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Electricity Can Jump Start Your ACL Rehab!
Neuromuscular electrical stimulation started soon after an ACL injury limits quadriceps atrophy and functional declines in slow-twitch muscle fibers.
Updated Return-to-Play Recommendations for Collision Athletes After Cervical Spine Injury: A Modified Delphi Consensus Study With the Cervical Spine Research Society
Updated Return-to-Play Recommendations for Collision Athletes After Cervical Spine Injury: A Modified Delphi Consensus Study With the Cervical Spine Research Society
Structural Alterations Linger After Concussion Symptoms Resolve
Athletes with a concussion have altered white matter, which persisted for up to 6 months post-injury and related to prolonged recovery and worse sign and symptom severity.
Potential Risk Factors for Prolonged Opioid Use After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction in a Military Population
A female and/or someone with a history of substance abuse, preoperative opioid use, or more perioperative opioid use is more likely to be among the 28% of patients using opioids for ≥ 90 days after an anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.
What Drives Good and Bad Patient-Reported Outcomes after ACL Reconstruction?
People with a high level of perceived disability typically had unclear expectations; less internal motivation, confidence, and social support; and more avoidance tendencies and fear after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction than those with low levels of perceived disability.
Do you have 120 Seconds to Improve Outcomes for Athletes with Chronic Ankle Instability?
A female athlete with chronic ankle instability may get better acute improvements in range of motion and balance with a longer joint mobilization treatment.
More Clinical Experience is Associated with Using Fewer Concussion Assessment and Management Tools
Athletic trainers with more experience were less likely to use 1) standardized concussion sideline tools during a concussion assessment and 2) standardized concussion sideline tools and concussion symptom checklists during a return-to-play evaluation.
The Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) and National Eating Disorders Collaboration (NEDC) position statement on disordered eating in high performance sport
The Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) and National Eating Disorders Collaboration (NEDC) position statement on disordered eating in high performance sport.
Think About Tomorrow Between Those Head Impacts
Middle to older aged adults that report a history of repetitive head impacts or traumatic brain injury reported slightly worse depressive symptoms and cognitive scores than people without exposure to head impacts or brain injury.