THE SOCIOCULTURAL CONTEXT OF SPORT AND HEALTH - PROBLEMS OF CAUSAL RELATIONS AND STRUCTURAL INTERDEPENDENCE

Authors
LUSCHEN G COCKERHAM W KUNZ G
Citation
G. Luschen et al., THE SOCIOCULTURAL CONTEXT OF SPORT AND HEALTH - PROBLEMS OF CAUSAL RELATIONS AND STRUCTURAL INTERDEPENDENCE, Sociology of sport journal, 13(2), 1996, pp. 197-213
Citations number
49
Categorie Soggetti
Sociology
Journal title
Sociology of sport journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
07411235
Volume
13
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
197 - 213
Database
ISI
SICI code
0741-1235(1996)13:2<197:TSCOSA>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
The review existing research shows the health impacts of sport mainly on the cardiovascular, system. Other causal relations are less firm, a nd results for the skeleton and accidents appear to be negative. Resul ts of the American-German Health Study of 1985 confirm such results an d indicate that sports' interdependence with health culture is stronge r than a supposedy causal impact on indicators of health status.