Structural equation modelling analysis of the relationship between transformational leadership style of coaches, sport commitment, and athletes' satisfiction among Iranian high school footbal players by Saybani, Hamidreza

“…A total of 280 high schools‘ football players were selected from 31 high schools football teams using the simple random sampling procedure. …”
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Suicide in Older Adult Men Is Not Related to a Personal History of Participation in Football by Grant L. Iverson, Grant L. Iverson, Grant L. Iverson, Grant L. Iverson, Grant L. Iverson, Amy Deep-Soboslay, Thomas M. Hyde, Thomas M. Hyde, Thomas M. Hyde, Joel E. Kleinman, Joel E. Kleinman, Brittany Erskine, Amanda Fisher-Hubbard, Joyce L. deJong, Rudolph J. Castellani

“…Introduction: It is reasonable to estimate that tens of millions of men in the United States played high school football. There is societal concern that participation in football confers risk for later-in-life mental health problems. …”
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Age of First Exposure to Football Is Not Associated With Later-in-Life Cognitive or Mental Health Problems by Grant L. Iverson, Grant L. Iverson, Grant L. Iverson, Grant L. Iverson, Jaclyn B. Caccese, Zachary C. Merz, Zachary C. Merz, Fionn Büttner, Douglas P. Terry, Douglas P. Terry, Douglas P. Terry

“…Background: The purpose of this study was to determine if earlier age of first exposure to football is associated with worse brain health in middle-aged and older adult men who played high school football.Methods: Men from the United States, aged 35 and older, who reported playing high school football, completed a customized, online health survey via the Amazon Mechanical Turk (mTurk) platform. …”
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MEG measured delta waves increase in adolescents after concussion by Elizabeth M. Davenport, Jillian E. Urban, Christopher Vaughan, Jesse C. DeSimone, Ben Wagner, Mark A. Espeland, Alexander K. Powers, Christopher T. Whitlow, Joel D. Stitzel, Joseph A. Maldjian

“…MEG whole‐brain delta power was calculated for each subject and normalized by the subject's total power. In eight high school football players diagnosed with a concussion during the season (mean age = 15.8), preseason delta power was subtracted from their postseason scan. …”
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Correlation between Repeated Sprint Ability (RSA) and Hoff Test of High School Soccer Plyers by Se-Young Seon, Byoung-Jae Park

“…METHODS Fourteen male high school football players participated in this study. …”
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Young Adolescent With Restricted Arm Motion During a Preparticipation Physical Exam by Audrey A. Potts, Madison L. McLachlan, Rebecca J. Stoll, Thomas Billings, Nathaniel E. Miller

“…This case of a high school football player’s routine PPE that resulted in surgery highlights not only whether sport participation is safe, but also the importance of direct, specific language that asks about the history of any injuries, rather than specifically sports related.…”
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Association Between Proteomic Blood Biomarkers and DTI/NODDI Metrics in Adolescent Football Players: A Pilot Study by Keisuke Kawata, Keisuke Kawata, Jesse A. Steinfeldt, Megan E. Huibregtse, Madeleine K. Nowak, Jonathan T. Macy, Kyle Kercher, Devin J. Rettke, Andrea Shin, Zhongxue Chen, Keisuke Ejima, Sharlene D. Newman, Sharlene D. Newman, Hu Cheng, Hu Cheng

“…Our data suggest that high school football players may develop axonal microstructural abnormality in the corpus callosum and surrounding white matter tracts, such as longitudinal fasciculus. …”
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Factors associated with U.S. adults' willingness to allow teenagers to play tackle football. by Kyle A Kercher, Jonathan T Macy, Dong-Chul Seo, Jesse A Steinfeldt

“…This study provides the first nationally representative examination of willingness to allow tackle football participation while extending our understanding of the gap between policy, public perception, and behavior present in U.S. high school football. These results point to promising directions for stakeholders aiming to increase tackle football participation as an increased understanding of the factors associated with participation may help inform effective policymaking, intervention design, and parental decision making.…”
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Feasibility Assessment of the Reebok CHECKLIGHT™ and King-Devick tests as Screening tools in Youth Football by Brent Harper, Adrian Aron, Alex Siyufy, Angela Mickle, Ken Cox

“…The purpose of this article is to discuss the viability of use for the Reebok CHECKLIGHT™ system and its correlation to concussive events screening in two levels of football: youth recreation league football (ages 11-13) and high school football (ages 13-18). Results: The Reebok CHECKLIGHT™ system activation did not correlate with the King-Devick score (r=-0.08, p=0.7). …”
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The association between adolescent football participation and early adulthood depression. by Sameer K Deshpande, Raiden B Hasegawa, Jordan Weiss, Dylan S Small

