Alpine ski racing is one of the most popular sports in many countries; nevertheless, selection
disadvantages and severe injuries result in high dropout rates. In this review we summarize …

Purpose: To compare characteristics of club level male soccer players 11 and 13 years of
age, and to evaluate playing status in soccer two and 10 years after baseline by birth quarter …

Alpine ski racing is known to be a sport with a high risk of injuries. Because most studies
have focused mainly on top-level athletes and on traumatic injuries, limited research exists …

Objective. To conduct a bibliometric analysis of scientific production regarding the relative
age effect in sport, using data from the PubMed and Scopus databases spanning from …

To investigate the RAE in elite female soccer players, the absolute and relative birthdate
distributions of players who disputed the Women's World Cup were assessed. Differences …

Since the relative age effect (RAE) characterizes a problem in all age categories of alpine
ski racing and soccer and the fact that, yet, to date the underlying factors have not been well …

Physical education (PE) is perhaps the school subject most likely to produce relative age
effects (RAE). Like in sports, physical maturity gives students an advantage in PE, which …

Background Studies on injuries and illnesses involving youth ski racers younger than 15
years are lacking in the literature. The aim of this study was prospectively to assess the …

Alpine ski racing is a sport with a high risk of injuries. In order to contribute to the longitudinal
career development of young athletes, prevention measures should be elaborated …

The present study investigated characteristics of the relative age effect (RAE) among a
general sample of Japanese elementary and junior high school students. Japan applies a …