BACKGROUND Over 7 million students participate in high school athletics annually. Despite numerous health benefits, high school athletes are at risk for injury. HYPOTHESIS Severe injury rates and patterns differ by gender and type of exposure. Study Design Descriptive epidemiology study. METHODS Sports-related injury data were collected during the 2005-2007 academic years from 100 nationall...

Fysion Blesreg is a new system on which sports assistants (trainers, masseurs, physiotherapists and physicians) can rely for quick and straightforward registration and retrieval of personalized injury data. Registration of injury data can provide a clear picture of the injury mechanism, which in turn can lead to effective preventive measures and a decline in sports injuries. The two components ...

Introduction Sports Medicine is a constantly evolving profession.1 The past 20 years has seen an explosion in the sophistication of sports medicine and sports science within Australia.2 Traditionally in Australian Rules football, a medical team would consist of a group of ‘sports trainers’ to assist players with injury management and prevention. Typical duties of a sports trainer would involve ...

The margins in elite sport are becoming increasingly smaller particularly in timed sporting events forcing the limits of performance to be pushed further. Although traditionally only the physiological and physical attributes of performance were considered, there is growing awareness of a range of factors including but not limited to; the performance culture including the team environment, athle...

In the last decade, injury prevention has received a lot of attention in sports medicine, and recently international sports-governing bodies, such as the International Olympic Committee, declared the protection of the athletes' health as one of their major objectives. In 1994, the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) established its Medical Assessment and Research Centre (F-...