Sports Medicine News

Understanding that patterns of patellofemoral instability injuries among high school athletes may vary by sport, sex and type of exposure, which investigators in this study found, may help with the formulation of new injury prevention strategies and to decrease the risk of further patellofemoral instability injuries.

A comparison of patients released to return to activity after ACL reconstruction and those who were not found no link between clinical impairment measures used to determine return to sport and patient function.

Among patients with Achilles tendinopathy, both eccentric training and heavy slow resistance training had an equally good positive and lasting clinical effect in results of a level 1, randomized controlled trial.

Based on this retrospective review, hip joint pathology is the most common clinical entity related to chronic hip and groin pain and, frequently, it relates to femoroacetabular impingement, labral tears and osteoarthritis.

ORLANDO, Fla. — At the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine Annual Meeting, Danyal H. Nawabi, MD, discussed a study on outcomes of hip arthroscopy for patients with symptomatic borderline dysplasia.

Orthopedics Today has highlighted ten important stories to keep your practice up-to-date regarding sports medicine issues in younger patients.

We are all looking for a solution to the escalation of youth baseball injuries, which is near epidemic proportions. The Pitch Smart program is a product of Major League Baseball and USA Baseball. The organizations have teamed up to help young baseball players reduce arm injuries by providing a comprehensive resource for safe pitching practices.

Arthroscopic capsulolabral plication was found in a retrospective comparative study to be an effective treatment for unidirectional posterior shoulder instability in overhead-throwing athletes.

According to recently published data, overuse injury is a significant issue facing athletes at the collegiate and high school levels.

After one competitive baseball season, the blood flow of pitchers significantly decreased when in a provocative shoulder position, according to researchers’ findings.