Download or read book Evaluation of Core Stability and Its Relation to Shoulder Dysfunction written by Utica College and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Background: Overhead athletes often suffer injury to the glenohumeral joint secondary to its inherent instability. However, little is known about the relationship between core stability and shoulder dysfunction among athletes. Purpose: (1) To analyze the difference between normal athletes and those with shoulder dysfunction in regard to core stability measures; (2) To explore the relationship between measures of core stability and shoulder dysfunction; and (3) To determine the relationship between the results of the Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinical Scale (KJOC) and the QuickDASH Sports Module (QD). Methods: Participants consisted of NCAA Division III overhead athletes (28 M, 33 F) with a mean age of 19.3 ± (1.1) years. Functional questionnaires, the Single-Leg Stance Balance Test (SLBT), Double Straight Leg Lowering Test (DLL), Sorensen Test, and Modified Side Plank Test were completed in a randomized order with consistent raters. Results: MANOVA was significant at (p = .038) for the comparison between groups of the Right SLBT. The experimental group had significantly less balance than the control group, with means of 10.14 ± (5.76) seconds and 18.98 ± (15.22) seconds respectively. Additionally, a positive correlation was found between the DLL and the KJOC with (r = .394, p > .05) and a negative correlation was found between the Right SLBT and the QD with (r = -.271, p > .05). Finally, the correlation between KJOC and QD was statistically significant at (r = -.825, p = .01). Discussion and Conclusion: Clinicians are requested to incorporate balance and core training while rehabilitating athletes with shoulder dysfunction, and greater dysfunction of the shoulder leads to a greater need to incorporate said training. It should also be noted that the QD was found to be as effective as the KJOC in rating shoulder dysfunction in athletes. Keywords: Physical Therapy, Dr. Ahmed Radwan, Core stability, shoulder dysfunction, overhead athletes, KJOC, QuickDASH Sports Module.

Download or read book The Shoulder and the Overhead Athlete written by Sumant G. Krishnan and published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. This book was released on 2004 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by a renowned multidisciplinary team of expert shoulder surgeons, athletic trainers, and physical therapists, this winning reference delivers the most comprehensive and up-to-date information on the evaluation, treatment, rehabilitation, and prevention of shoulder injuries in throwing and other overhead athletes. Included is critical information on shoulder anatomy and biomechanics, clinical examination, imaging, resistance training and core strengthening, and specific exercises for the overhead shoulder... plus state-of-the-art techniques for treatment and rehabilitation of each type of injury, including a separate section for pediatric overhead athletes. All physicians, coaches, trainers, strength and conditioning specialists, and therapists who care for overhead athletes at all levels of participation are sure to find this an indispensable resource. Book jacket.

Download or read book Relationship Between Core Stability and Shoulder Injuries in Athletes written by Marisa Pontillo and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Core stability (neuromuscular control and muscle capacity of the trunk and pelvis) is theoretically linked to optimal shoulder function during sports-specific tasks despite limited evidence to support its use for the prevention or rehabilitation of extremity injuries in athletes. Impairments in core stability could theoretically result in less than optimal performance and abnormal force dissipation to the shoulder complex that could potentially lead to upper extremity injuries in athletes. Lower extremity postural control is also associated with athletic function and may be associated with upper extremity injuries. Clinical measures of core stability have not been validated against lab-based measures of core neuromuscular control. This has resulted in several knowledge gaps that hinder clinical identification of core stability deficits in athletes, as well as the determination of the role that core stability has in athletic injuries. The specific aims of this study are to 1) determine the strength of the association between clinical and lab-based measures of core stability in the athletic population and 2) identify the clinical and lab-based measures of core stability that are significant predictors of shoulder injuries in athletes. Eighty athletes (55 males, age: 21.2 + 3.3 years, 40 with shoulder pain) completed clinical and lab-based tests of core stability that assess aspects of both muscle capacity and neuromuscular control of the trunk and pelvis, as well as lower extremity postural stability. Athletes competed at a club, varsity, or competitive level, and were matched by age, gender, BMI, and sport type. Spearman’s rho correlations were used to assess relationships between clinical and biomechanical measures of core stability. MANOVAs were used to assess differences between measures of core stability and lower extremity postural stability between groups. There were significant small-medium correlations between clinical and biomechanical measures of core stability. There were no statistically significant differences between athletes with and without shoulder injuries for the clinical or biomechanical core stability measures or clinical or biomechanical lower extremity postural stability measures. Our findings suggest that the clinical tests assessed require some static core neuromuscular mechanisms, although these tests primarily assess of core muscle capacity. Although core stability is widely incorporated in rehabilitation of athletes with shoulder injuries, these athletes may not present with impairments in core stability or lower extremity postural stability.

