OBJECTIVE The importance of addressing psychological issues in athletic injury rehabilitation has been recognized by the medical community. When and how to address psychological ramifications of injury, however, have not been given sufficient attention. BACKGROUND VARIOUS FACTORS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH ATHLETIC INJURY: models of adjustment to athletic injury, a 10-point assessment inventory, and...

Abstract Worldwide, more than 50 million children and adolescents participate in organized athletic programs annually. Despite the numerous health well-being benefits, this widespread involvement also leads to acute overuse injuries that account for millions of medical visits each year. Musculoskeletal injury childhood may lead growth disturbance lifelong disability. Imaging plays a critical ro...

ACL injuries are multifactorial in nature meaning they can be the result of faulty biomechanics, individual genetic predisposition, or environmental factors (Alentorn- Geli et al., 2009). A focus most healthcare professionals including physical therapists and athletic trainers includes screening for preventable risk non- contact injuries. Preventable include asymmetry between a person’s limbs, ...

A major problem that has been created by the current popularity of long distance running is that many of the participants are solitary, or group runners, but are not often members of an athletic club. They seldom have the help and support of experienced runners or coaches, and in addition rely on the 'running press' for advice on matters of training and injuries. It therefore follows that in co...

The occurrence and management of sports concussion provokes more debate and concern than virtually all other sports injuries combined. In the past 3 decades, clinicians have gone from mostly anecdotal strategies to an international consensus-based approach and the early evolution of evidence-based practice. There is increasing engagement by mainstream neuroscientists in this field, which had pr...

Temporal events are typically visualized on a time line indicating the date they occurred. This perspective is useful when the questions one wishes to answer are related to the date of occurrence. This view, however, makes it difficult to identify patterns related to the relative duration between events or the sequential order. We demonstrate how the simple notion of temporal alignment by some ...

The management of a chronic injury to an international squash player is described. By good physiotherapeutic management and the involvement of an interdisciplinary team it was possible to make gains in the non-playing period. The rehabilitation period included physiological assessment on the basis of which a training programme was devised with target goals set throughout the period. Mental rehe...

OBJECTIVES To describe the prevalence of computerized neurocognitive testing for the assessment of high school athletes who sustain concussions, and to describe associations between using computerized neurocognitive tests, timing of return-to-play, and medical provider managing the athlete. METHODS Concussions recorded in the High School Reporting Information Online injury surveillance system...