sports and youth – Seite 5

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Bony hip morphology and intrinsic risk factors for groin injury in male football players*

There’s a relatively high prevalence of groin pain in male football players across the literature (ca. 21% of all time-loss injuries per season), and it is considered the third most common injury in football. About 2/3 of all groin injuries are adductor related. Andrea Mosler (former Aspetar, Doha, now at La Trobe University, Melbourne) who presented at the #SportSuisse 2018 conference, completed her PhD with a series of prospective studies on risk factors for groin pain in athletes. The aims were to identify the intrinsic risk factors for hip/groin injury, to determine if the “at-risk” individual can be identified through screening, and to examine the association between bony hip morphology and groin injury risk.

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Hip Arthroscopy in the Pediatric and Adolescent Athlete

Hip disorders are increasingly common in pediatric and adolescent athletes, being both idiopathic problems aggravated by sports and overuse injuries caused by sports. These disorders are a major cause of morbidity and their long-term consequences carry into adulthood. In the past these problems have been primarily treated with open surgery using a surgical hip dislocation, but due to improved instruments and techniques, hip arthroscopy is becoming a mainstay in their treatment. Arthroscopic management allows assessment and reconstructive treatment of most problems in practically all parts of the hip.

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Outcome of muscle injuries in youth football

Background: Muscle injuries are the most common injury in soccer and account for almost 30 percent of all time-loss injuries. The aim of this study was to investigate the muscle length as a risk factor to sustain a muscle injury and to grade and monitore muscle injuries during the rehabilitation. Methods: 110 young male football players of 5 soccer teams (U15, U16, U17, U18 and U21) with (age 16,8 (14,3–21) years, height 174,5 (146,1–190,0) cm, weight 65,7 (35,5–84,6) kg) were monitored for 12 months in a prospective cohort study. Initially, muscle length in all players were measured. Every muscle injury was documented and monitored in a standardized protocol and graded clinically based on the Muscle-Injury-Score.

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The burden of muscle injuries in youth football

Background: Muscle injuries affect up to 72% of professional soccer players within one season and there are well reviewed, but muscle injuries in youth soccer players are not widely documented. The aim of this study was to investigate incidence, localization, pathomechanism and point of time of indirect muscle injuries in youth soccer players. Methods: Prospective cohort study. 5 teams (U15, U16, U17, U18 and U21) with 110 young male football players (age 16,8 (14,3–21) years, height 174,5 (146,1–190,0) cm, weight 65,7 (35,5–84,6) kg) were monitored for 12 months. Every muscle injury was documented and monitored on a standardized evaluation score.

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Follow sports science news with pictures : the value of infographics

In den letzten Jahrzehnten hat die Zahl der wissenschaftlichen Studien im Gebiet der Sportmedizin oder zu sportlichen Leistungen im weiteren Sinne erheblich zugenommen. Immer mehr Fachzeitschriften sind verfügbar, und die Zahl der eingereichten Manuskripte nimmt im Laufe der Jahre weiter zu. Interessanterweise beschäftigt sich ein wachsender Teil dieser Arbeiten mit Themen, die direkt die Akteure (Ärzte, Physiotherapeuten, Trainer, Sportlehrer, Sportwissenschaftler usw.) betreffen, welche sich täglich mit den Athleten befassen.

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From tweets to likes: how twitter & co. help you to stay on top of things in sports medicine. Get in there!

Staying up to date with the latest evidence in Sports and Exercise medicine (SEM) can sometimes be a challenging task. Social media like Twitter and Facebook are able to help you to keep up to date in a variety of subjects and can be a fun thing to do.

exercise is medicine sports and youth

Activity guidelines for children and adolescents in Germany, Austria and Switzerland

The benefits of physical activity for the healthy development of children and adolescents are now undisputed. Therefore, recommendations for physical activity based on current scientific knowledge are installed. Although there are national differences, the primary goal is to motivate children and adolescents in different settings to be more active and less inactive. The extent to which this is possible or what factors are necessary at a political, scientific and actor-oriented level is critically discussed in this article.

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Physical activity with congenital heart disease – Where are we 2017?

Introduction: Adequate physical activity is important for a healthy and age-appropriate development in children and adolescents with congenital heart disease (CHD). To enable each child with CHD individual and harmless physical activity an exam by a pediatric cardiologist/sports medicine physician, specific recommendations based on residual findings and structures of care are needed. Methods: A selective review of the literature in PubMed was performed to retrieve current guidelines and review articles.

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Use of time and effort in physical education classes

High, goal-orientated movement time is an essential characteristic of good physical education (PE). Due to the low weekly dotation of PE in the Swiss school curriculum, the question arises as to how the available teaching time is used, to what extent do the pupils exert themselves and what the subject actually contributes to the achievement of the recommended activity guidelines? The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to analyse the use of time and to determine the effort and perceived exertion of 5th grades (n = 468) during physical education (PE) lessons of 90 min.

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Concussion in sports in children and adolescents – to play or not to play?

A lot has been published on the topic concussion in sports during the last years, conscience was sharpened, much was structured and defined more precisely, help tools were developed and rules changed. This article summarizes the fifth edition of the recently published guidelines of the “International Consensus Conference on Concussion in Sport”. In addition, new findings regarding gender differences and recovery will be presented, as well as the modified “return-to-sport” and the novel “return-to-school” protocols.