Download or read book Core Assessment and Training written by Jason Brumitt and published by Human Kinetics. This book was released on 2010 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Core health prevents injuries, improves athletic performance and helps rehabilitation. Whether you are a personal trainer, strength coach or rehabilitation professional, this book covers various aspects of core training, from basic to advanced core exercises, stretches and plyometrics.

Download or read book Tennis Medicine written by Giovanni Di Giacomo and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-01-08 with total page 686 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book will serve as a key resource for all clinicians working in orthopedics, sports medicine, and rehabilitation for the sport of tennis. It provides clinically useful information on evaluation and treatment of the tennis player, covering the entire body and both general medical and orthopedic musculoskeletal topics. Individual sections focus on tennis-related injuries to the shoulder, the elbow, wrist, and hand, the lower extremities, and the core/spine, explaining treatment and rehabilitation approaches in detail. Furthermore, sufficient sport science information is presented to provide the clinical reader with extensive knowledge of tennis biomechanics and the physiological aspects of training and rehabilitation. Medical issues in tennis players, such as nutrition and hydration, are also discussed, and a closing section focuses on other key topics, including movement dysfunction, periodization, core training, and strength and conditioning specifics. The expansive list of worldwide contributors and experts coupled with the comprehensive and far-reaching chapter provision make this the highest-level tennis medicine book ever published.

Download or read book Sports Injuries written by Mahmut Nedim Doral and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2015-06-29 with total page 3295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sports Injuries: Prevention, Diagnosis, Treatment and Rehabilitation covers the whole field of sports injuries and is an up-to-date guide for the diagnosis and treatment of the full range of sports injuries. The work pays detailed attention to biomechanics and injury prevention, examines the emerging treatment role of current strategies and evaluates sports injuries of each part of musculoskeletal system. In addition, pediatric sports injuries, extreme sports injuries, the role of physiotherapy, and future developments are extensively discussed. All those who are involved in the care of patients with sports injuries will find this textbook to be an invaluable, comprehensive, and up-to-date reference.

Download or read book Comprehensive Performance Based Movement System Screening Tool for Athletes written by Courtney Butowicz and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Musculoskeletal injuries can have damaging effects on sports and/or job performance, psychosocial factors, and an increased risk of musculoskeletal impairments later in life. Non-contact injuries, such as an ACL rupture or non-traumatic shoulder injury, account for nearly 40% of all injuries sustained during practices and 20% of injuries incurred during sanctioned games. Pre-participation movement screening has gained popularity in collegiate athletics and military personnel in efforts to identify poor performance and individuals potentially at increased risk of injury. Proposed risk factors for injury include impairments in regional stability (i.e. core stability), movement pattern efficiency, mobility, and symmetry. Impairments in any of these risk factors may influence force generation, transfer, and dissipation throughout the body, potentially increasing stress on segments and joints. Current movement screens provide limited assessment of core stability and upper extremity stability, movement pattern efficiency, and mobility. The purposes of this study were to: 1) describe a novel comprehensive performance-based movement system-screening tool (MSST), 2) determine the validity of common and novel clinical tests of core stability, 3) determine the psychometric properties of the MSST, 4) and determine the ability of the MSST to identify athletes with a current history of non-traumatic shoulder injury. Eighty athletes (40 with a current shoulder injury) completed the MSST and lab-based measures of isolated core stability. Findings demonstrated that none of the clinical tests of core stability within the MSST were moderately significantly correlated to our lab-based measures. Results of the exploratory factor analysis (EFA) revealed three of the four design constructs (proposed risk factors) over 7 factors, representing 63% of the variance accounted for within the MSST: movement pattern efficiency (lower extremity, dynamic lower extremity), regional stability (upper and lower extremity, trunk/pelvis, dynamic), and mobility (upper and lower extremity, trunk/pelvis). Individual test inter-rater reliability ranged from fair to perfect ([kappa] = 0.26 - 1.00). Inter-rater reliability of the MSST composite score was excellent, ICC (2,1) = 0.94, 95% CI (0.91, 0.96). Athletes with non-traumatic shoulder injury (composite score = 56.5 ± 5.9) scored significantly lower than healthy controls (composite score = 59.5 ± 4.8) on the MSST (t = 2.43, p = 0.02, d = 0.54). Logistic regression revealed rotary stability, shoulder mobility dominant arm, and glenohumeral internal rotation deficit predicted whether or not an athlete had shoulder pain, [chi]2 = 14.37, df = 5, N = 81, p = 0.01. None of the clinical tests of core stability demonstrated acceptable construct validity (r > 0.3) for assessing core neuromuscular control in an athletic population. Assessments assumed to assess muscle capacity were not significantly correlated to our lab-based measures of isolated core neuromuscular control, suggesting they are assessing a different construct (muscle capacity). The results of the current study suggest the MSST may have adequate inter-rater reliability and construct validity for use in clinical settings. However, future work should be done to assess the test-retest reliability and predictive validity of the MSST. The MSST was able to discriminate performance differences in athletes with and without non-traumatic shoulder injury. To date, this is the first comprehensive movement screen used to address non-traumatic upper extremity injury in athletes.

