Rehabilitation of athletic injuries

Subtalar Joint Athletic Injuries

let, MD, FRCS(C) ind Ankle Center 'leveland Avenue Suite 100 imbus, OH 43231 Considerable attention has been given to the subtalar joint as an area of injury and pathology.--^ 27 Subtalar injuries frequently occur in combination with other injuries, especially sprains of the lateral ankle ligaments. Because lateral ankle sprains rank as the most common source of time-loss injury in sports, it f...

Psychosocial aspects of athletic injuries as perceived by athletic trainers.

CONTEXT Despite the Psychosocial Strategies and Referral content area, athletic trainers (ATs) generally lack confidence in their ability to use this information. OBJECTIVE The current study's primary purpose was to determine (a) perceived psychological responses and coping behaviors athletes may present to ATs, (b) psychosocial strategies ATs currently use with their athletes, (c) psychosoci...

Aquatic Physical Therapy in the Rehabilitation of Athletic Injuries: A Systematic Review of the Literatures

Athletes engage in several sporting events and activities. The masters-level athletes, especially, compete for well over 50-60% of their lifetime. Because athletes these days are training harder, competing more often, and taking lesser time for recovery, they are likely to suffer from sports injuries such as sprain, tendinopathy, bursitis, and stress fractures [1,2]. The incidence rate of ankle...

The role of proprioception in the management and rehabilitation of athletic injuries.

Rehabilitation continues to evolve with the increased emphasis on patient management and proprioceptive training. Proprioception can be defined as a specialized variation of the sensory modality of touch that encompasses the sensation of joint movement (kinesthesia) and joint position (joint position sense). Numerous investigators have observed that afferent feedback to the brain and spinal pat...

Basic areas of prevention of athletic injuries.