Collective conceptualization of parental support of dual career athletes: The EMPATIA framework.

Background: This study aimed to use a concept mapping methodology to develop a European framework of the needs of parents/guardians (P/G) for supporting athletes combining sport and education (dual career, DC).

Methods: By means of a concept mapping methodology, 337 French, Irish, Italian, Portuguese, and Slovenian parents sorted and rated 80 potential statements associated to parenting DC athletes.

Results: Five distinct clusters emerged: 1.

Understanding the educational needs of parenting athletes involved in sport and education: The parents' view.

Background: Despite the fact that an educational programme for parents of youth tennis players has been launched recently, there is a need to empower parents of athletes in sustaining the combination of education and sport careers (i.e., dual career) of their talented and elite athletes across sports.

Rock 'n' roll phacoemulsification technique: noncracking and nonchopping approach.

The rock 'n' roll phaco technique we describe does not require nucleus chopping or cracking. In this easy-to-learn technique, the lens nucleus is fragmented from both sides, which seems to be an advantage in very soft nuclei.