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Showing 1 to 20 of 52 for “"Sports injuries"”.
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The development and evaluation of virtual reality-based training on performance and rehabilitation outcomes
Sports injuries are types of injuries that usually occur during sports, training, or exercise. Sports injuries often result from poor training methods, inappropriate equipment, lack of fitness, insufficient warm-up, and trauma (Salerno, 2009). Knee injuries are considered one of the most common …
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Surveillance strategies used to monitor injuries in amateur and professional cricket players: An integrative review
Background: Sports injuries have been reported to place pressure on global health systems. To lessen this pressure, sports medical staff play an important role in injury prevention. Injury surveillance is the starting point for injury prevention. To date, there are two consensus statements on …
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Interscholastic Sports and The Middle School Student: A Case Study
Participating in organized sports activities can result in developmental benefits to the adolescent. Increased fitness, self-esteem, competency, academic success and increased recognition by peers are few of the benefits cited by researchers. Participation can also provide opportunities for …
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Methods for imbalanced data in sports analytics: improving injury prediction models
With the unprecedented growth of sports streaming and the increasing use of machine learning insports analytics, a more in-depth understanding of real-world datasets has become essential, along with methods that can handle noisy data that degrade predictive accuracy. Sports injuries are a central …
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Influence of Externally Applied Moments and Loads on Knee Kinematics: A Cadaveric Study of Single- and Multi-Axis Loading of the Knee
Anterior cruciate ligament injuries are severe sports injuries which tend to occur in younger populations. These injuries are quite prevalent, affecting 1 in 3000 Americans. Studies have shown female athletes are two-to-eight times more susceptible to ACL injuries than their male counterparts. ACL …
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Biomechanical Response of the Human Eye to Dynamic Loading
… are lost. The most likely sources of eye injuries include sports related impacts, automobile accidents, consumer products, and military combat. Out of the 1.9 million total eye injuries in the country, more than 600,000 sports injuries occur each year and 40,000 of them require emergency …
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Pilot study into knowledge and confidence of sports trainers in community level Australian rules football leagues
… with substantial cost to the community from injuries. The aim of this research was to investigate if community level ARF sports trainers responsible for dealing with injuries have appropriate first aid qualifications, knowledge and confidence. There was no known research in this area for …
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The Anatomical Basis of Groin Pain in Athletes
… a major professional interest in the imaging of sports injuries which developed gradually over the 10 year period between 1992 to 2001, based upon previous clinical experience and expertise in the management of musculoskeletal injuries and their anatomical and pathomechanical origins. The central …
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Exploring the potential of a model-based approach to detect muscular dysfunction using surface EMG
… chronic pain i.e. pain due to an accident, sports injuries, or unexplainable chronic pain in the musculoskeletal system more often end up with an application to find a physical therapist for future treatment. Later on in the process of weekly or biweekly appointments with a physical …
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Injuries in Competitive Swimming: Incidence and Risk Factors
… To study the nature and incidence rate of injuries that affect collegiate competitive swimmers and to examine the relationship between these injuries and specific risk factors. Background: Minimal research has been conducted on swimming-related injuries, with most studies being …
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Ankle prophylactic interventions in Division III male and female basketball athletes
… 5 ankle sprains occurred with no lateral ankle injuries occurring in either of the PowerTape® groups. There were no statistically significant differences in the incidence of ankle sprains between the 4 groups. Findings of the survey data revealed that subjects reported having no performance …
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Incidence of football injuries in different age groups at a professional football club
… turn, leads to an increase in the frequency of injuries. Football is extensively researched worldwide, however, some current studies confirm that the results on football injury factors are limited, as well as inconsistent and incomplete. The main aim of this study was to examine interrelating …
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Upper extremity vertical ground reaction forces during the back handspring skill in gymnastics: A comparison of various braced vs. unbraced techniques
<p>High, overuse injury rates to the wrist have been associated with the common mechanism of repetitive hyperextension in weight bearing among gymnasts of all ages. Many gymnasts use wrist supports as prevention; however, literature regarding their ability to reduce injury is not well described. …
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Biomechanical measures of lower limb variability, and prediction of non-contact knee injuries risk factors in male athletes
Introduction: Football is one of the most popular sports played globally. Male players constitute 82% of football players around the world. As the number of football players increases, we expect more sports injuries to occur. Knee ligament injuries, such as Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL), are …
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An investigation to determine the effect of short-term low-dye taping on vertical ground reaction forces in asymptomatic PES planus, cavus and normal feet
A dissertation presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Master's Degree in Technology: Chiropractic, Durban Institute of Technology,Durban, South Africa, 2005.
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Accuracy of Concussion Reporting upon Completion of a Collegiate Athletic Career
… of concussions remains a large concern in the sports medicine community as previous studies have identified a 50 - 80% unreported rate. Further, previous studies have also suggested a lack of awareness of concussion symptoms. However, these studies tend to evaluate a single season of …
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Anaerobic fatigue and its effect on kinematic and kinetic variables associated with impact during vertical jumping
Kinematic and kinetic variables associated with impacts during non-fatigued and fatigued vertical jumping were examined. The purpose of this study was to investigate fatigue and its effect on anterior/posterior shear forces, compression forces, and flexion/extension moments at the ankle, knee, and …
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