Download or read book Using Surveillance for Sports Injury Epidemiology written by Ellen E. Yard and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: Sports have numerous positive benefits and serve as an important source of physical activity among United States (US) adolescents. However, sports carry a risk of injury, with high school athletes sustaining almost 1.5 million injuries every year. The first step in decreasing sports injury rates is to collect high-quality exposure and injury data. Such data can describe injury rates and patterns and form a foundation for developing and evaluating preventive interventions. The overall objective of this study was to evaluate important topics in sports injury epidemiology. The specific aims were to examine the feasibility of using various data reporters in national sports injury surveillance, to examine return to play patterns following concussion, and to examine injury patterns by body mass index (BMI). This study utilized data from the National High School Sports-Related Injury Surveillance Study, which conducted surveillance in 100 nationally representative US high schools during the 2005-08 school years. We found that certified athletic trainers are the optimal data reporters in national high school sports injury surveillance because they reported more consistently and accurately than coaches or athletes. We also found that 40% of high school athletes are risking subsequent injury and serious neurologic impairment by returning to play too soon following a sports-related concussion. Finally, injury diagnosis and body site differ by BMI. Underweight athletes are more likely to sustain a bone fracture while obese athletes are more likely to sustain an ankle injury. The sports community must help protect the lifelong physical and mental health of high school athletes by ensuring athletes follow recommended return to play guidelines following concussion and by implementing BMI-targeted interventions. Continued sports injury surveillance is needed to monitor trends and assess the effectiveness of preventive interventions.
Download or read book Epidemiology for Athletic Trainers written by Melanie Adams and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-06-01 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evidence-based practice requires clinicians to be knowledgeable of the current standards of care and be willing to consider the effectiveness of new methods. Athletic Trainers especially must understand how epidemiology shapes healthcare practices for physically active patients. To meet this need, Epidemiology for Athletic Trainers: Integrating Evidence-Based Practice is a succinct and comprehensive reference meant to develop and refine student and clinician evidence-based practice skills. This text addresses the prevalence, risk factors, and surveillance of sports-related injury and illness at youth, college, and professional levels. Inside Epidemiology for Athletic Trainers: Integrating Evidence-Based Practice, Drs. Wanda Swiger and Melanie M. Adams guide the reader through the steps of evidence-based practice by presenting basic research and statistical methods needed to read medical literature. Key sport epidemiology studies are reviewed for both historical and clinical significance. This foundation is built on with a deeper discussion of injury and illness prevention and future research. Chapters cover a wide range of topics including the health benefits of physical activity, concussion return to play guidelines, ACL prevention, and mental health concerns. This text provides an exceptional approach to integrating evidence-based practice skills with clinical practice. Features: Meets the Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (CAATE) outcomes Includes classroom activities to make the text interactive and expand the student’s or clinician’s research skills Fosters the use of prevention practices and health promotion within athletic training Included with the text are online supplemental materials for faculty use in the classroom. Epidemiology for Athletic Trainers: Integrating Evidence-Based Practice is a must-have for any athletic training student or clinician looking to improve his or her decision-making skills within an evidence-based context.
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.
Download or read book Injury in Pediatric and Adolescent Sports written by Dennis Caine and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-08-24 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing a state-of-the-art account of the nature, distribution and determinants of sports injury in children and adolescents, this unique volume uses the public health model to describe the scope of the injury problem and the associated risk factors and evaluate the current research on injury prevention strategies as described in the literature. Thoughtfully divided in six sections, the nature of the young athlete and epidemiology of pediatric and adolescent sports injury are described first. Then an overview of the most common types of youth sports injuries as well as more serious injuries (e.g., concussions) and outcomes is presented, followed by a discussion of injury causation and prevention. Suggestions for future research rounds out the presentation. Each chapter is illustrated with tables which make it easy to examine injury factors between studies. Throughout, the editors and contributors have taken an evidence-based approach and adopted a uniform methodology to assess the data available. Ideal for physicians, physical therapists, athletic trainers and sports scientists alike, Injury in Pediatric and Adolescent Sports concisely and accurately presents the situation faced by clinicians treating young athletes and the challenges they face in keeping up with this growing and active population. Furthermore, the information in this book will be useful to allied health researchers and sport governing bodies as an informed basis for continued epidemiological study and implementation of injury prevention initiatives designed to reduce the incidence and severity of injuries encountered by young athletes.
