Category: Sports Medicine »
October 21, 2022
Arthrometers Contribute to Accuracy in Orthopedic Assessment
Orthopedics is about precision. We use a variety of devices to collect objective data on/from patients. These include goniometers, hand-held dynamometers, isokinetic machines, pulse oximeters, and blood pressure cuffs, to name a few. These data contr...
October 10, 2022
Florida School Sports Health Form Inquires About Women’s Periods
Concerns have risen about an alleged rule impacting female high school student-athletes in Florida. News outlets and some people on social media have claimed that female student-athletes in the Sunshine State have to report their menstrua...
September 12, 2022
How To Know the Signs of a Concussion
As high school sports get underway this fall, sports medicine specialists remind athletes, parents, and coaches that concussions can be challenging to diagnose. A recent report from Medical Xpress highlighted the signs to be aware of if a player ...
September 12, 2022
LSU Study Shows Football Players Bounced Back Quickly from COVID
A first-of-its-kind study conducted in collaboration with LSU’s School of Kinesiology, LSU Athletics, Pennington Biomedical Research Center and Our Lady of the Lake researched how the immune system of elite student-athletes responded to the COVID-1...
August 18, 2022
Force Plates A Force in Athlete’s Rehabilitation & Training
Force plates are used in testing and training to help people achieve their performance goals while avoiding injury. They use sensors to detect differences in forces exerted onto the ground that therapists may not be able to see with the naked eye. ...
August 18, 2022
IOC Launches Long-Term Study of Olympians to Help Physical & Mental Health
As part of its ongoing efforts to promote athletes’ safety and well-being, the International Olympic Committee (IOC), along with the University of Edinburgh, has launched the IOC Olympians Health Cohort, a new long-term research project aimed at re...
August 18, 2022
IV Nutrition Becoming the Norm for Athletes, Despite Any Evidence It Works
Intravenous (IV) nutrition, which used to be considered a treatment of "last resort," is threatening to become the norm for competitive athletes, despite no scientific evidence that it works or that it is safe, warn experts in an editorial, published...
August 17, 2022
Study: High School Seniors Playing Contact Sports Are 50% More Likely to Future Misuse of Prescription Stimulants
High school seniors who play sports were suggested to be more likely than non-athletes to misuse prescription stimulants in young adulthood, according to a recent study. Researchers from the University of Michigan also found that high school senio...
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