Pub Date : 2023-06-30DOI: 10.23937/2469-5718/1510252
Gökçe Özden, Y. Ufuk
It is estimated that there are 300 million individuals diagnosed with asthma worldwide. Asthma is a chronic inflammatory heterogeneous disease with clinical symptoms such as wheezing, nocturnal cough, dyspnea, expiratory airflow limitation
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Pub Date : 2023-06-30DOI: 10.23937/2469-5718/1510244
H. Danny, Tol Johannes L, Bruning Bastiaan, J. Lotte, D. Vosse, Reurink Gustaaf
Background: The epidemiology of injuries in youth soccer is ambiguous. Most studies are based on the consensus statement of Fuller, et al., where pediatric-specific injuries are not included. As a result, this type of injury is often neglected or categorized inconsistently. A consequence may be adhering an incorrect focus in injury prevention. This study aimed to describe injury incidence, severity and burden by age group in an elite soccer academy. Methods: We included injury data recorded over four consecutive seasons from 2017/2018 to 2020/2021 from all male youth players (under-8 to under-19) of an elite Dutch soccer academy. The outcome measures were soccer-related time-loss injury incidence (per player-season), severity (days lost) and burden (days lost per player-season). Results: We identified a total of 1,134 soccer-related time-loss injuries in 979 player-seasons of 406 individual players. The incidence was 1.2 (95% CI 1.10; 1.23) time-loss injuries per player-season, with a median severity of 13 (interquartile range; 6, 27) days lost per injury. The overall injury burden was 15 days lost per player-season (5% unavailability), with a peak in the under-16 age group of 37 days lost per player-season. Incidence peaked in the under-15 with 1.9 injuries per player-season and severity peaked in the under-16 with a median of 20 days lost per injury. Apophysitis of the knee was the most burdensome injury subtype with a peak in the under-14 age group of 11 days lost per player-season. Conclusion: The overall injury burden results in a 5% players’ unavailability for training and/or competition, with a peak in the under-16 of 12% unavailability (37 days lost per player-season), mainly due to an increase in severity.
背景:青少年足球运动中受伤的流行病学尚不明确。大多数研究是基于富勒等人的共识声明，其中不包括儿科特异性伤害。因此，这种类型的伤害往往被忽视或分类不一致。一个后果可能是坚持不正确的重点在伤害预防。本研究旨在描述某精英足球学校不同年龄群体的伤害发生率、严重程度和负担。方法:我们纳入了2017/2018年至2020/2021年连续四个赛季记录的荷兰精英足球学院所有男性青年球员(8岁以下至19岁以下)的伤病数据。结果测量是与足球相关的时间损失伤害发生率(每个球员赛季)，严重程度(损失天数)和负担(每个球员赛季损失天数)。结果:在406名个体球员的979个球员赛季中，我们共发现了1134例与足球相关的时间损失损伤。发生率为1.2 (95% CI 1.10;1.23)每个球员赛季的时间损失伤病，严重程度中位数为13(四分位数范围;每次受伤损失6.27天。总的伤病负担是每个球员赛季损失15天(5%缺阵)，16岁以下年龄组的伤病负担最高，每个球员赛季损失37天。发病率最高的是15岁以下的球员，平均每个赛季受伤1.9次;严重程度最高的是16岁以下的球员，平均每次受伤损失20天。膝关节棘突炎是最严重的损伤亚型，在14岁以下年龄组中最高，每个球员赛季损失11天。结论:总体伤病负担导致5%的球员无法参加训练和/或比赛，16岁以下的球员最高为12%(每个球员赛季损失37天)，主要是由于严重程度的增加。
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Pub Date : 2023-04-30DOI: 10.23937/2469-5718/1510249
Johnson LT George Michael, Bernstein LCDR Kevin Michael
A 38-year-old with ankylosing spondylitis presented to a sports medicine clinic following a traumatic cycling accident. Physical exam found pain, swelling and ecchymosis overlying the proximal thigh. Point of care ultrasound revealed an underlying large hematoma causing a closed degloving of the overlying tissue or a Morel-Lavallée lesions. MRI confirmed size of the lesion and diagnosis made previously. The patient was treated conservatively without any invasive procedures, infection and with excellent pain control. He returned to cycling successfully and has had no adverse side effects. This case demonstrates the use ultrasound in the early detection of this type of injury as well as the use of noninvasive techniques not previously demonstrated on a lesion of the size presented.
