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Doctors Not Following Heart Attack Guidelines For Student-Athletes
ABCNews.com, Mikaela Conley
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/docs-follow-sudden-cardiac-arrest-guidelines-athletes/story?id=14935667Sudden cardiac arrest deaths in otherwise healthy teens are jarring events that are usually set off by an unknown hea...
Warm-Ups Help Prevent Female Athlete Injuries, According To Trial
MedPageToday.com, Crystal Phend
http://www.medpagetoday.com/PrimaryCare/ExerciseFitness/29512Warm-ups before practice cut down on knee, ankle, and other lower extremity injuries in female high school athletes, a randomized trial showed.Acute, no...
Study Shows Lace-Up Ankle Braces Prevent Most Acute Ankle Injuries
Lace‐up ankle braces are designed to prevent acute ankle injury in amateur athletes. But until now, that statement wasn’t backed up with any hard‐core evidence. A recent study, the most extensive of its kind, shows that lace‐up ankle brac...
Powerline: Helping train women, injured athletes
Just as with all other aspects of athletics, a comprehensive strength-training program has numerous special-needs situations that require more than just a passing glance. This Powerline installment takes a closer look at issues that envelop two of...
Traveling athletic trainers helpful to small schools
By Andrew Spence, Med, ATC, CSCS, Bassett Healthcare Network, Cooperstown, New York Having a certified athletic trainer (ATC) in every school in the country would go a long way in ensuring more scholastic athletes are properly cared for, treated a...
Helping Prevent Knee Injuries In Teen Athletes
Wall Street Journal, Katherine Hobson
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903374004576580963558652364.htmlA torn knee ligament is one of the most debilitating injuries that routinely hit young athletes. Now, medical researchers are dec...
Utah State Involves All Student-Athletes In Concussion Research
MarketWatch
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/utah-state-university-launches-unique-concussion-research-involving-all-student-athletes-2011-09-07LOGAN, Utah, Sep 07, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- --Athletics Department Will Collaborate with Communicati...
Ankle Braces May Help Teenage Basketball Players According To Study
Reuters
http://www.chicagotribune.com/health/sns-rt-us-anklestre77e0kh-20110814,0,1657957.storyNEW YORK (Reuters) - The ankle braces many basketball players strap on to prevent injuries may actually work, according to a study of teenaged basketb...
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