Cushion the Blow: Softer Midsole Shoes Reduce Injury Risk among Recreational Runners

by Alexandra F DeJong | Jan 27, 2020

Shoe Cushioning Influences the Running Injury Risk According to Body Mass: A Randomized Controlled Trial Involving 848 Recreational Runners Malisoux L, Delattre N, Urhausen A, Theisen D. Am J Sports Med. 2019 Dec 26:363546519892578. doi: 10.1177/0363546519892578....

What does it cost for an Athletic Trainer to Treat an Ankle Sprain?

by Alexandra F DeJong | Aug 28, 2019

Patient, Treatment, and Cost Characteristics Associated with Sport-Related Ankle Sprains: A Report from the Athletic Training Practice-Based Research Network Marshall AN, Kikugawa TM, Lam KC. Athletic Training & Sports Health Care. 2019; Epub ahead of print....

Getting to the Core of Overuse Lower Extremity Injury Risk Factors

by Alexandra F DeJong | Jun 10, 2019

Impaired Core Stability as a Risk Factor for the Development of Lower Extremity Overuse Injuries: A Prospective Cohort Study De Blaiser C, De Ridder R, Willems T, Vanden Bossche L, Danneels L, Roosen P. Am J Sports Med. 2019 Apr 29:363546519837724. doi:...

Webinar: Pushing the Laboratory Boundaries for Analyzing Running

by Alexandra F DeJong | Feb 27, 2019

Alexandra DeJong, a Sports Med Res contributor and PhD Student at the University of Virginia, leads our first webinar entitled “Pushing the Laboratory Boundaries for Analyzing Running”.

Exercise may be the long-term key for improving gluteal tendinopathy patient outcomes

by Alexandra F DeJong | Dec 12, 2018

Education plus exercise versus corticosteroid injection use versus a wait and see approach on global outcome and pain from gluteal tendinopathy: prospective, single-blinded, randomized clinical trial Mellor R, Bennell K, Grimaldi A, Nicolson P, Kasza J, Hodges P,...