9/26/2021· Exercise & Fitness
Fitness Facility Operations: A Forensic Perspective
By: Dr. Laura Miele
Fitness facilities provide a number of services to the public. Those services encompass how to train and create an overall healthy being. There are national standards and guidelines that fitness facilities must follow in order to keep their members safe. Some issues that large and small fitness facilities have in common are the lack of knowledge regarding safe practices in the fitness industry
7/28/2021· Recreation & Sports
Knee Injury Prevention Attitudes And Practices Among High School Coaches
By: Dr. Laura Miele
Injury prevention programs have a positive effect on performance and the reduction of risk in most studies and reviews. However, not all teams and coaches utilize them. In order to better understand this, a 19-item survey was conducted to assess high school coaches’ perceptions, attitudes, and current practices regarding knee injury prevention among adolescent athletes
5/27/2021· Recreation & Sports
By: Dr. Laura Miele
Sport participation has increased substantially in the last decade, and so has the incidence of sport-related injuries. Today, over six million students are involved in competitive high school sports across the United States. Even more students are involved in organized club sports- baseball, softball, soccer, basketball, football, lacrosse, hockey, cheerleading, volleyball, wrestling and more.
4/3/2021· Recreation & Sports
Injury Prevention: Amusement Course Safety
By: Dr. Laura Miele
An indoor trampoline park contains wall-to-wall trampolines, bordered either by angled trampoline walls or padding. Recently these parks have added features such as ninja courses, hanging nets, trapeze, wipe out, spider walls, foam obstacles and towers, to name few. All of these features require risk analysis to assist in keeping the public safe.
9/13/2019· Recreation & Sports
Death of Female Iranian Soccer Fan Puts FIFA and Asian Soccer Body in the Dock
When Sahar Khodayari this week set herself alight in front of a Tehran courthouse, she indicted world soccer body FIFA, its Asian regional group, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and their presidents, Gianni Infantino and Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa.
4/6/2009· Injury
Imaging of Sports Injuries of the Ankle and Foot
The foot and ankle are frequently injured during sporting events and may produce considerable disability in many athletes. Injuries of the foot and ankle may be acute or chronic problems. Cass and Morrey1 reported that acute foot and ankle injuries accounted for 10% of emergency room visits
4/25/2007· Recreation & Sports
Safety Precautions In The Health / Fitness Setting
Every club struggles with safety and liability issues. In addition to OSHA, state, and local regulations governing employee safety, clubs must take every reasonable precaution to protect their members from harm – while still offering a satisfying service experience
by Catherine A. Ghiglieri and Jewell D. Hoover
by Jeffrey J. Brown
by Alan Rapoport, MD, et al