Download or read book Sports Injury Research written by Evert Verhagen and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2009-12-03 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the increasing focus on tackling obesity and other lifestyle-related illnesses and conditions, participation in sports and physical activity is growing. The consequences are that injuries and unwanted side-effects of healthy activity are becoming major health problems. Prevention is crucial to health gain, both in the short-term (preventing immediate injury), and in the longer term (reducing the risk of recurrence and prolonged periods of impairment). Prevention follows 4 main steps: 1) the sports injury problem must be described in incidence and severity, 2) the etiological risk factors and mechanisms underlying the occurrence of injury are identified, 3) preventive methods that are likely to work can be developed and introduced, and 4) the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of such measures are evaluated. This book follows these four steps to provide a comprehensive guide to the epidemiology and methodology involved in sports injury research. It includes detailed background on epidemiological methods employed in research on sports injuries, discusses key methodological issues, and teaches the reader to recognize the influence of the employed methodology on interpretations of study results. Theoretical knowledge is integrated with practical examples throughout. The book will be of value to all researchers and professionals, both clinicians and epidemiologists, in the field of sports medicine.
Download or read book Pediatric and Adolescent Sports Injuries written by Christopher S. Ahmad and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rising pediatric and adolescent sports injuries require increased awareness and education. Advance your understanding of the most common injuries encountered in pediatric and adolescent sports medicine and learn current treatment and prevention strategies to preserve the health of our promising young athletes. This new monograph is the only comprehensive update on pediatric sports injuries and will be a valuable asset for every orthopaedic resident, sports medicine fellow, practicing sports medicine and emergency room physician, pediatrician, nurse practitioner, and physician assistant who eng
Download or read book Injury Epidemiology written by Leon S. Robertson and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1998 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text provides a comprehensive overview of the epidemiologic methods used to study injuries and evaluate interventions to prevent them. The author explains the formation of research questions, the sources of reliable and valid data, and the selection of research methods. The difficulties of applying rates and ratios to the evaluation of programs are discussed as well, and the use of economic concepts and policy analysis is covered. The Second Edition provides specific objectives for research in the various stages of injury control planning and implementation, including the types of data needed to reach the objectives. The new edition of Injury Epidemiology is a unique, comprehensive guide to this specialized field. It will benefit students, newcomers and seasoned researchers in the areas of injury prevention, injury control, and epidemiology.
Download or read book Sports Related Concussions in Youth written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2014-02-04 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the past decade, few subjects at the intersection of medicine and sports have generated as much public interest as sports-related concussions - especially among youth. Despite growing awareness of sports-related concussions and campaigns to educate athletes, coaches, physicians, and parents of young athletes about concussion recognition and management, confusion and controversy persist in many areas. Currently, diagnosis is based primarily on the symptoms reported by the individual rather than on objective diagnostic markers, and there is little empirical evidence for the optimal degree and duration of physical rest needed to promote recovery or the best timing and approach for returning to full physical activity. Sports-Related Concussions in Youth: Improving the Science, Changing the Culture reviews the science of sports-related concussions in youth from elementary school through young adulthood, as well as in military personnel and their dependents. This report recommends actions that can be taken by a range of audiences - including research funding agencies, legislatures, state and school superintendents and athletic directors, military organizations, and equipment manufacturers, as well as youth who participate in sports and their parents - to improve what is known about concussions and to reduce their occurrence. Sports-Related Concussions in Youth finds that while some studies provide useful information, much remains unknown about the extent of concussions in youth; how to diagnose, manage, and prevent concussions; and the short- and long-term consequences of concussions as well as repetitive head impacts that do not result in concussion symptoms. The culture of sports negatively influences athletes' self-reporting of concussion symptoms and their adherence to return-to-play guidance. Athletes, their teammates, and, in some cases, coaches and parents may not fully appreciate the health threats posed by concussions. Similarly, military recruits are immersed in a culture that includes devotion to duty and service before self, and the critical nature of concussions may often go unheeded. According to Sports-Related Concussions in Youth, if the youth sports community can adopt the belief that concussions are serious injuries and emphasize care for players with concussions until they are fully recovered, then the culture in which these athletes perform and compete will become much safer. Improving understanding of the extent, causes, effects, and prevention of sports-related concussions is vitally important for the health and well-being of youth athletes. The findings and recommendations in this report set a direction for research to reach this goal.
