The health status of retired American football players: Super Bowl III revisited.

Background: Despite a perception that retired professional football players have poor health, there are little supporting data.

Hypothesis: Retired football players have poor health compared with age-matched population norms.

Study Design: Cross-sectional study; Level of evidence, 4.

Endurance Training.

To improve endurance athletes' performance, exercise physiologists and coaches often recommend over-distance training. Frequently, though, athletes misinterpret this recommendation and increase their risk of injury and staleness by training excessively.

Orthopedic Problems in Middle-Aged Athletes.

Middle-aged athletes are just like other athletes-they don't want to stop participating when they are injured. This article describes some special problems and solutions for this group.

Children's Sports Injuries: Are They Avoidable?

In this study of 51 children's sports injuries, 21 injuries occurred in a nonorganized setting and 32 were deemed avoidable. Preventive measures are discussed.