BACKGROUND With more than 1.1 million high school athletes playing annually during the 2005-06 to 2009-10 academic years, football is the most popular boys' sport in the United States. METHODS Using an internet-based data collection tool, RIO, certified athletic trainers (ATs) from 100 nationally representative US high schools reported athletic exposure and football injury data during the 200...

CONTEXT Jam injuries of the finger are frequently encountered in general orthopaedic and sports medicine practice. The finger joints in particular are very susceptible to traumatic injury, but in the absence of severe deformity, digital trauma is often downplayed in the hopes of a more rapid return to game play. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION Articles published from 1966 to 2015 were reviewed to captur...

Ground reaction forces and center of pressure (C of P ) patterns were studied in 17 subjects running a t 4.5 ms-'. The subjects wereclassified as rearfoot o r midfoot strikers according to the location of the C of P at the time of first contact between foot and ground. The C of P path in the rearfoot group showed a continuous anterior movement during support while the C of P in most of the midf...

Anatomical injuries to the hip can present with similar symptoms regardless of whether the injury was sustained through an athletic event. Therefore, the management of such injuries might not differ between an athlete and a nonathlete, but the goals of the individual, the physiological status of the tissue that has been impaired, and the underlying physical health status of the individual all c...

A complete medical history, preferably from the student and a parent, will reveal approximately 75% of problems affecting initial athletic participation. For asymptomatic athletes with no previous injuries, a 90-second screening musculoskeletal test will detect 90% of significant musculoskeletal injuries. A routine screening need not include noninvasive cardiac testing or laboratory tests such ...

Apophyseal avulsion fractures of the hip and pelvis are injuries that usually occur in the adolescent athlete. If not properly diagnosed and treated, these injuries can be debilitating to an adolescent athlete. Here the author describes an original case report of an athletic teenager with a traumatic isolated apophyseal avulsion fractures of the lesser trochanter of the left femur. No surgical ...

OBJECTIVE To compare the incidence, nature, severity and cause of match injuries sustained on grass and new generation artificial turf by male and female footballers. METHODS The National Collegiate Athletic Association Injury Surveillance System was used for a two-season (August to December) prospective study of American college and university football teams (2005 season: men 52 teams, women...

The race-horses are prone to injuring their leg tendons, especially the superficial digital flexor tendon (SDFT). The SDFT injuries have a significant impact on the performance horse industry, accounting for an estimated 8-12% of all racing injuries. Historical data indicate that with traditional modes of therapy, there is approximately 4050% chance the horse will retum to athletic activity aft...

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) published the latest results from the spring 2001 sports season with injuries to the ankle being in the top three most prevalent in softball, spring football, and men’s and women’s lacrosse. However, injuries to the ankle are no fault of the sport, but rather due to the structural properties of the ankle mortise, which make it more susceptible...