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DEFENSIVE GAME PLANNING: Global insights on sports injury prevention
Multinational all-star teams of sports medicine experts convened in Monaco in April for the World Conference on Prevention of Illness & Injury in Sport, now under the direction of the International Olympic Committee. LER’s exclusive coverage of this event details clinical and scientific progress toward prevention of lower extremity injuries in basketball, soccer, volleyball, running, and ice hockey.
May 2011
Lace-up ankle braces reduce risk of sprain in basketball players regardless of history
Findings contrast with prior studies Lace-up ankle braces can significantly reduce the risk of ankle sprain in high school basketball players, even those with no history of injury, according to findings from Wisconsin that challenge current evidence-based thinking about prophylactic … Continue reading
May 2011
Postural stability decreases with taping but not bracing in Gaelic football study
Athletes concerned about dynamic postural stability, such as those with a history of ankle sprain, may be better off with ankle bracing than taping, according to an Irish study presented in Monaco in April. In a study of 15 male … Continue reading
Posted in Defensive Game Planning, May 2011
Tagged ankle braces, ankle sprains, Jordana Bieze Foster, postural stability, taping
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May 2011
Data support use of multimodal approach for decreasing incidence of groin injuries
Specific mechanisms remain unclear Multimodal warm-up exercise programs appear to have benefits for reducing the incidence of groin injuries in athletes, but researchers are working to identify which specific training components have the greatest effect. Almost an afterthought at the … Continue reading
May 2011
Screening is effective, but Philippon calls for more action to save hips in hockey
His research group has identified three physical exam findings that can effectively screen for risk of femoral acetabular impingement in adolescent hockey players, but the world’s most famous hip surgeon thinks more drastic preventive measures may be warranted much earlier … Continue reading
Posted in Defensive Game Planning, May 2011
Tagged FAI, hips, hockey, Jordana Bieze Foster
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May 2011
Volleyball findings links training volume to symptoms of patellar tendinopathy
Jumping ability not implicated Hard work can make up for a lack of natural talent in sports, but research from Norway suggests that may not be true when it comes to the risk of patellar tendinopathy (jumper’s knee) in young … Continue reading
May 2011
Soccer, basketball athletes demonstrate differences in plantar pressure patterns
Dynamic plantar pressure distributions vary between soccer and basketball players in ways that may have implications for preventing injuries related to repetitive loading, according to research from Spain presented in Monaco in April. Investigators from Catholic University San Antonio in … Continue reading
Posted in Defensive Game Planning, May 2011
Tagged basketball players, Jordana Bieze Foster, plantar pressure
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May 2011
Hamstring trial confirms effectiveness of eccentric strengthening exercises
Efforts focus on soccer players Norway and Denmark are traditionally rivals in soccer. But an increasingly popular Norwegian eccentric strength training technique for preventing hamstring injuries recently got a big assist from Danish researchers. An open cluster randomized controlled trial … Continue reading
May 2011
Kinetic testing variables fail to predict which novice runners will stay healthy
Kinetic variables, including impact peaks, do not predict risk of running related lower extremity injury in novice runners, according to research from the Netherlands. Investigators from University Medical Center Groningen prospectively analyzed kinetics in 181 novice recreational runners (mean BMI … Continue reading
Posted in Defensive Game Planning, May 2011
Tagged Jordana Bieze Foster, kinetics, running injuries
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May 2011
Tibial internal rotation emerges as theme in debate over mechanism of ACL rupture
Valgus may play supporting role The usual luminaries were on hand in Monaco to exchange familiar barbs over the relative contributions of knee valgus and knee flexion to anterior cruciate ligament injury, but much of the new research being presented … Continue reading
May 2011
Researchers make early progress toward understanding genetics of sports injuries
Genetics may be the final frontier of sports injury prevention, and researchers are only beginning to explore it. But investigators from South Africa are slowly making progress in identifying specific gene variants associated with risk of anterior cruciate ligament injury … Continue reading
Posted in Defensive Game Planning, May 2011
Tagged achilles tendinopathy, acl injury, Jordana Bieze Foster
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