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Kenta Suzuki, Yasuaki Mizoguchi, Fumihiko Kimura, Yutaka Sawada, Kiyokazu Akasaka
Summary: This study aimed to examine the impact of functional movement screen (FMS) training on high-school baseball players. The results showed that FMS training can improve players' FMS scores and reduce the number of injuries. However, continued training is necessary to maintain the effects.
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Grant L. Iverson, Justin E. Karr
Summary: Previous research has found a significant association between sustaining a concussion and suicidality in adolescents. However, this study found that after controlling for other relevant variables, there was no significant association between concussion and suicidality, except for a significant relationship between concussion and suicide attempts in boys.
FRONTIERS IN NEUROLOGY
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Hiroshi Hattori, Kiyokazu Akasaka, Takahiro Otsudo, Toby Hall, Katsunobu Sakaguchi, Yomei Tachibana
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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE
(2021)
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Hitoshi Shitara, Tsuyoshi Tajika, Takuro Kuboi, Tsuyoshi Ichinose, Tsuyoshi Sasaki, Noritaka Hamano, Takafumi Endo, Masataka Kamiyama, Daisuke Simoyama, Junki Suzuki, Atsushi Yamamoto, Tsutomu Kobayashi, Kenji Takagishi, Hirotaka Chikuda
Summary: Research suggests that high loads (>5.5 h/day) among high school baseball pitchers increase the risk of injuries by 2.6 times and lead to injuries occurring 3.3 times earlier compared to low loads (<5.5 h/day). Therefore, high loads are a significant risk factor for shoulder and elbow injuries among high school baseball pitchers.
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Hyeri Oh, Hyosung Lim, Minsoo Jeon
Summary: This study evaluated lower extremity sports injuries in 473 high school Taekwondo athletes, revealing that thigh and ankle injuries were the most common. Differences in injury patterns were observed between genders and weight categories, providing insights for formulating basic guidelines on preventing sports injuries in Taekwondo.
APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
(2021)
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Colin M. Huber, Declan A. Patton, Divya Jain, Christina L. Master, Susan S. Margulies, Catherine C. Mcdonald, Kristy B. Arbogast
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MEDICINE AND SCIENCE IN SPORTS AND EXERCISE
(2021)
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Teppei Tokumaru, Ryozo Eifuku, Kenichi Sai, Hideaki Kurata, Michiaki Hata, Joji Tomioka
Summary: Successful treatment of pediatric duodenal injury underscores the importance of early recognition and timely intervention. Surgical repair and post-operative management should be based on the assumption of injuries to other organs.
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Kenta Suzuki, Kiyokazu Akasaka, Takahiro Otsudo, Yutaka Sawada, Hiroshi Hattori, Yuki Hasebe, Yasuaki Mizoguchi, Toby M. Hall, Mitsuru Yamamoto
Summary: FMS training for 8 weeks can improve FMS scores for high-school baseball players, but scores may decline if FMS training is not continued.
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Neurosciences
Patryk A. Musko, Andreas K. Demetriades
Summary: Female athletes are more susceptible to sport-related concussions, especially in soccer. They experience more somatic symptoms such as headache, migraine, and sleep disturbance, and may require longer recovery time. The 6th ICSS does not extensively address sex differences, which are crucial for concussion management protocols in many sports.
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Sport Sciences
Mickey Krug, Pamela M. Vacek, Rebecca Choquette, Bruce D. Beynnon, James R. Slauterbeck
Summary: Team compliance with injury prevention programs (IPPs) varied by sport and fell below the recommended frequency of sessions per week needed to reduce injury. Therefore, removing implementation barriers and improving support from coaches are necessary for IPPs to be effective at all levels of play.
SPORTS HEALTH-A MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH
(2022)
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Orthopedics
Noritaka Hamano, Hitoshi Shitara, Tsuyoshi Tajika, Tsuyoshi Ichinose, Tsuyoshi Sasaki, Takuro Kuboi, Daisuke Shimoyama, Masataka Kamiyama, Ryosuke Miyamoto, Fumitaka Endo, Kurumi Nakase, Tsutomu Kobayashi, Atsushi Yamamoto, Kenji Takagishi, Hirotaka Chikuda
Summary: The study found that there was no significant difference in shoulder ROM and strength between the injured and non-injured groups of high school baseball pitchers. However, the injured group had lower hip external rotation ROM, hip abduction strength on the non-dominant side, and hip abduction strength on the dominant side. These results may help reduce the incidence of these injuries.
JOURNAL OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY
(2021)
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Jessica Ho, Sicong Liu, Zeyu Feng, Lawrence Gregory Appelbaum
Summary: This study evaluated data from 1352 elite junior male PDP participants to identify latent abilities associated with player specialization. The findings revealed that grip strength, functional vision, explosiveness, and rapid decision-making contribute to player specialization.
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Brian C. Lau, Melissa Scribani, Billy Kim, Thomas Benoit, Andrew Spence, Jocelyn R. Wittstein
Summary: This study aimed to identify risk factors for shoulder and elbow injuries in high-school baseball players during preseason history and physical examination. The results showed that players who participated in more months of baseball and reported shoulder pain in the previous year were more likely to develop arm injuries during the season. The presence of olecranon tenderness before the season also significantly increased the risk of injury. Glenohumeral internal rotation deficit was not found to be a predictor of injury.
CLINICAL JOURNAL OF SPORT MEDICINE
(2022)
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Orthopedics
Grant L. Iverson, Nathan E. Cook, Isabelle G. Gilman, Bruce Maxwell, Rebekah Mannix, Ross Zafonte, Paul D. Berkner, Brian L. Brooks
Summary: The study found that ice hockey players with prior concussions performed similarly to those without prior concussions on cognitive testing. Health history factors were more strongly associated with symptom reporting than concussion history.
CLINICAL JOURNAL OF SPORT MEDICINE
(2021)
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Orthopedics
Brandon J. Erickson, Eric N. Bowman, Christopher Camp, Michael T. Freehill, Matthew V. Smith, Nicholas Serio, Hiroaki Ishikawa, Karch Smith, Peter N. Chalmers
Summary: Most high school pitchers did not fully comply with the current Pitch Smart guidelines, and they tended to overestimate their peak velocity. Pitchers with higher velocity had a higher risk of violating the guidelines.
ORTHOPAEDIC JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE
(2023)