STUDY DESIGN Prospective cohort study. OBJECTIVE To determine if a job-specific pre-employment functional assessment (PEFA) predicts musculoskeletal injury risk in healthy mineworkers. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Traditional methods of pre-employment screening, including radiography and medical screenings, are not valid predictors of occupational musculoskeletal injury risk. Short-form job-s...

Electrodiagnostic Functional Assessment (EFA) objectively evaluates injuries to muscles by incorporating surface electromyography (EMG) to measure myoelectrical signals of muscle groups recorded from up to 18 sensors placed on the skin surface while simultaneously assessing functional capacity at rest and during full range of motion. The evaluation is non-invasive and non-loading and provides m...

Introduction: This study investigated the sport-related ankle injuries attending an accident and emergency (A&E) department during a one-year period. Methods: A total of 1,715 sports injuries cases attending an A&E department from 1 January 2005 to 31 December 2005 were prospectively recorded. Details of each classified case were recorded in a computerized record system by the triage nurse. At ...

Neck pain is a highly common condition and is the 4th major cause of years lived with disability. Previous literature has focused on the effect of specific treatments, and observations of actual practice are lacking to date. This study examined Korean health insurance review and assessment service (HIRA) claims data to the aim of assessing prevalence and comparing current medical practice and c...

Background: The role of platelet-rich plasma (PRP) has been widely studied, but only recently did trials emerge that probed into its potential in ankle sprains. With the limited available literature, most results showed it might have a faster healing and pain reduction. Objectives: purpose this review is to summarize studies on sprains order identify if there good initial evidence return play (...

BACKGROUND A medial collateral ligament (MCL) knee sprain is a prevalent injury in athletic populations that may result in significant time lost to injury. Remarkably little is known of the epidemiology of this injury. PURPOSE To define the incidence of MCL tears and to determine the demographic and athletic risk factors. STUDY DESIGN Descriptive epidemiological study. METHODS A longitudi...

BACKGROUND The injury risk in football is high, but little is known about causes of injury. PURPOSE To identify risk factors for football injuries using a multivariate model. STUDY DESIGN Prospective cohort study. METHODS Participants were 306 male football players from the two highest divisions in Iceland. Before the 1999 football season started, the following factors were examined: heig...