Download or read book Epidemiology of Injury in Olympic Sports written by Dennis J. Caine and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-09-22 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new volume in the Encyclopaedia of Sports Medicine series, published under the auspices of the International Olympic Committee, provides a state-of-the- art account of the epidemiology of injury across a broad spectrum of Olympic sports. The book uses the public health model in describing the scope of the injury problem, the associated risk factors, and in evaluating the current research on injury prevention strategies described in the literature. Epidemiology of Injury in Olympic Sports comprehensively covers what is known about the distribution and determinants of injury and injury rates in each sport. The editors and contributors have taken an evidence-based approach and adopted a uniform methodology to assess the data available. Each chapter is illustrated with tables which make it easy to examine injury factors between studies within a sport and between sports. With contributions from internationally renowned experts, this is an invaluable reference book for medical doctors, physical therapists and athletic trainers who serve athletes and sports teams, and for sports medicine scientists and healthcare professionals who are interested in the epidemiological study of injury in sports.

Download or read book Mechanics Pathomechanics and Injury in the Overhead Athlete written by W. Ben Kibler and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-05-07 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As clinical interest in overhead athletic injuries is on the upswing, so is greater interest in the factors for performance and injury risk in throwing and other overhead motion. This practical, case-based text is divided into two sections and will present the basic principles of overhead athletes followed by unique clinical case presentations describing different aspects of performance, injury and management in throwing and other overhead athletes. Part I discusses the mechanics and pathomechanics of the overhead motion, along with principles of evaluation, the physical exam, surgical management of both the shoulder and elbow, rehabilitation and return to play, injury risk modification, and the role of the scapula. Unique clinical cases comprise all of part II and follow a consistent format covering the history, exam, imaging, diagnosis and outcome of the chosen intervention. These cases illustrate a cross-section of sports and activities, from the baseball player to the swimmer, and a range of shoulder and elbow problems in pediatric and adult overhead athletes Providing a unique case-based approach to a growing hot topic, Mechanics, Pathomechanics and Injury in the Overhead Athlete is an ideal resource for orthopedic surgeons, sports medicine specialists, physiatrists, physical therapists, certified athletic trainers and allied medical professions treating active persons of all ages.

Download or read book The Shoulder Made Easy written by Charalambos Panayiotou Charalambous and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-02-27 with total page 557 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a concise and up-to-date resource on common shoulder disorders. The reader will learn about various shoulder conditions, their presentation, evaluation and management. Anatomy, biomechanics, function, clinical history taking and examination, radiological imaging and other investigations, as well as principles of non-surgical and surgical management of the troublesome shoulder are presented first. The Shoulder Made Easy conveys clear, easily understood information to help practitioners in day-to-day clinical practice as well as in preparation for undergraduate or postgraduate exams. The book focuses on: Commonly encountered clinical symptoms of the shoulder: patients don't present with a clinical diagnosis but with symptoms such as pain, stiffness, weakness or instability and a thorough consideration of what could be accounting for such symptoms and how such symptoms may be dealt with is presented. Commonly encountered clinical disorders of the shoulder: each clinical disorder is concisely presented with the background, clinical symptoms, investigations, differential diagnosis, treatment and a further reading section. This book attempts to present information in an easily read, succinct way. In particular, this book tries to unpick and explain those concepts of shoulder disorders that may be difficult to understand. An attempt is made to pass on knowledge but more importantly also stimulate lateral thinking. Key diagrams, clinical photographs and radiographs are used as necessary to highlight important points; references to relevant landmark articles are also provided in each chapter. The book will be of great interest to medical students, junior orthopaedic doctors, GP’s and physiotherapists.

