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Topic- Sports and athletics
Stats: Only 9% of sport and exercise science studies include older women
Action is urgently needed to address the dearth of older women in sport and exercise science, not only for the sake of the growing numbers of female athletes, but for women's health in general, a group of international researchers urged in an editorial, published online in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. Additional research in this area will also inform active-aging community management and perhaps offer opportunities for collaboration.
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ACSM: How to return safely to sports, activity
The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) has published a call to action statement addressing COVID-19 and safely returning to sports and exercise -- critical information for all organizations. The statement highlights the current science around COVID-19 and provides 12 action steps to consider. The authors summarize the current scientific knowledge about COVID-19, its transmission and the negative effects of physical inactivity.
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First-time marathoners cut vascular age by four years
Even if you support regular physical activities among your constituents, you may hesitate to encourage embarking on a first-time marathon, or to embark on one yourself. But a new study shows that for first-time marathon runners, training and completion of the marathon was associated with reductions in blood pressure and aortic stiffening that were equivalent to a four-year reduction in vascular age, with the greatest benefits seen in older, slower male marathon runners with higher baseline blood pressure.
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Discourage surgery for shoulder pain: expert panel
Surgery should not be performed in almost all patients with a common cause of shoulder pain known as subacromial pain syndrome or SAPS (also called shoulder impingement or rotator cuff disease), say a panel of international experts.
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Individual or team sports ease retirement transitions
When interviewing 250 residents of a retirement community, the author of a new report defined “sport” as both formal and informal activities, including organized team sports, running and shuffleboard.
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