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Showing 1 to 20 of 48 for “"injury incidence"”.
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Injury incidence and severity in professional ballet dancers over three years
… of exercise are well documented, the risk of injury as a result of exercise is also documented. The undertaking of exercise in the form of sport or dance carries a risk of injury. This risk is increased in the professional ranks where increased intensity of exercise coupled with greater …
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FUNCTIONAL HAMSTRING: QUADRICEPS RATIO AND HAMSTRING INJURY INCIDENCE IN TRACK AND FIELD ATHLETES
… have a greater chance of subsequent hamstring injury whether or not they have a functional ratio deficit than those who dont have a history of hamstring injuries; 2) Athletes with a functional hamstring to quadriceps ratio deficit at pretest will have a higher occurrence rate of hamstring …
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Dance injury monitoring, strength and conditioning training for decreasing injury incidence for Chinese pre-professional dancers
… physical fitness have been linked to decreased injury incidence and improved dance performance, whilst they had not been reviewed. The systematic review, for the first time, systematically reviewed the efficacy of physical fitness training on dance injury. It included 10 studies that met the …
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The Effects of Oral Contraceptive Use on Ligamentous Injury Incidence in Females: A Potential for Prevention
Female athletes have higher incidence of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury compared to males among sports requiring lower limb agility such as soccer and basketball. Often blamed on sex differences in biomechanics and neuromuscular control, current literature has failed to demonstrate …
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Injury incidence and severity at the South African Rugby Union (SARU) Youth Weeks Tournaments: a four year study
… collisions throughout a match. As the risk of injury is relatively high, incidence surveillance studies within rugby has become popular. However most of the studies have focussed on senior players. The data on injuries among youth rugby players are limited. This makes it difficult to develop …
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Minimalist versus conventional running shoes : effects on lower limb injury incidence, pain and muscle function experienced distance runners
… 1) increased the risk of lower limb pain or injury and 2) improved lower limb muscle function (endurance, flexibility and power) in experienced distance runners. In addition, the effects of the transition on runner satisfaction were studied. To determine whether there were significant …
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Incidence of musculoskeletal injuries in professional dancers
… Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the incidence of musculoskeletal injuries and their associated risk factors over a three-month period in adult female professional ballet dancers in South Africa. Specific Objectives: The specific objectives of this study were: • To determine the …
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A prospective study of injuries in professional Saudi Arabian footballers
Sports injury registries have been used in a number of different sports to assess the injury rate, prevalence and type. This data is useful for assessing trends and injury “loads” that place a burden on players, coaches and medical support staff. This approach to injury description has been …
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Injuries and adolescent ballet dancers: current evidence, epidemiology, and intervention
… literature that adolescent dancers have a high injury prevalence. Most injuries are reported as overuse onset and the most affected body region is the lower limb. Growth and maturation have been reported as non-modifiable whereas poor motor performance in power and strength as modifiable risk …
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Factors influencing the incidence rates of injuries and accidents among seafarers and rig workers providing support to the WA offshore oil and gas industry
… into 2 cohorts; those who had suffered injury (286 – study group) and those who had not (198 - controls). Data from the study group were stratified into oilrig workers and vessel seafarers. A one-way analysis of variance revealed that the injury incidence rate for the seafarers in the …
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Seasonal changes in functional fitness and neurocognitive performance in youth ice hockey players
… and relationships between these variables and injury incidence were examined. Thirty-six participants (8.9 ± 1.1 years) completed pre and post-season assessments including anthropometric measurements, the Functional Movement Screen (FMS), Lower Quarter Y-Balance Test (YBT-LQ) and a computerized …
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The financial burden of injury at an elite South African football club during the 2021-2022 premier soccer league season
We sought to determine the injury incidence, athlete exposure, days lost to injury (burden) and financial cost of injury at a high-level professional football team during the 11-month South African Premier Soccer League season of 2021-2022.
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Incidence of injuries and associated factors at the senior inter provincial field hockey tournament
… field hockey, comes with an accepted risk of injury; however, within the team setting it can have several implications for the individual: their health, physical performance, and psychological state, both immediately and in the long term. Despite injury incidence in other team sports being …
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The epidemiology of injuries in competitive adolescent swimmers attending a Johannesburg swim squad
… competitive swimmers may be at increased risk of injury, due to regular participation in demanding training regimes. Adolescent swimmers may be at increased risk of injury due to physiological and biological vulnerability associated with growth and development. However, there is a lack of evidence …
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Development and Utilization of a Semi-Automated Finite Element Approach to Real World Motor Vehicle Crash Reconstruction to Investigate Lumbar Spine Injury
… to MVCs every year. To study real world injury incidence and causation, multiple databases are continually updated by trained crash investigators. Recent analyses have shown that despite increasing crashworthiness of vehicles, the rate of lumbar spine injuries has increased over the …
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Musculoskeletal Injury amongst Illinois Hospital Workers: Incidence, Severity and Staffing, 2018-2023
… determinant of risk. This study examines the incidence and severity of WMSDs among Illinois hospital workers and evaluates whether nurse staffing levels are associated with injury rates. Methods: This retrospective observational study analyzed Illinois Workers’ Compensation First Report of …
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Effect of fatigue on hamstring strain injury risk in soccer
… injuries within modern soccer match-play. The injury is well recognised by medical personnel, coaches and athletes as a major concern causing significant financial costs and lost time from training and matches. The temporal pattern of hamstring injury incidence during matches has shown almost …
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Does a greater training load increase the risk of injury and illness in ultramarathon runners? A prospective descriptive, longitudinal design
… such as increased risk of musculoskeletal injury and illness. Training loads imposed on an athlete should induce positive physiological adaptations to improve their performance. Monitoring of an athlete's training load has become extremely important in terms of injury prevention. Currently, …
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Effects of yoga on physical characteristics on NCAA division I baseball athletes
… physical characteristic with respect to injury prevention and performance. Professional and intercollegiate programs employ various methods of flexibility training; however, to date, no literature exists with regard to the effect of a yoga-based training program. The purpose of this …
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Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Skin-Care Team
… this CNL project was conducted has had an 8.33% incidence of hospital-acquired PIs at or greater than stage two in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). Pressure injury prevention was not a high priority for the nursing staff; nurses were unaware of current PI prevention protocols or the PI …
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