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Guskiewicz, Kevin M. – Quest, 2011
Increasing physical activity among America's youth is critical in helping to combat chronic diseases such as obesity and diabetes. Therefore, finding the right sporting activities for the youth is important, as is making appropriate biomechanical adjustments or behavior modifications that create a safer means of participation. In this article, the…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Obesity, Athletics, Injuries
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Guskiewicz, Kevin M. – Quest, 2008
Sport and recreational activity is a vital part of today's society, and athletic training researchers are playing an important role in gaining a better understanding of how to promote safe and healthy participation for athletes of all ages. This article aims to illustrate the importance of research to prevent and effectively treat sport and…
Descriptors: Athletics, Injuries, Physical Fitness, Sports Medicine
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Feldman, Heidi M.; And Others – Journal of Communication Disorders, 1992
This article describes the language development in a left-handed young child with a left middle cerebral artery infarction. Patterns of development observed between 36 and 60 months of age are described as a transient jargon or fluent aphasia possibly resulting from initial reliance on an uninjured right hemisphere. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Aphasia, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Developmental Stages, Head Injuries
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Eng, Nancy; Obler, Loraine K. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2002
This case study examines the reading disruptions in a bilingual/biscriptal (Cantonese/English) older adult reader following traumatic brain injury. Certain characteristics of the subject's reading problems were evident in both writing systems (e.g., sensitivity to word frequency and lack of sensitivity to visual complexity) suggesting principles…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Cantonese, Case Studies, Dyslexia