Press Releases

Jul 2020
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A MAJORITY OF YOUTH FOOTBALL HELMETS DO NOT FIT PROPERLY, A RISK FACTOR FOR MORE SEVERE AND LENGTHY CONCUSSIONS DALLAS, TX – New research found that the majority (74%) of football players’ helmets in youth football (7-12 years old) did not meet at least one component of the 13 criteria developed...
Jul 2020
13
SPORT SPECIALIZATION ELEVATES RISK FOR LOWER EXTREMITY STRESS FRACTURES IN FEMALE MILITARY CADETS DALLAS, TX – New research suggests that prior sports specialization is associated with an increased risk of a lower extremity stress fracture in female U.S. Service Academy cadets, but not males during...
Jun 2020
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DALLAS, TX – Sports at every level are re-evaluating the safety of play going into this summer and fall. In addition to COVID-19 considerations, the awareness of the critical nature of athlete safety and emergency preparedness is at an all-time high. Sports participation is among the leading causes...
Mar 2020
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Dallas, TX – National Athletic Trainers’ Association and Go4Ellis , a mobile per-diem job platform, have joined forces to connect thousands of athletic trainers with understaffed hospitals and health care systems throughout the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic. Athletic Trainers are...
Feb 2020
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DALLAS – While Super Bowl LIV occurs during the NFL’s 100 th anniversary, it also marks another historic achievement: the first time, three female athletic trainers (ATs) will provide medical care during a Super Bowl. They will join other powerhouse females instrumental to Super Bowl Sunday:...
Nov 2019
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DALLAS, TX – Despite ongoing tragedies in sports as well as research from a host of sources – including the American Academy of Pediatrics – which state schools with athletic trainers (ATs) have lower injury rates, 1 a study released today showed that 34% of public and private high schools, have no...
Nov 2019
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DALLAS, TX – A study published today in the Journal of Athletic Training , the National Athletic Trainers’ Association’ s (NATA) peer-reviewed scientific publication, finds that more than 47 percent of schools in California do not have an athletic trainer (AT), a health care professional who...
Oct 2019
25
DALLAS, TX – The Journal of Athletic Training , the National Athletic Trainers’ Association’s (NATA) scientific publication, released today Early Single Sport Specialization in a High-Achieving U.S. Athlete Population: Comparing National Collegiate Athletic Association Student-Athletes and...
Oct 2019
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DALLAS, TX – The Journal of Athletic Training , the National Athletic Trainers’ Association’s (NATA) scientific publication, released today A Comparison of Emergency Preparedness Between High School Coaches and Club Sport Coaches and Exploring Coaches’ Perceptions of Youth Sport Specialization: A...
Oct 2019
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DALLAS, TX – The Journal of Athletic Training , the National Athletic Trainers’ Association’s (NATA) scientific publication, released today Sport Specialization and Coordination Differences in Multisport Adolescent Female Basketball, Soccer, and Volleyball Athletes as part of its special thematic...