Outcome Measure(s) Primary Outcome: All injuries that required medical attention, took the athlete out of the session (practice or game) or resulted in them missing the next session Secondary Outcomes: Subject compliance Primary Outcome: Rate of ankle sprains. Secondary Outcomes: Subject compliance. Primary Outcome: Rate of non-contact inversion ankle sprains. Secondary Outcomes: Subject compliance. Primary Outcome: Incidence of lower limb injuries. Incidence of injury severity. Secondary Outcomes: Balance ability (Total Index, A-P Index, M-L Index). Main Findings Significant decrease in acute-onset injuries [p=.047, RR=0.71 (95% CI; 0.5-0.99)] No significant reduction in ankle sprains in the training group [p=.15, RR=0.71 (95% CI; 0.45-1.13)] 60.3% of the training group participated in the homebased training program as collected via self-report …show more content…
Trained group ankle sprain risk was 62% (95%CI, 37.8-101.7%) of the control group. No significant difference in rate for those with no history of ankle sprains ( P = .059). 90% compliance rate. During pre-intervention period, 25% (21/84) subjects sustained an inversion ankle sprain. Prevalence of non-contact ankle sprains was significantly reduced (P. Oxford Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine. http://www.cebm.net/index.aspx?o=5653 bPeDro score reflective of http://www.pedro.org.au/ IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE, EDUCATION, AND FUTURE RESEARCH Only 22,3 of the 4 studies reviewed demonstrated a significant reduction in ankle sprain injury risk and these findings indicate that balance training programs are moderately effective in reducing the risk of ankle sprains in adolescent athletes. There were some important differences in the design of the balance training programs that may have resulted in the findings which included the timing of program implementation and compliance of the subjects in completing the required training
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Murray H, Husk L. (2001) Effect of kinesio taping on proprioception in the ankle. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther 31; A-37.
Knee injuries are the second most common injuries in basketball players, as 14.7% of injuries affect the ACL. Statistics show that females have approximately 2.08 injuries per 1,000 athlete exposures, while males only have 1.83 injuries per 1,000 athlete exposures. More specifically, 7.4% of the time, males internal damage to their knee, such as ACL tears, and females have a staggering 15.9%.
This article is about the results of a survey conducted by three PhD’s; Janet Simon, Matthew Donahue, and Carrie Docherty, and was published by the International Journal of Athletic Therapy and Training. The purpose of the survey was to determine Athletic Trainers current utilization of ankle support, and to determine ATs current attitudes towards the use of ankle taping and bracing. It gives some history and benefits of ankle bracing and taping, and how it has become a multimillion dollar industry, considering that 66-73% of all college athletes have reported an ankle sprain. Also, a third of people with ankle sprains will either re-sprain the ankle or report feelings of instability after the initial sprain. Ankle taping has become essential part of sports medicine,
A 18-year-old male collegiate soccer athlete presented into the athletic training room with ankle pain. This ankle pain was due to a change of direction drill. The soccer team had been out on the field to get in shape for pre-season sprinting. The athlete had plantar flexed and inverted his left ankle. This athlete stated that he had no previous health issues prior to ankle in...
Duff, John F. Youth Sports Injuries. A Medical Handbook for Parents and Coaches. New York: MacMillan, 1992. (pp.
Some are trading the fun and experience of diversifying between basketball, baseball, soccer, etc. for year-round football. As a result, overuse injuries are occurring at an alarming rate among these one-sport wonders. For example, "Little League Elbow" describes overuse injuries in kids who are repetitively throwing the ball. Kids are sustaining severe injuries to their growth plates, neck and spinal cord that could end their career in pro-sports before it begins....
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The majority of ACL injuries suffered during athletic participation are of the noncontact variety. Three main noncontact mechanisms have been identified planting and cutting, straight-knee landing and one-step stop landing with the knee hyperextended. Pivoting and sudden deceleration are also common mechanisms of noncontact ACL injury. Basketball, soccer, and volleyball consistently produce some of the highest ACL injury rates across various age groups. Other activities with a high rate of injury are gymnastics, martial arts, and running. In most sports, injuries occur more often in games than in practice. Many injuries have occurred during the first 30 minutes of play. One-reason physicians are seeing more ACL injuries in female patients that more women play sports, and they play more intensely. But as they continued to do more studies, they are finding that women's higher rate of ACL is probably due ...
According to the “Physical Therapy Corner” (2007), “women suffered anterior cruciate ligament injuries more often than men, nearly 4 times as often in basketball, 3 times as often in gymnastics, and nearly 2 and a half times as often in soccer” (Knee Injuries section, para.1). There are various risk factors that contribute to the high rate of acquiring injuries to the ACL for female athletes. External factors such as improper shoe wear, skill of the player, and unstable playing surface may play a significant role in developing ACL injuries, but those factors are just hypothetical.... ... middle of paper ...
An Athletic Trainer working at the high school level gets to enjoy a variety of sports and with different sports comes different injuries. With football, the injuries an Athletic Trainer has to tend to are often more on the severe end of the scale. It is not uncommon to see a concussion (see Figure 2) or a torn ACL (Anterior Cruciate Ligament in the knee) in a football game compared to a softball game where a concussion or an ACL tear (see Figure 1) is less likely to occur. But in a softball game in comparison to a volleyball game, it is more likely to see a black eye or even just a very painful bruise. The more contact in the sport, the more injuries the Athletic Trainer gets to see and try to
A major part of these regions were due to ligament sprains, targeted stretching exercises may be beneficial. The most injure players were those with the position of running back and linebackers. In the season of 2005-2006 there were recorder more than half a million injuries nationally of football high school players. This data was collected from over 100 high school football teams. The Columbus Children’s Hospital was the first one to compare injuries between college players and high school players. I can infer this when I read this from the text, “Four out of every 1,000 high school football exposure resulted in an injury, while eight out of every 1,000 collegiate football exposure resulted in an injury.”
Researchers have studied how to treat an ankle sprain, but there are not as many that have looked at whether using tape or using a brace is more effective in preventing injury.1, 3 Those who focus on prevention take into account proprioception, patient satisfaction, cost-benefit, and kinematics.2, 3, 4, 5 Evaluating various evidence provided in research, athletic trainers can decide which intervention is best suited for their practice.
Healing and recovery may take time depending on the severity of the injury and the conditioning of the athlete. According to the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, studies have shown that good conditioning can not only prevent injuries, but it can also lessen the severity of the injury and speed recovery (“Return to Play”). This is why some p...
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