Athletic Injuries - Prevention & control
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Monday, November 23, 2009

The effect of pitching biomechanics on the upper extremity in youth and adolescent baseball pitchers.

30 Jul 2009 BACKGROUND: Increased pitch counts have been linked to increased complaints of shoulder and elbow pain in youth baseball pitchers. Improper pitching mechanics have not been shown to adversely affect the upper extremity in youth pitchers. HYPOTHESIS: ... Read more...

Bracing and rehabilitation for wrist and hand injuries in collegiate athletes.

30 Jul 2009 Athletic injuries of the hand and wrist are common. The key to management of these injuries is prevention. Certain sports require athletes to participate in positions that pose a higher risk of injury to the fingers and wrists. Once healing of the ... Read more...

Different strategies for sports injury prevention in an America's Cup yachting crew.

30 Jul 2009 PURPOSE: To analyze the effectiveness in reducing the number of sport injuries after application of different strategies of preventive physiotherapy during competition periods in an America's Cup yachting crew. METHODS: A prospective physiotherapy ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Athletic Injuries - Prevention & control'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Track configuration determines risk of driver injury in open wheel motor racing. 30 Aug 2009
• [Bicycle accident. Would a helmet have prevented these injuries?] 18 Aug 2009
• The effect of pitching biomechanics on the upper extremity in youth and adolescent baseball pitchers. 30 Jul 2009
• Bracing and rehabilitation for wrist and hand injuries in collegiate athletes. 30 Jul 2009
• Different strategies for sports injury prevention in an America's Cup yachting crew. 30 Jul 2009
• Fatigue-induced ACL injury risk stems from a degradation in central control. 30 Jul 2009
• Youth resistance training: updated position statement paper from the national strength and conditioning association. 30 Jul 2009
• (Don't) just start running. 30 Jul 2009
• Prevention of ACL injuries: how, when and who? 30 Jul 2009
• Effects of the bench shirt on sagittal bar path. 29 Jun 2009
• Effect of timing of eccentric hamstring strengthening exercises during soccer training: implications for muscle fatigability. 29 Jun 2009
• An examination of the stretching practices of Division I and Division III college football programs in the midwestern United States. 29 Jun 2009
• Preventing knee injuries in adolescent female football players - design of a cluster randomized controlled trial [NCT00894595]. 21 Jun 2009
• Prevention of non-contact anterior cruciate ligament injuries in soccer players. Part 2: a review of prevention programs aimed to modify risk factors and to reduce injury rates. 7 Jun 2009
• Trampoline injuries. How to avoid injury. Jun 2009
• Are competitive sports becoming too competitive? 30 May 2009
• Evaluating the knowledge of sports participants regarding dental emergency procedures. 30 May 2009
• Consensus statement on concussion in sport--the 3rd International Conference on concussion in sport, held in Zurich, November 2008. 30 May 2009
• Metabolic conditioning among soccer players. 29 Apr 2009
• Effect of resistive exercise on muscle damage in water and on land. 29 Apr 2009

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Technical information about 'Athletic Injuries'

Definition: Injuries incurred during participation in competitive or non-competitive sports.

Descriptor UI: D001265

Alternative terms: Athletic Injuries; Sports Injuries; Injuries, Sports; Injury, Sports; Sports Injury; Injuries, Athletic; Athletic Injury; Injury, Athletic;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C21.866.115;

History Note: 68

Technical Notes: GEN only: prefer specific sport /inj; when GEN, coord IM with specific inj (IM); Manual 30.15.1: relation to SPORTS MEDICINE; consider also TENNIS ELBOW but see note there