Download or read book Implementation and Evaluation of a Club based Injury Surveillance System Within a Community Sport Setting written by Christina Louise Ekegren and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite a high frequency of injuries, there is no systematic injury data collection within Australian community sport. Most epidemiological data on sports injuries have been collected on professional and elite athletes and have limited relevance to community-level sporting populations. As a result, it has been difficult to develop effective injury prevention strategies for community sport settings. There is potential for injury surveillance systems based within community sports clubs to address this knowledge gap; however, there is a need to better understand the contextual challenges presented by community sport settings for conducting injury surveillance. It is also necessary to determine whether club-based personnel, such as sports trainers, are capable of recording accurate injury data. To focus the scope of this investigation, the research was conducted within the context of adult community-level Australian football. Community-level Australian football has a large participant base in Australia, a high frequency of injuries and a relatively well-organised approach to first-aid staffing. This setting therefore provided an ideal context for implementing and evaluating an injury surveillance system within community sport in order to determine its feasibility at a broader level.Data collection was carried out over the 2012 and 2013 football seasons, during which clubs from five community-level Australian football leagues used an online injury surveillance system, Sports Injury Tracker, to record their players' injuries. The degree of system implementation was evaluated using the RE-AIM framework (Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation and Maintenance). Semi-structured interviews of club-based personnel were used to gather qualitative information about the facilitators and barriers to the implementation of the system. Concurrently collected self-reported injury data obtained from players via short message service (SMS) were used to validate the club-based surveillance data. Finally, injury data recorded by club personnel over both 2012 and 2013 football seasons were pooled to determine the consistency of these data with previous studies in community-level Australian football.The research identified a range of barriers to implementing injury surveillance systems in community sport settings, including doubt about the importance of such endeavours, a shortage of time to record data amongst club personnel and a lack of organisational leadership. Data quality evaluations showed that while the profile of injuries was consistent with self-reported injury data and with previous studies in community-level Australian football, reported injury frequencies and rates were highly variable between clubs and, overall, lower than expected for this population. Club-based injury surveillance has the potential to provide important information about the types of injuries that occur in community sport and so could help inform injury prevention priorities. However, at present, recorded injury data have limited capacity to accurately estimate the public health burden of community sports injuries or to evaluate the effectiveness of injury prevention programs. Based on this knowledge, a range of recommendations has been made to improve the future implementation and quality of injury surveillance systems in community sport settings.
Download or read book Epidemiology of Injuries in Sports written by Gian Luigi Canata and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-04-14 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This concise yet comprehensive book covers epidemiology of injuries in 24 different sports ranging from football, volleyball, athletics, to less explored ones, like archery and Formula 1. For each discipline the authors present and analyze the sport’s main characteristics, physiological and biomechanical demands on athletes, epidemiology of injuries, prevention strategies, rehabilitation and return to play. Based on an updated overview of sport specific data, this book equips the reader with a solid understanding of sports injury epidemiology and its importance for the implementation of preventive measures. Written in collaboration with ESSKA by almost 100 international experts, sharing the belief that prevention is the first mission of sports medicine, this book is an excellent source of knowledge for sports physicians, researchers, residents, fellows and trainers alike.
Download or read book The IOC Manual of Sports Injuries written by Roald Bahr and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-06-12 with total page 713 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Created in collaboration with the Medical Commission of the International Olympic Committee this exciting new book is a must-have tool for all those involved in assessing and treating the active individual with injuries sustained in sports and physical activity: from primary care and ER physicians to general physical therapists, athletic trainers, nurse practitioners and physician's assistants. Written and edited by an international cast of world-leading experts, the book embraces a problem-oriented approach to guide the reader through the assessment and management of injuries in physical activity. Covering the various body regions and distinguishing between common and rarer injuries, the book follows a trajectory from history taking and physical examination to diagnosis and treatment, providing clear and actionable guidance on management of the most common injuries and disorders. Over 500 beautiful full-color illustrations augment the text, showing readers detailed views of the techniques, procedures and other clinically-relevant information being described. Over the course of the last decade there have been significant developments in our understanding of sports injuries – what they are, how they should be assessed, and how they should be treated. The IOC Manual of Sports Injuries distills these advances into straightforward, practical guidance that clinicians can count on to optimize their care of the physically-active patient.
