Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5718/1510037
Baseline Values of the SCAT in Mexican Football Association Players
Ortiz MI, Murguia-Canovas G
Article Type: Research Article | First Published: February 16, 2016
Recently, there has been increasing cases of sports-related concussion. Individuals with this kind of injury may develop acute or chronic symptoms that may affect their health and athletic performance. Therefore, the main objective of this study was to determine the baseline scores in all domains of the Sport Concussion Assessment Tool (SCAT) among Mexican football association players....
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5718/1510035
The Effect of Dynamic and Static Stretching on Golf Driving Performance
Graeme G. Sorbie, Julien S. Baker, Yaodong Gu and U. Chris Ugbolue
Article Type: Original Research Article | First Published: January 11, 2016
The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of dynamic and static stretching warm-up routines on golf driving performance. Three different components were tested; namely carry distance, accuracy and ball contact. Twelve male competitive golfers took part in the experiment. Two supervised warm-up treatments were tested on nonconsecutive days. Each subject was randomized to either a dynamic stretching (DS) or static stretching (SS) routine. The DS and SS protocols consisted of nine stretch...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5718/1510034
Correlations between Vitamin D Concentrations and Lipid Poanels in Active Duty and Veteran Military Personnel
Ashlyn M. Hiserote, Cristobal S. Berry-Caban, Qiang Wu and Laurel M. Wentz
Article Type: Original Article | First Published: January 07, 2016
Vitamin D deficiency is common in the United States and has been associated with dyslipidemia along with additional cardiovascular conditions. Dyslipidemia raises the risk for cardiovascular disease and has been linked to symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in military personnel. The purpose of this study was to identify significant correlations between serum vitamin D and lipid panel concentrations in active duty and veteran military personnel. This analysis examined 3,053 unique ...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5718/1510033
Caribbean Sports and Nutrition: Focus on the Glycemic Index
Fitzroy J. Henry
Article Type: Review Article | First Published: January 05, 2016
Caribbean athletes have displayed their admirable talents at global events for many years. More recently, they have become world champions and record holders. Given the small size of the Caribbean population these mighty achievements are truly remarkable. Even more remarkable is the fact that these athletes seldom utilize one of the most important performance enhancers - nutrition this paper highlights the value of appropriate uses of carbohydrate, particularly the glycemic index, in various spo...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5718/1510032
Validity of a Kinect-based Tracking System for Clinical Assessment of Knee Kinematics
Edward Nyman, Jr.
Article Type: Original Research Article | First Published: January 04, 2016
The primary objective of this study was validation of a three-dimensional single-camera system (Kinect) for use as a clinical screening tool for evaluating knee kinematics during drop jump landings. Lower extremity kinematics for each of eight adolescent female participants were simultaneously tracked by a traditional motion capture system and the prototype Kinect-based tracking system during performance of a drop jump landing task. Peak sagittal plane knee flexion angle and minimum knee separat...