Posts by Nicole Cattano, PhD, MPH, LAT, ATC
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Too Much Glute (Max) and Not Enough Reach
People with chronic ankle instability have impaired dynamic balance and increased gluteus maximus activation compared with healthy individuals despite similar movement patterns. Ultrasound imaging may help detect altered muscle activation during functional tasks.
Music to My Post-Surgical Pain
Music interventions may reduce a patient’s perceived pain intensity after orthopedic surgery.
Best Exercise Approaches for Low Back Pain May Depend on Your Goals
A clinician may want to select the type of exercise for a person with non-specific chronic low back pain based on that patient’s goals (e.g., improved pain, function, or mental health).
Hopping for Better Days with CAI
A 6-week hop-stabilization training program improved landing mechanics and self-reported outcomes among male collegiate basketball players with chronic ankle instability.
High School FIFA 11+ Implementation Had Poor Compliance and No Injury Reduction
The FIFA 11+ program failed to reduce lower extremity injury
rates versus a standard warm-up among high school athletes, probably because 2 out of 3 teams failed receive the recommended number of training sessions/week. We need better implementation strategies to ensure compliance with injury
prevention programs.
Cool States Need to Prepare For The Heat
Overall, 7 out of 10 football programs are not implementing six key heat-stroke preparedness strategies. Football programs within warmer regions of the United States and/or with state-level mandates had better compliance with these strategies than those without mandates or within other areas of the country.
Now or Later: 11+ Part 2 Delay Can Improve Compliance
Soccer teams that completed the strength portion of the 11+ program at the end of a training session had better compliance and fewer ankle and severe injuries.
All About That Base-line Scores
A person with better patient-reported outcomes scores at the time of a revision anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction or more time between surgeries is more likely to have better patient-reported outcomes 2 years after a revision surgery.
Disparity in ACL Outcomes – A Patient’s Perceptions Should Not Be Overlooked
Age, Gender, Quadriceps Strength and Hop Test Performance are the Most Important Factors Affecting the Achievement of a Patient-Acceptable Symptom State After ACL Reconstruction
Cristiani R, Mikkelsen C, Edman G, Forssblad M, Engstrom B, & Stalman A. Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy. 2019; Published online June 22, 2019 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00167-019-05576-2 Full Text Freely Available
Take Home Message: A patient is more likely to report acceptable symptom states at 2 years after an anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction if they were male, over the age of 30 years, and had good limb symmetry for strength and hop performance at 6 months after surgery.
One in 3 patients perceives their knee as unsatisfactory 2 to 6 years after an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction. Unfortunately, it is unclear how clinicians could predict who is at risk for a poor outcome. These authors used a clinical registry to determine which pre-operative, intra-operative, and post-operative factors related to a patient’s perceptions of their symptoms at 2 years after a primary ACL reconstruction.
