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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.
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Support for Instrument-Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization to Improve Outcomes
Take Home Message: Instrument-assisted soft tissue mobilization (IASTM) may improve range of motion in healthy individuals as well as pain and patient-reported function in people with an injury. Clinicians should consider whether the evidence is available for their specific treatment protocol, desired outcome, and patient population.
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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.
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Ankle Sprains Need R&R, Too
Longer rest and recovery periods following an ankle sprain may lead to better short- and long-term physical activity and dynamic balance.
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Baseball Athletes Need to Follow-Through with the Off Season
Take Home Message: Pediatric baseball athletes that reported taking at least 1 month off for an off-season were less likely to report elbow pain or have morphological abnormalities of the medial elbow joint compared to those who reported no off-season.
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Arthroscopy Association of Canada Position Statement on Intra-articular Injections for Knee Osteoarthritis
Arthroscopy Association of Canada Position Statement on Intra-articular Injections for Knee Osteoarthritis Arthroscopy Association of Canada, Kopka M, Sheehan B, Degen R, Wong I, Hiemstra L, Ayeni O, Getgood A, Beavis C, Volesky M, Outerbridge R, Matache B. Orthop J...
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Disparity in ACL Outcomes – A Patient’s Perceptions Should Not Be Overlooked
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.
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Helmets in Football: A Double-Edged Sword for Safety
A Helmetless-Tackling Intervention in American Football for Decreasing Head Impact Exposure: A Randomized Controlled Trial Swartz EE, Myers JL, Cook SB, Guskiewicz KM, Ferrara MS, Cantu RC, Chang HC & Broglio SP. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport. doi:...
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Mild Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Neuropathology in People With No Known Participation in Contact Sports or History of Repetitive Neurotrauma Iverson GL, Luoto TM, Karhunen PJ, Castellani RJ. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 2019 Jul 1;78(7):615-625....
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