The Best Defense is a Good Offense: Athletic Trainers’ Impact on Injury Rates in School-based Settings

by Laura M. McDonald | Aug 20, 2018

Injuries in girls’ soccer and basketball: a comparison of high schools with and without athletic trainers Pierpoint LA, LaBella CR, Collins CL, Fields SK, Comstock RD. Inj Epidemiol. 2018; (5)29;1–8. doi:10.1186/s40621-018-0159-6 Full Text Freely Available Take Home...

A Lasting Impression: Youth Sport Participation and Healthy Habits as Adults

by Laura M. McDonald | Jul 2, 2018

Does organized sport participation during youth predict healthy habits in adulthood? A 28-year longitudinal study Palomäki S, Hirvensalo M, Smith K, Raitakari O, Männistö S, Hutri-Kähönen N, Tammelin T. Scand J Med Sci Sports. 2018;1–8: 10.1111/sms.13205...

Hidden in Plain Sight: Improving Quantification of Baseball Pitcher Workload

by Laura M. McDonald | Jun 4, 2018

Unaccounted Workload Factor: Game-Day Pitch Counts in High School Baseball Pitchers – An Observational Study Zaremski JL, Zeppieri G, Jones DL, Tripp BL, Bruner M, Vincent HK, Horodyski M. Orthop J Sports Med. 2018; 6(4):2325967118765255...

Athlete before Athletic: Consequences of Sport Specialization on Youth Athlete Health

by Laura M. McDonald | Apr 17, 2017

The association of sport specialization and training volume with injury history in youth athletes. Post EG, Trigsted SM, Riekena JW, Hetzel S, McGuine TA, Brooks MA. Bell DR. Am J Sports Med. March 2017; [Epub ahead of print]...

A Call for High Quality Evidence Linking Movement Screenings to Injury Risk

by Laura M. McDonald | Jan 11, 2017

Predicting sport and occupational lower extremity injury risk through movement quality screening: A systematic review Whittaker JL, Booysen N, de la Motte S, Dennet L, Lewis CL, Wilson D, McKay C, Warner M, Padua D, Emery CA, Stokes M. Br J Sports Med. December 2016;...