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Pub Date : 2023-04-30DOI: 10.23937/2469-5718/1510247
Allen Thomas Wesley
The importance of physical exercise in preventing, treating and controlling hypertension has been the subject of enormous attention during the past several decades. Nearly one third of American adults have been diagnosed with high blood pressure and millions more have pre-hypertension. Cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) has an important non-pharmacologic role in hypertension treatment and prevention, yet one in three Americans does not engage in leisure-time physical activity.
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Background: There is a steady increase in persons diagnosed with hypertension by a health care provider, including college-age students in Florida. There are over one million college-age students enrolled in public or private higher education programs in Florida. Surveys have shown that many of the college-age students screened for hypertension
{"title":"Cardiovascular Risk Prevention in College-Age Students","authors":"Washington-Brown Linda, Granderson Danielle, Reed Jenna' Walia, Amorim Erica Pereira","doi":"10.23937/2469-5718/1510243","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23937/2469-5718/1510243","url":null,"abstract":"Background: There is a steady increase in persons diagnosed with hypertension by a health care provider, including college-age students in Florida. There are over one million college-age students enrolled in public or private higher education programs in Florida. Surveys have shown that many of the college-age students screened for hypertension","PeriodicalId":91298,"journal":{"name":"International journal of sports and exercise medicine","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89088409","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-12-31DOI: 10.23937/2469-5718/1510239
Bailey Steve D
Objective: To investigate the effects of acupuncture on pain and stiffness intensity and the symptoms associated with DOMS after 24 and 72 hours following the induction of DOMS. Design: A preliminary, randomized controlled single blind study. Methods: 22 healthy physiotherapists and podiatrists (10 female and 12 male) aged 21-48 years, were randomly assigned to an acupuncture intervention group or a non-treatment/control group. Immediately following the induction of DOMS, the treatment group underwent 20 minutes of manual acupuncture while the control group rested for 20 minutes. A Visual Analog Scale (VAS) and the short-form McGill Pain Questionnaire (SF-MPQ) were used to evaluate the experience and intensity of pain and muscle stiffness of each participant. Data analysis was conducted using SPSS 25. Independent samples t-tests and Levene’s tests for homogeneity of variances were completed for all data sets. Results: This study demonstrated a significant (P < 0.05) effect of acupuncture in the reduction of pain and stiffness compared with the control group at 24 and 72 hours following the induction of DOMS. The acupuncture intervention group reported 79% less pain and 41% less stiffness than the control group 24 hours after the induction of DOMS and 80% less pain and 62% less stiffness than the control 72 hours following the induction of DOMS. Conclusions: The results of this study demonstrated the beneficial effects of selected acupuncture points in reducing both pain and stiffness 24 and 72 hours following the induction of DOMS. The findings of this study further indicate that stiffness may pose a greater problem to the recovery of athletes following intense exercise than pain; therefore, treatment should be aimed at reducing both pain and stiffness.
{"title":"The Effect of Acupuncture on Reducing Pain and Stiffness of Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS) following Eccentric Loading Exercise","authors":"Bailey Steve D","doi":"10.23937/2469-5718/1510239","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23937/2469-5718/1510239","url":null,"abstract":"Objective: To investigate the effects of acupuncture on pain and stiffness intensity and the symptoms associated with DOMS after 24 and 72 hours following the induction of DOMS. Design: A preliminary, randomized controlled single blind study. Methods: 22 healthy physiotherapists and podiatrists (10 female and 12 male) aged 21-48 years, were randomly assigned to an acupuncture intervention group or a non-treatment/control group. Immediately following the induction of DOMS, the treatment group underwent 20 minutes of manual acupuncture while the control group rested for 20 minutes. A Visual Analog Scale (VAS) and the short-form McGill Pain Questionnaire (SF-MPQ) were used to evaluate the experience and intensity of pain and muscle stiffness of each participant. Data analysis was conducted using SPSS 25. Independent samples t-tests and Levene’s tests for homogeneity of variances were completed for all data sets. Results: This study demonstrated