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Which type of ACL reconstruction is best?
Which type of ACL reconstruction is best? How does one decide? What are the rehabilitation implications of each?
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“Injury Prevention and Health Protection” special issues of BJSM announced
BMJ Group and BASEM recently announced that BJSM, with support from the International Olympic Committee, will publish four additional issues each year dedicated to “Injury Prevention and Health Protection” in elite and amateur athletes.
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Previously ankle injured players have a twice as high risk of sustaining a new ankle injury
This is the main finding from a survey carried out in Norwegian 1st, 2nd and 3rd division of soccer for men. The study showed that a previous ankle injury is the most important predictor of increased risk for new ankle injuries.
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The 11+ now available in several languages through FIFA
As a part of FIFA’s worldwide promotion strategy of The 11+ an important part is to make the program freely available to the sports community. F-MARC recently launched a new website offering the injury prevention program in five languages.
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Preoperative quadriceps strength is a strong predictor for knee function 2 years after ACL reconstruction
Suggestions from a recentely published paper in British Journal of Sports Medicine sounds that reconstructive surgery should not be performed before quadriceps muscle strength deficits of the injured limb is less than 20% of the uninjured limb.
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IOC World Conference on Prevention of Injury and Illness in Monaco in 2011
In collaboration with the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center, the IOC World Conference on Prevention of Injury and Illness in Sport will now be held in Monaco.
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OSTRC accredited as a FIFA Medical Center of Excellence
On May 15th distinguished representatives from FIFA, the Norwegian Sports Federation and Norwegian Department of Culture Affaires were gathered for the inauguration of the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center as a FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence.
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AJSM review award 2008 won by Britt Elin Øiestad (UPDATED)
The article "Knee osteoarthritis after anterior cruciate ligament injury -A systematic review-" was elected winner of the systematic review award in The American Journal of Sports Medicine systematic review competition 2008.
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Soccer is a safe sport for children
These are good news coming out from a new study in Norwegian childrens football published in American Journal of Sports Medicine.
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Medical News Today: Structured Warm-up Exercises May Prevent Up To Half Of Severe Sports Injuries
A warm-up programme that focuses on improving strength, balance, core stability and muscular awareness cuts injury in female footballers by a third and severe injuries by almost a half, according to research published on bmj.com today.