Sports Medicine

Registry will help doctors predict patients' risk, determine best treatmentsCredit: Dan Addison | UVA Communications Researchers have revealed the initial results from the world's largest comprehensive study of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy,…

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine is initiating a new clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of using biologic augmentation during anterior cruciate ligament, or ACL, reconstruction…

Esport athletes at risk for physical, psychological and metabolic disorders, according to study in The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association CHICAGO--November 4, 2019-- Across the U.S. the esports athlete is a rising class of…

Physical activity is thought to be our greatest ally in the fight against cardiovascular disease. But there may be significant variations in its protective effects across a range of different situations, such as regularly playing a sport,…

Credit: Shizue Masuki Ph,D., Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Shinshu University In Japan, health-conscious folks have been known to carry around pedometers to track the number of steps they walk everyday. The target number:…

Study finds coffee ingestion improves 5 km cycling time trial performance in recreationally active men and women by similar magnitude A new study, published in Nutrients, of 38 participants (19 men, 19 women) has found that drinking…

Increased BP, arterial stiffening, LVH Weight gain and high blood pressure in college football players leads to adverse changes in cardiac structure and function, indicating monitoring and early intervention is needed for this young and…

Linemen's rapid weight gain can lead to hardening of heart, arteries, but problems may be offset with increased aerobic training BOSTON - Research has shown that while elite athletes overall are at decreased risk of death from…

What The Study Did: Researchers recruited 126 college football players from two programs in Georgia and South Carolina to examine over three years how cardiovascular risk factors emerged and changed, including weight, blood pressure and…

International team led by Penn State researcher Kathryn Schmitz hopes to shift the paradigm by 2029 HERSHEY, Pa. -- It's well known that exercise is good for preventing and treating many forms of heart disease, but less commonly known are…