a significant (P < 0.05) effect of acupuncture in the reduction of pain and stiffness compared with the control group at 24 and 72 hours following the induction of DOMS. The acupuncture intervention group reported 79% less pain and 41% less stiffness than the control group 24 hours after the induction of DOMS and 80% less pain and 62% less stiffness than the control 72 hours following the induction of DOMS. Conclusions: The results of this study demonstrated the beneficial effects of selected acupuncture points in reducing both pain and stiffness 24 and 72 hours following the induction of DOMS. The findings of this study further indicate that stiffness may pose a greater problem to the recovery of athletes following intense exercise than pain; therefore, treatment should be aimed at reducing both pain and stiffness.","PeriodicalId":91298,"journal":{"name":"International journal of sports and exercise medicine","volume":"25 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77150036","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-12-31DOI: 10.23937/2469-5718/1510240
Themistocleous Irene-Chrysovalanto, A. Petros, Stefanakis Manos
Aim: The aim of this study was to retrospectively compare two Circuit Training (CT) programs, one with moderate and one with high intensity, on the body composition, Cardiorespiratory Fitness (CRF), biochemical and physiological markers and isometric strength in apparently healthy obese and overweight individuals. Methods: This is a retrospective comparison of two groups of apparently healthy obese and
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Pub Date : 2022-12-31DOI: 10.23937/2469-5718/1510241
Bailey Steve D
Objective: The aim of this review is to evaluate the effect of acupuncture on competition-induced anxiety in elite athletes to provide an assessment of the overall efficacy of the use of acupuncture in the management of competitive anxiety. Method: A systematic literature search was performed by two reviewers (SB and TE) on electronic databases from their inception to 2022. The risk of bias was assessed using the Cochrane grading system in the RevMan 5.4 software by SB and TE. Acupuncture intervention was assessed using the Standards for Reporting Interventions in Clinical Trials of Acupuncture (STRICTA). A total of 36 studies were retrieved and, following further assessment, 5 studies consisting of 219 participants were included in this review. Results: Somatic anxiety was statistically lower in the acupuncture group compared with the control and sham groups with a large effect size (1.92, p = 0.05, 2.47, p = 0.01 respectively). The acupuncture group presented with a lower level of cognitive anxiety compared with the control and sham groups with a large effect size (2.99, p = 0.003, 3.26, p = 0.001 respectively). The overall difference between each group was insignificant in the management of self-confidence. Conclusion: Acupuncture has a good effect in the management of competitive somatic and cognitive anxiety; however, more studies are required with a large sample size to determine the effect of acupuncture in the management of competitive self-confidence.
目的:本综述的目的是评估针灸对优秀运动员竞争焦虑的影响，以评估针灸治疗竞争焦虑的总体疗效。方法:由两名审稿人(SB和TE)对电子数据库自建站至2022年进行系统的文献检索。采用RevMan 5.4软件中的Cochrane评分系统，由SB和TE进行偏倚风险评估。针刺干预采用针刺临床试验干预报告标准(STRICTA)进行评估。共检索到36项研究，在进一步评估后，本综述纳入了5项研究，共219名受试者。结果:针刺组患者躯体焦虑水平明显低于对照组和假手术组，差异均有统计学意义(1.92,p = 0.05, 2.47, p = 0.01)。针刺组认知焦虑水平低于对照组和假手术组，且效应量较大(分别为2.99,p = 0.003, 3.26, p = 0.001)。两组在自信心管理上总体差异不显著。结论:针刺对竞争性躯体焦虑和认知焦虑有较好的治疗效果;然而，针灸在管理竞争性自信中的作用还需要更多的大样本研究来确定。
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Pub Date : 2022-10-31DOI: 10.23937/2469-5718/1510236
Bailey Steve D
Introduction: Methods to obtain an immediate and long-term increase in muscle strength and function are goals of rehabilitation practitioners, sports therapists, strength and condition coaches and athletes. There is a growing body of evidence to support the use of acupuncture for rehabilitation of muscle function following stroke and there is strong evidence to support the use of acupuncture to enhance muscle strength in healthy individuals [1]. Acupuncture has been shown to affect both acute and chronic improvement in muscle strength. However, the underlying physiological mechanisms by which acupuncture enhances muscle strength are still unclear and to our knowledge have never been fully investigated. The purpose of the current review is to critically appraise randomized control trials, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses to determine the underlying physiological mechanisms in which acupuncture enhances muscle strength in both animals and humans. This review will lay the foundation for clarifying the likely mechanisms of acupuncture in enhancing acute and chronic muscle strength. Thus, allowing clinicians and researchers involved in sports and/or exercise rehabilitation to justify their selection of acupuncture points.
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