Posts by Laura M. McDonald, Ph.D., ATC
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The Best Defense is a Good Offense: Athletic Trainers’ Impact on Injury Rates in School-based Settings
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….
A Lasting Impression: Youth Sport Participation and Healthy Habits as Adults
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…
Hidden in Plain Sight: Improving Quantification of Baseball Pitcher Workload
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…
Athlete before Athletic: Consequences of Sport Specialization on Youth Athlete Health
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…
A Call for High Quality Evidence Linking Movement Screenings to Injury Risk
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…
Athletic Directors’ Barriers to Hiring Athletic Trainers in High Schools
Athletic Directors’ Barriers to Hiring Athletic Trainers in High Schools Mazerolle SM, Raso SR, Pagnotta KD, Stearns RL, Casa DJ. J Athl Train. 2015; 50(10): 1059-1068. doi: 10.4085/1062-6050-50.10.01 Full Text…
Minding the Gap: Connecting Pre-season Screenings with Prospective Injury Data
Association of Y Balance Test Reach Asymmetry and Injury in Division I Athletes Smith CA, Chimera NJ, Warren M. Med Sci Sport Exerc. 2015; 47(1): 136-141. https://journals.lww.com/acsm-msse/Abstract/2015/01000/Association_of_Y_Balance_Test_Reach_Asymmetry_and.18.aspx Take Home Message:…
Can Establishing a Baseline Presence of Pain in Baseball Players Aid Injury Prevention?
Arm Pain in Youth Baseball Players: A Survey of Healthy Players Makhni EC, Morrow ZS, Luchetti TJ, Mishra-Kalyani PS, Gualtieri AP, Lee RW, Ahmad CS. Am J Sports Med. 2014…
Can Exergaming Bridge the Gap between Traditional Rehabilitation and At-Home Programs?
The Effect of Xbox Kinect Intervention on Balance Ability for Previously Injured Young Competitive Male Athletes: A Preliminary Study Vernadakis N, Derri V, Tsitskari E, Antoniou P. Phys Ther Sport….
