One of the biggest youth sports injuries can be prevented
Source: USA Today
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 2.6 million children ages 19 and younger are treated in emergency departments each year for sports and recreation-related injuries. And those are just the incidents that make it to the ED.
Different approaches offer patients improved quality of life after ACL reconstruction
Source: Science Daily
The most common surgical techniques used to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) offer patients improved quality of life five years after injury, according to new research.
Proper eating habits can help young athletes on and off the field
Source: Science Daily
How can parents help their student-athletes gain a competitive edge? By boning up on nutrition basics, say experts.
Rain increases joint pain? Google suggests otherwise
Source: Science Daily
New research indicates that weather conditions in 45 US cities are indeed associated with Google searches about joint pain. But it might not be the association you'd expect. The findings suggest that people's activity level increasing as temperatures rise, to a point is likelier than the weather itself to spur online searches about knee and hip pain, the investigators say.
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.