Download or read book Epidemiology of Pediatric Sports Injuries written by Dennis John Caine and published by Karger Medical and Scientific Publishers. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focused on team sports like Baseball, Basketball, Gridiron Football, Ice Hockey, Rugby, and Soccer, this publication integratively reviews the existing data on the distribution and determinants of injury in children and youth athletes. Further, the book includes a chapter on the identification of the epidemiological approach and concludes with suggestions of injury prevention measures and guidelines for further research.
Download or read book Injury Prevention written by Peter Barss and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1998 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors emphasize a methodological approach in the analysis of the health impact, circumstances, and costs of injuries. They detail the role of health services in injury prevention and describe surveillance methods and effective preventive measures that can be implemented relatively easily, even in countries with limited resources.
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 ABC of Sports and Exercise Medicine written by Gregory Whyte and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2015-07-27 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ABC of Sports and Exercise Medicine provides general practitioners with a comprehensive overview of the field of sports medicine. This highly illustrated and thoroughly revised and updated new edition: • Reflects new developments and current practice • Includes new chapters on medical care at sporting events, environmental factors of sports and exercise, benefits of exercise in health and disease, nutrition and ergogenic supplements, and the use of drugs in sport • Covers the benefits of exercise among special populations such as the disabled, obese, pregnant, children and the elderly Covering the latest topics and including case studies of common sports and exercise medicine conditions, the ABC of Sports and Exercise Medicine is an essential practical guide for general practitioners, family physicians, junior doctors, medical students, physiotherapists, and all health professionals dealing with the treatment and prevention of sports-related injuries.
Download or read book Epidemiology of Sports Injuries written by Dennis John Caine and published by Human Kinetics Publishers. This book was released on 1996 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reviews distribution and determinants of injury rates and suggests measures for injury prevention and directions for research.
Download or read book Bone Stress Injuries written by Adam S. Tenforde, MD and published by Springer Publishing Company. This book was released on 2021-07-17 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “This book gives a nice summary of the current state of diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of bone stress injuries. It is particularly useful for sports medicine fellows and residents with an interest in athletes and active patients." ---Doody's Review Service, 3 stars Bone stress injuries are commonly seen in athletes and active individuals across a full spectrum of physical activity, age, and gender. While most overuse injuries can be addressed through non-operative care, injuries may progress to full fractures that require surgery if misdiagnosed or not correctly managed. Written by leaders in sports medicine including physical medicine and rehabilitation, orthopaedics, endocrinology and allied health professionals of biomechanics, physical therapy and dietetics, Bone Stress Injuries offers state-of-the-art guidelines and up-to-date science and terminology to practitioners. Using a holistic approach to understand the management of bone stress injuries, this book highlights specific considerations by injury, gender, and risk factor to ensure that a comprehensive treatment plan can be developed to optimize bone health, neuromuscular re-education, gait mechanics, and injury prevention. Organized into four parts, opening chapters cover the general need-to-know topics, including clinical history, imaging, and risk factors including biological and biomechanical factors. The book proceeds anatomically through the body from upper extremity to foot and ankle injuries, with each chapter underscoring diagnostic and treatment strategies specific to that region. Chapters dedicated to special populations discuss the differences in injury evaluation and management according to age, gender, and military background. Final chapters review the prevention of injuries and examine both common and novel treatment strategies, such as medications, nutrition, gait retraining, orthobiologics, and other interventions. Invaluable in its scope and approach, Bone Stress Injuries is the go-to resource for sports medicine physicians, physiatrists, and primary care providers who manage the care of athletes and individuals leading active lifestyles. Key Features: Promotes evidence-based practice for diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of bone stress injuries Covers specific anatomy that is prone to bone stress injuries with dedicated chapters on upper and lower extremities, pelvis and hip, spine, and foot and ankle Considers evaluation and management differences according to specific populations of pediatric, male, female, and military personnel Discusses emerging strategies to treat bone stress injuries, such as gait retraining, orthobiologics, and other non-pharmacological treatments
