Columbia | 2 years ago
FDA approves knee-injury device for humans
COLUMBIA, Mo. – A new knee-surgery device investigated by University of Missouri-Columbia researchers that will help to repair meniscus tears, which were previously defined as irreparable, has been approved by the FDA for use in humans. Previous treatment options forced surgeons to completely remove the damaged portion of the meniscus. Typically the removal of the meniscus leads to painful, debili ... read more

2 years ago
Study asks how safe is high school football?
- – Football, one of the most popular sports in the United States, is also the leading cause of sports-related injuries. During the 2005-06 season, high school football players sustained more than half a million injuries nationally. A study conducted by researchers in the Center for Injury Research and Policy - at Columbus Children’s Hospital, is the first to compare injuries among high school and ... read more

2 years ago
Accident-prone? Scientists link brain function to knee injuries
A torn anterior cruciate ligament - is among an athlete's most-dreaded injuries, often requiring surgery and months of rehab, as has been the case with Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb.While being tackled in football or hurtling into an embankment on an icy ski course can tear this major knee ligament, most athletes actually “do themselves in”--they don't collide with a person or obj ... read more

Los Angeles | 2 years ago
SAGE to publish British Journal of Infection Control
Los Angeles, London, New Delhi, and Singapore - -- SAGE is delighted to announce a new partnership with the Infection Control Nurses Association to publish the British Journal of Infection Control - from September 2007. As the world’s fifth largest journals publisher, SAGE has continued to invest in a flourishing STM publishing programme to complement its established reputation as the market leade ... read more

Rosemont | 2 years ago
Catastrophic head injury three times greater in high school vs. collegiate football players
Rosemont, Ill. – The incidence of catastrophic head injuries in football is dramatically higher at the high school level than at the college level, according to a study published in the July issue of The American Journal of Sports Medicine.Catastrophic head injuries, which include brain bleeding and swelling, are rare and can be devastating. Athletes with major brain injuries may be left with per ... read more

2 years ago
Modified ligament surgery improves outcomes for baseball pitchers, other athletes
In the largest study of its kind, surgeons at Hospital for Special Surgery have determined that by modifying a classic ligament surgery, they can return more athletes, such as baseball players, to their prior level of competition. The modified surgery repairs a torn medial collateral ligament -, which links and stabilizes bones of the lower and upper arm where they meet at the elbow. Less traumati ... read more

Rosemont | 3 years ago
Female lacrosse players at higher risk than males for head, face and eye injuries
Rosemont, Ill. – February 1, 2007 -- Despite playing a game with less physical contact, female lacrosse players in high school and college sustain a higher rate of injuries to the head, face, and eye than their male counterparts, according to a study published in the February issue of The American Journal of Sports Medicine.Although high school injury rates are lower than those of college, the nat ... read more

Rosemont | 3 years ago
First national review of pediatric soccer injuries finds 1.6 million ER visits over 13-year span
Rosemont, Ill. – February 1, 2007 -- Girl soccer players may be sustaining more injuries than boys, but boys are twice as likely to be hospitalized for their injuries, according to the first comprehensive look at U.S. emergency room data on youth soccer injuries. The review appears in the February issue of The American Journal of Sports Medicine.Coauthors Robert E. Leininger, Christy L. Knox, MA, ... read more

Rosemont | 3 years ago
Improperly sized tennis racket grip doesn't cause tennis elbow
Rosemont, Ill. – December 1, 2006 – Researchers apparently have gotten a grip on the relationship between the development of tennis elbow - and the size of the grip on the racket a player uses. A grip that is either too big or too small for the player's hand is not a factor in whether or not a player may develop tennis elbow, according to a study published in the December issue of The American Jo ... read more

3 years ago
Performance of wide receivers, running backs post-ACL injury falls by one third
The good news for NFL players who sustain an injury to their anterior cruciate ligament - is that they'll likely play again in the NFL. The bad news is, they'll return with diminished performance on the field, concludes a study in the December issue of The American Journal of Sports Medicine. Although there have been over 2000 articles on the ACL in the past 20 years, only a few have focused on th ... read more