Download or read book Stability of the Lumbar Spine written by Anders Bergmark and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Introduction to Surface Electromyography written by Jeffrey R. Cram and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Surface EMG is a popular tool used by physical therapists, occupational therapists, and chiropractors in both assessing and treating a wide range of neuromusculoskeletal disorders. This book provides the basics of surface EMG. It addresses such questions as what is EMG? Why use surface EMG? When and how is it used? Featuring a complete Atlas for Electrode Placement, the book introduces electrode placement strategies for various disorders, understanding and interpreting the surface EMG signal, and basic formulations for treatment strategies. Each chapter includes clinical examples to orient the practitioner to surface EMG's potential use.

Download or read book Instructional Course Lectures Volume 68 written by James I. Huddleston III and published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. This book was released on 2019-01-03 with total page 1532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher's Note: Products purchased from 3rd Party sellers are not guaranteed by the Publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. Lead innovation and raise the standard of care in your OR with new techniques and proven practical approaches presented at the definitive orthopaedic educational event of 2018 – the AAOS Annual Meeting.

Download or read book Shoulder Instability A Comprehensive Approach written by Matthew T. Provencher and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2011-12-07 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shoulder Instability, by Drs. Mark Provencher and Anthony Romeo, is the first comprehensive resource that helps you apply emerging research to effectively manage this condition using today's best surgical and non-surgical approaches. Detailed illustrations and surgical and rehabilitation videos clearly demonstrate key techniques like bone loss treatment, non-operative rehabilitation methods, multidirectional instability, and more. You'll also have access to the full contents online at www.expertconsult.com. Watch surgical and rehabilitation videos online and access the fully searchable text at www.expertconsult.com. Stay current on hot topics including instability with bone loss treatment, non-operative rehabilitation methods, multidirectional instability, and more. Gain a clear visual understanding of the treatment of shoulder instability from more than 850 images and illustrations. Find information quickly and easily with a consistent format that features pearls and pitfalls, bulleted key points, and color-coded side tabs. Explore shoulder instability further with annotated suggested readings that include level of evidence.

Download or read book Breakthrough Swimming written by Cecil Colwin and published by Human Kinetics. This book was released on 2002 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Never before has one book taken such a comprehensive look at the evolution, science, and coaching application of competitive swimming. In Breakthrough Swimming, legendary swimming coach and researcher Cecil Colwin provides a rich perspective on the development of the sport and explains major advances in stroke mechanics, training methods, and racing techniques. Accompanied by richly detailed illustrations, this engaging text is one of the most insightful written works on the sport. It makes clear sense out of the scientific principles and puts into context the historical changes in the sport. Not only will you gain a greater understanding of competitive swimming through its origins and evolution, but you'll also gain these valuable skills: - Improve your stroke technique, starts, and turns. - Improve your feel of the water by learning to anticipate and effectively manipulate the reacting flow of the water. - Understand the hydrodynamics of swimming and learn how water reacts to the forces you apply with each swimming stroke. - Improve your conditioning and develop a better training program by understanding the principles of training. - Learn how to design different types of workouts to produce specific physiological effects. - Learn how to plan a seasonal program and how to relate your training to the pace of the race you intend to swim. The book includes a chapter contributed by Dr. David Pyne, sport physiologist to the 2000 Australian Olympic swimming team. Pyne covers the physiology of modern swimming training and the preparation of swimming teams for top-flight international competition. Breakthrough Swimming covers every aspect of competitive swimming from its spawning ground in early 19th-century England to the present day, including the profound changes that occurred in the last decade of the 20th century. The book also explains the societal changes of recent years, such as the advent of professional swimming and the specter of performance-enhancing drugs. Combining history with the latest innovations, Breakthrough Swimming is the definitive work on the past, present, and future of competitive swimming.

Download or read book Therapeutic Exercise for Lumbopelvic Stabilization written by Carolyn Richardson and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents the latest information and research on the prevention and management of musculoskeletal pain and dysfunction. It introduces the reader to an approach to clinical management and prevention based on that research. This text's impressively thorough coverage makes it an indispensable text for both researchers and clinicians in the field of musculoskeletal pain and dysfunction.

Download or read book Sports Injury Research written by Evert Verhagen and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a comprehensive guide to the epidemiology and methodology involved in sports injury research, including detailed background on epidemiological methods employed in research on sports injuries and discussions on key methodological issues.