“…Given the large affected population (over 1 million boys play high school football annually), careful estimation of the long-term health effects of playing football is necessary for developing effective public health policy. …”
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Effects of Mobile-Based Rehabilitation in Adolescent Football Players with Recurrent Lateral Ankle Sprains during the COVID-19 Pandemic by Xiaobo Qu, Kai Li, Sangcheul Nam

“…This study investigated the effects of mobile-based rehabilitation (MBR) performed at home by high school football players. Sixty players (SVR: 30 and MBR: 30) with recurrent ankle sprains were analyzed. …”
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Google Trends? and Quality of Information Analyses of Google? Searches Pertaining to Concussion by Mehul Mehra, Pierce A. Brody, Simran Mehrotra, Om Sakhalkar, Todd Maugans

“…We identified a strong negative correlation from 2009 to 2016 between GT scores and total number of American high school football participants (R2?=?0.8553) and participants per school (R2?…”
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Effects of Ankle Muscle Contraction Method on Strength, Flexibility and Balance of Ankle Joint in High School Soccer Player by Sang-hyup Song

“…PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of ankle muscle contraction method on strength, flexibility and balance of ankle joint in high school football player. METHODS Thirty-six high school soccer male players participated in this study. …”
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Participating in Two Video Concussion Education Programs Sequentially Improves Concussion-Reporting Intention by Daniel H. Daneshvar, Daniel H. Daneshvar, Christine M. Baugh, Roberto D. Lama, Maya Yutsis, Roy D. Pea, Shelley Goldman, Gerald A. Grant, Robert C. Cantu, Lee M. Sanders, Ross D. Zafonte, Ross D. Zafonte, Brian Hainline, Piya Sorcar

“…The study randomized 313 male high school football players to first receive CrashCourse concussion education (CC) or Centers for Disease Control and Prevention video concussion education (CDC) followed by crossover with the other education. …”
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Surgical Outcomes of Severe Turf Toe Injuries in High-Level Football Players by Norman Waldrop MD, Kenneth Smith MD

“…The inclusion criteria included: age greater than 16, turf toe injury requiring operative management and at least a varsity level high school football player. Our patient population consisted of thirteen patients. …”
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Athlete Enjoyment of Prior Education Moderates change in Concussion-Reporting Intention after Interactive Education by Daniel H. Daneshvar MD, PhD, Christine M. Baugh PhD, MPH, Maya Yutsis PhD, Roy D. Pea DPhil, Shelley Goldman EdD, Gerald A. Grant MD, Robert C. Cantu MD, Lee M. Sanders MD, MPH, Christine L. Chen BS, Roberto D. Lama, Ross D. Zafonte DO, Piya Sorcar PhD

“…Quantitative assessment utilizing ANOVA with moderation analysis of 173 male high school football players, aged 13 to 17, who completed baseline assessments of concussion knowledge, concussion reporting, and attitudes about prior educational interventions. …”
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Age of First Exposure to Contact and Collision Sports and Later in Life Brain Health: A Narrative Review by Grant L. Iverson, Grant L. Iverson, Grant L. Iverson, Grant L. Iverson, Fionn Büttner, Jaclyn B. Caccese, Jaclyn B. Caccese

“…The accumulated research to date suggests that earlier AFE to contact/collision sports is not associated with worse cognitive functioning or mental health in (i) current high school athletes, (ii) current collegiate athletes, or (iii) middle-aged men who played high school football. The literature on former NFL players is mixed and does not, at present, clearly support the theory that exposure to tackle football before age 12 is associated with later in life cognitive impairment or mental health problems.…”
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ACL Rupture in Collegiate Wrestler by Lindsay A. Palmer, Nicholas Perez

“…He played a whole season of high school football and a whole season of wrestling his senior year with the ACL ruptured. …”
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Athletes' satisfaction as mediator of transformational leadership behaviors of coaches and football players' sport commitment relationship by Saybani, H., Yusof, A., Soon, C., Hassan, Aminuddin, Zardoshtian, S.

“…The purpose of this study was to investigate the mediation role of athlete satisfaction on the relationship between transformational leadership style of Iranian high schools’ coaches and sport commitment of Iranian high schools’ football players and also to develop a coaching model. …”
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