Posts by Kyle P. Harris, MS, ATC
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Patient-led goal setting is superior to standardized exercise programs when treating chronic low back pain
People with chronic low back pain who decided on treatment goals and actions with help from a clinician had better outcomes than people who received standardized advice to exercise.
We Advocated For Our Profession, But Have We Reached Our Audience?
Many state legislators lack knowledge about an athletic trainer’s educational requirements, qualifications, and responsibilities, which may negatively impact their view of the value of athletic trainers.
Less Body Checking May Protect Adolescent Ice Hockey Players
Youth ice hockey leagues (age 13-14 years) that eliminated body checking had fewer injuries and concussions than leagues that allowed body checking.
Less Full Contact Practice Time May Protect High School Football Players
New rules that limit full-contact practice time are associated with fewer sport-related concussions during American football practices.
Screening the Screening Recommendations for ECG
The 2017 international recommendations for interpreting electrocardiographs to screen young athletes performs well compared with other ECG screening recommendations.
Who Gets Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy?
Association between contact sports participation and chronic traumatic encephalopathy: a retrospective study. Bieniek KF, Blessing MM, Heckman MG, Diehl NN, Serie AM, Paolini MA, Boeve BF, Savica R, Reichard RR,…
Show Me the Data and Dollars: Implementing Health and Safety Policy Change
Analysis of states’ barriers to and progress toward implementation of health and safety policies for secondary school athletes. Pike AM, Adams WM, Huggins RA, Mazerolle SM, and Casa DJ. J…
Let’s Chat: 1 in 8 Patients Are Diagnosed with Osteoarthritis within 5 Years of an ACL Reconstruction
Post-traumatic osteoarthritis diagnosed within 5 years following ACL reconstruction Bodkin SG, Werner BC, Slater LV, and Hart JM. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2019. [Epub Ahead of Print]. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00167-019-05461-y Take…
Repair may be Just as Good as Reconstruction
Acute Anterior Cruciate Ligament Rupture: Repair or Reconstruction? Hoogeslag RAG, Brouwer RW, Boer BC, de Vries AJ, and Huis in ‘t Veld H. Am J Sports Med. 2019. [Epub Ahead…
