Stephen Kara
6 Papers
59 Citations
Stephen Kara is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Wearable computer. The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 2 publications.
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Papers
Illness during the 2010 Super 14 Rugby Union tournament – a prospective study involving 22 676 player days
Martin Schwellnus,Wayne Derman,Tony Page,Mike Lambert,Clint Readhead,Craig Roberts,Ryan Kohler,Esme Jordaan,Robert Matthew Collins,Stephen Kara,Ian Morris,Org Strauss,Sandra Webb +12 more
TL;DR: Infective illness involving the respiratory tract and gastrointestinal tract together with dermatological illness was common in elite rugby players participating in this international tournament and a delay in reporting of symptoms >24 h could have important clinical implications in player medical care.
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Rugby Fans in Training New Zealand (RUFIT NZ): a randomized controlled trial to assess the effectiveness of a healthy lifestyle program for overweight men delivered through professional rugby clubs
Ralph Maddison,Elaine A. Hargreaves,Yannan Jiang,Amanda Calder,Sally Wyke,Cindy M. Gray,Kate Mathews Hunt,David R. Lubans,Helen Eyles,Nick Draper,Ihirangi Heke,Stephen Kara,Gerhard Sundborn,Claire Arandjus,Lan Gao,Peter Lee,Megumi Lim,Samantha Marsh +17 more
TL;DR: RUFIT-NZ as mentioned in this paper is a rugby fans in training program for overweight and obese men in New Zealand, which is based on the successful Football Fans in Training (FFT) program.
A Novel Method to Assist Clinical Management of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury by Classifying Patient Subgroups Using Wearable Sensors and Exertion Testing: A Pilot Study
TL;DR: In this article , wearable sensor data collected during the Buffalo Concussion Treadmill Test (BCTT) combined with a deep learning approach could accurately classify mTBI patients with physiological PSC versus vestibulo-ocular PSC.
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Can the Buffalo Concussion Treadmill Test Be Used as a Prognostic Indicator for Patients With Sport-Related Mild Traumatic Brain Injury?
TL;DR: In this article , the authors used the Buffalo Concussion Treadmill Test (BCTT) protocol for sport-related mild traumatic brain injury (SR-mTBI) to establish whether time to exercise cessation using the BCTT protocol can be used as a prognostic indicator of recovery after sport-dependent mTBI.
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A novel method to assist clinical management decisions following mTBI using wearable sensors and machine learning
TL;DR: Doherty et al. as mentioned in this paper evaluated whether a convolutional neural network could accurately classify mTBI patients who present with different symptom profiles using features within physiological and biomechanical data collected during an exertional protocol.