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Risk factors identified for elbow and shoulder injuries in professional baseball pitchers
Source: Science Daily
Increasing numbers of elbow-related injuries in professional baseball pitchers has led to research studying risk factors, especially those that can be modified and adjusted to help prevent lost playing time.
What’s the Fix for Increasing ACL Tears in Kids?
Source: USNews
Take steps to prevent damage to this key knee ligament, which is becoming more common in young athletes.
Fluid in the knee holds clues for why osteoarthritis is more common in females
Source: Medical Xpress
Researchers have more evidence that males and females are different, this time in the fluid that helps protect the cartilage in their knee joints.
Biomechanical acoustics study sheds light on running injuries
Source: Science Daily
Devoted runners suffer from a surprisingly high rate of injury. One reason for these injuries is that runners endure many shocks from the impact, and these cause vibrations that travel from the foot throughout the entire body. A researcher who focuses on acoustics and biomechanics, studied these repetitive shocks and investigated how runners adapt their running patterns.
Buckle fractures: Risk factors and recovery
Source: Medical News Today
Buckle fractures are compression fractures and are very common in children. They happen when one side of the bone buckles, or bends, but doesn't break all the way through.
Quadriceps exercise relieves pain in knee osteoarthritis
Source: Medical Xpress
A quadriceps isometric contraction exercise method is effective for relieving pain in knee osteoarthritis (OA), according to a study published online May 25 in the International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases.
Underweight female runners more likely to get stress fractures
Source: Science Daily
Female runners who are underweight have a higher risk for injury and take longer to heal, according to a new study. A researcher studied dozens of Division I athletes over three years and found that those with a body mass index of 19 or below were likely to develop stress fractures because their bodies are unable to handle the constant pounding of running.
Study looks at needles in treatment for shoulder pain
Source: Science Daily
According to a new study, the type of procedure used to treat shoulder calcifications should be tailored to the type of calcification. The results of the study will help interventional radiologists determine whether to use one or two needles for an ultrasound-guided treatment for a common condition called rotator cuff calcific tendinopathy.
Anatomic tear deterioration was associated with nonoperative treatment of rotator cuff tears
Source: Healio
Most patients who underwent nonoperative treatment for rotator cuff tears had anatomic tear deterioration, with poorer functional outcomes found in large tear size increases and progression of muscle atrophy, according to results.
Obesity increases risk of complications after shoulder joint replacement surgery
Source: Science Daily
For patients undergoing shoulder joint replacement surgery (arthroplasty), higher body mass index is linked to increased complications -- including the need for 'revision' surgery, reports a new study.
