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The burden of match injuries in Portuguese senior male club rugby union: a cohort prospective study

ntroduction: Rugby union has one of the highest injury incidence rates among all collective sports. Data on incidence and type of injuries at non-professional level in rugby are sparse. Our objective was to assess the severity, incidence, type and location of injuries sustained during the top-tier of the Portuguese rugby union senior male fifteens championship.

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Injury rate in elite principal team sports after COVID-19 Lockdown: A literature review

Background: In 2020 many people, including professional sportsmen, were in quarantine for many months around the world. Professional sport team players change the modality of training. So, it is indispensable to understand the performance modifications after lockdown. Methods: A search was conducted on the main international databases considering the studies conducted in team sports. Results: The studies show a higher injuries incidence in basketball, in futsal and in American football after lockdown. However, there are conflicting data about soccer, in which only incidence about muscular injuries is generally higher. Conclusions: Lockdown generally increases injuries, above all at the resumption of competitions. It is important give players a sufficient time to recover the athletic condition.

sports injury shoulder & elbow tendon tendon

Mehr als ein Tennisarm: Ellenbogenpathologien für Sportmediziner

Elbow pathologies, aside from lateral epicondylitis, are relatively rare and often underestimated due to their infrequency. However, in sports medicine, the high stress placed on the elbow frequently results in discomfort arising from overuse, trauma, or degenerative changes, with the boundaries between these often being fluid.

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Schulterschmerzen beim Sportler

Athletes have a relevant risk of shoulder problems that do not only affect the typical overhead sports. In most cases, these are overuse problems that can be treated with consistent therapy, training optimisation and temporary abstinence from sports if they are recognised promptly. In parallel, depending on the type of sport, traumatic shoulder injuries can be found, which are usually easier to recognise in diagnostics and sometimes also require surgical therapy. In this paper, we give an overview of the various diagnoses and the main features of treatment.

sports injury foot & ankle ligament muscle tendon

Schmerzen an Fuss und Sprunggelenk – Ein Rundgang

Where does the athlete suffer from pain in the foot or ankle? Where can pain be triggered during the examination or do certain movements cause pain? The following paper is intended to provide an overview of the various causes of foot pain. Depending on the localization, the differential diagnoses can be further narrowed down and confirmed with additional examinations and imaging. Depending on the type of sport, the risk of certain injuries or degenerative changes is increased.

sports injury knee ligament tendon

Knieschmerzen bei Sportler:innen – Differentialdiagnosen je nach Lokalisation

Pain and discomfort in the knee joint are common reasons for consultations in daily routine. The reasons are diverse and can be of traumatic or chronic origin. Identifying the reason for knee pain may be challenging. Using a “knee-map” may help to diagnose possible pathologies. Consequently, treatment depends on the final diagnosis. When a traumatic effusion is present, a relevant intra-articular damage should be considered.

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Intérêt de la Carboxythérapie Percutanée dans la prise en charge des douleurs et des limitations fonctionnelles post-traumatiques et post-opératoires du membre inférieur

Thermal waters have been known since Antiquity for their therapeutic properties in various pathologies. Since the end of the 19th century, some of them have experienced a resurgence of interest, in particular those rich in carbon dioxide. Their therapeutic properties have since been studied in rheumatic and arterial pathologies due to the increase in tissue oxygenation they induce.

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Le syndrome de la plica au genou

Les plicas sont des replis synoviaux retrouvés principalement dans les genoux qui peuvent devenir symptomatiques avec le sur-usage et l’inflammation synoviale de toute sorte, le plus souvent en lien avec un trauma articulaire. On retrouve cette condition principalement dans une population jeune et active.

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25-OH-VitaminD3 level in elite sports: Impact on muscle damage and infections

Summary: Muscle damage as well as recurrent and serious infections especially to the end of the playing period in team sport or to the end of preparation for competition in endurance or single sport are the most common symptoms in elite sport demolishing optimal training results. Are VitaminD deficiency responsible for these symptoms in elite sport.

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Psychiatric aspects of Traumatic Brain Injury in professional sports

For nearly a century it has been hypothesized, that repetitive head trauma can lead to adverse neurological and psychiatric conditions [1]. Still, it took the discovery of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) in a player of the National Football League to bring widespread public and scientific attention to this important topic on the intersection of neurology, psychiatry and sports medicine [2,3].