional/psychological, and physical functioning in high school and collegiate athletes. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Level of Evidence: Level 3. Methods: Active high school and collegiate football players (N = 1802) underwent a comprehensive preseason evaluation on several clinical outcome measures. Demographic and health variables that significantly differed across AFE groups were identified as potential covariates. General linear models (GLMs) with AFE as the independent variable were performed for each clinical outcome variable. Similar GLMs that included identified covariates, with AFE as the predictor, were subsequently performed for each clinical outcome variable. Results: After controlling for covariates of age, concussion history, race, and a diagnosis of ADHD, earlier AFE (<12 vs ≥12 years) did not significantly predict poorer performance on any clinical outcome measures (all P > 0.05). A single statistically significant association between AFE group and somatization score was recorded, with AFE <12 years exhibiting lower levels of somatization. Conclusion: In a large cohort of active high school and collegiate football student-athletes, AFE before the age of 12 years was not associated with worse behavioral, cognitive, psychological, and physical (oculomotor functioning and postural stability) outcomes. Clinical Relevance The current findings suggest that timing of onset of football exposure does not result in poorer functioning in adolescence and young adults and may contribute to resilience through decreased levels of physically related psychological distress.

Comparison of Preseason, Midseason, and Postseason Neurocognitive Scores in Uninjured Collegiate Football Players

2007 ◽  
Vol 35 (8) ◽  
pp. 1284-1288 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer R. Miller ◽  
Gregory J. Adamson ◽  
Marilyn M. Pink ◽  
John C. Sweet
Keyword(s):  
Test Scores ◽  
Repeated Measures ◽  
Clinical Symptoms ◽  
Case Series ◽  
Cognitive Testing ◽  
Football Players ◽  
Division Iii ◽  
Level Of Evidence ◽  
Neurocognitive Test ◽  
Collegiate Football

Background College football players sustain an average of 3 subconcussive blows to the head per game. Concussions correlate with decreases in standardized neurocognitive test scores. It is not known whether repetitive, subconcussive microtrauma associated with participation in a full season of collision sport affects neurocognitive test scores. Hypothesis No difference exists between preseason, midseason, and postseason Standardized Assessment of Concussion (SAC) and Immediate Post-Concussion Assessment and Cognitive Testing (ImPACT) scores when collegiate football players sustain subconcussive microtrauma from forceful, repetitive contact activity. Study Design Case series; Level of evidence, 4. Methods Fifty-eight members of a Division III collegiate football team who had no known concussion during the season voluntarily completed the SAC and ImPACT instruments preseason, midseason, and postseason. A repeated measures analysis of variance was used to compare the scores at the 3 time intervals (P < .05). Results No statistically significant decreases were found in overall SAC or ImPACT scores or in any of the domains or composites of the tests (P < .05) when preseason, midseason, and postseason scores were evaluated. Conclusions ImPACT and SAC neurocognitive test scores are not significantly altered by a season of repetitive contact in collegiate football athletes who have not sustained a concussion. Clinical Relevance A diminution in SAC or ImPACT scores in concert with clinical symptoms and findings should be interpreted as evidence of a postconcussive event.

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