Sports Injury and Muscle Power.

Sports Injury Prevention

S ports participation during childhood, adolescence, and the teenage years is the focus of much attention by a variety of pediatric stakeholders. The physical, mental, and emotional development associated with athletic endeavors can play a great dividend in adulthood. Whether it is a team sport demanding the combined effort of various personalities and skills sets or the mental toughness requir...

Sports injury clinics.

Sports injury incidence.

Aim The aim of this paper is to give a “medical” viewpoint on sports injury data collection and analysis, and to emphasise the importance of epidemiological sports data collection with regard to incidence rates and exposure risk hours and highlight the need for uniform definitions within and across sport. It is designed not as a statistical or epidemiological paper but as a resource to be used ...

Why sports injury clinics?

to-treat sports injury

Patellar tendinopathy is a common and difficult-to-treat overuse injury of the patellar tendon with a very negative impact on the careers of many athletes. It appears to involve a failed healing process in the tendon – not inflammation – and has consequences for the treatment strategy. Rehabilitation programs are based on the principles of load reduction and an eccentric exercise program to imp...