Athletic performance, technique assessment, and injury prevention are all important aspects in sports for both professional amateur athletes. Wearable technology is attracting the research community’s interest because of its capability to provide real-time biofeedback coaches athletes when on field outside more restrictive laboratory conditions. In this paper, a novel wearable motion sensor-bas...

T he squat is widely used as a staple exercise in resistance training programs. It is used by athletic and recreational populations alike to enhance both strength and hypertrophy of the lower-body musculature and improve functional performance (17). However, considerable controversy exists as to optimal squat depth, particularly as to whether deep squatting increases the risk of injury to the k...

! Most major U.S. professional sports and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) have adopted concussion policies. Current National Football League andNCAA guidelines do not permit an athlete with a concussion to return to play on the same day as the injury. No adolescent or high-school athletes with a concussion should be allowed to return to play on the same day regardless of sev...

Most concussion symptoms resolve within the first week after injury. Athletes with persistent symptoms may manifest subtle behavioral and cognitive changes. The astute clinician uses various information to determine when these symptoms have cleared before allowing the athlete to return to athletic competition.

ATHLETIC THERAPY TODAY ATHLETIC THERAPY TODAY MARCH 2006  11 chondral-surface damage, and early onset of osteoarthitis.5-8 It has been reported that individuals suffering acute knee injury, such as ACL injury, are 7.4 times more likely to develop knee osteoarthritis than those with no history of knee injury.9 Ultimately, the disability associated with ACL injury can lead to reduced physical ac...

In the modern era, rehabilitation after sports injury has become a domain for specialists, and its evolution has necessarily brought together the sports physiotherapist, the sports physician, and the orthopedic surgeon. The changing profile of sports related injury, as well as limited availability of facilities for rehabilitation in many areas of India, is a matter of concern. Elite sportsperso...

CONTEXT Cheerleading injuries are on the rise and are a significant source of injury to females. No published studies have described the epidemiology of cheerleading injuries by type of cheerleading team and event. OBJECTIVE To describe the epidemiology of cheerleading injuries and to calculate injury rates by type of cheerleading team and event. DESIGN Prospective injury surveillance study...

BACKGROUND Concussions have been associated with elevated musculoskeletal injury risk; however, the influence of unreported and unrecognized concussions has not been investigated. HYPOTHESIS The purpose of this study was to examine the association between concussion and lower extremity musculoskeletal injury rates across a diverse array of sports among collegiate student-athletes at the concl...

BACKGROUND The onfield assessment of concussion in the adult athlete is challenging, given the elusiveness of injury, the sensitivity and specificity of the sideline assessment tools and the evolving nature of concussive injury. This paper reviews the evidence related to the onfield assessment and considers questions related to same day return to play, what to do when no physician is available ...