Sports Medicine News

CV screening identified diseases associated with sudden cardiac death in children who played soccer, according to a study published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

SAN DIEGO — Female patients who received bone-patellar tendon-bone autograft had fewer graft retears compared with patients who received hamstring autograft after ACL reconstruction. In addition, greater rates of retears were seen in the youngest patients using hamstring autografts, according to data presented at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine Annual Meeting.

SAN DIEGO – Current criteria that evaluate the readiness of youth athletes to return to pivoting and cutting sports after ACL injury may not identify the athletes who are at high risk for second ACL injury, according to data presented at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine Annual Meeting.

Among U.S. high school students, 15.1% reported at least one concussion in the prior year, with a higher prevalence among students who played on a sports team, according to survey results released today by the CDC.

When it comes to youth sports, often it is all about “keeping up with the Joneses.” Young athletes are specializing in a single sport at earlier ages with the belief that more hours focused on one sport will result in them becoming a better athlete. However, research has shown this may not be the case and putting more hours into a sport at a young age may have such consequences as burnout and overuse injuries.

Female athlete triad refers to the abnormal menses and affected bone health, such as increased risk of stress fractures and osteoporosis, that comes from an imbalance between an athlete’s nutrition and exercise (referred to as low energy availability). The negative consequences of the female athlete triad can be significant and can impact an athlete’s performance, risk of injury, long-term risk of osteoporosis, fertility and overall health. The best way to treat the female athlete triad is through prevention and education. It is important that there is a positive culture around weight and body image in our young female athletes and that signs and symptoms of the female athlete triad are addressed promptly. There are a number of useful and validated questionnaires to identify these risks. Some of the things that can be evaluated include injuries, particularly stress fractures, history of or current abnormal periods and weight loss or other signs of eating disorder. To go further in depth, there are a number of questions to identify those with current risk factors for an eating disorder. The treatment for the female athlete triad is a team approach and often multiple members of the health care team, including nutrition, medical and psychological services, are involved. Studies have shown that the longer the duration of the female athlete triad, the more negative consequences are likely to develop, particularly to bone health. Athletes may present to the doctor’s office with a stress fracture and it is imperative the physician asks the necessary questions to identify risk factors. When risk factors of the female athlete triad are identified, treatment will be focused on education and counseling in order to prevent the short-term and long-term consequences.

More than half of patients with mild traumatic brain injury who presented to the ED did not see a health care practitioner in the 3 months following the TBI, according to findings recently reported in JAMA Network Open.

According to sources who spoke with Healio.com/Orthopedics, orthopedic surgeons should discuss the importance of hydration and educate patients who enjoy intensive exercise about rhabdomyolysis, a condition that results from a skeletal muscle injury that causes muscle cell material into the plasma.

Multiple studies have found children’s participation in physical activities can make them healthier. At least several researchers have suggested engaging in team sports may bolster children’s social skills and also provide psychological benefits.

NEW ORLEANS — Following guidelines for athletes developed by the American Heart Association and other associations can minimize the risk for sudden cardiac death, according to a presenter at the American College of Physicians annual meeting.