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.
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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.
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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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In almost any gym in the world you will be confronted with T-shirts brandishing slogans like “No Pain – No Gain” or “Pain is weakness leaving the body”. Everybody knows that you have to push through the pain, and most people still assume that muscle soreness is a hallmark of a worthwhile work-out. The older one among us will remember Arnold’s adages about screaming while working out, the younger ones follow people doing exactly that on Instagram and TikTok. So – is experiencing and ignoring pain a criterion for quality in sports?
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Orienteering is a combination of cognitive and physical capabilities of cardiovascular and musculoskeletal system. However, especially for juniors, there is often the risk of running too fast compared to map-reading skills, which ends up in search actions. This yields directly to the aim of the study to analyze the steadiness of speed for course times in junior orienteering runners.
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Outdoor play and the daily way to school are considered as essential fields of experience for children to satisfy their motor needs, to gain increasing mobility and to establish social contacts. Although the kindergarten age is a central socialisation context in the active exploration of the environment, there have so far been only a few empirical findings on such activities of young children in Switzerland.
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En Suisse, nous sommes souvent fiers de notre multilinguisme, toujours mis en exergue lors de nos congrès et dans notre journal. Une force que nous cultivons, certes, et qui s’accompagne parfois de difficultés pour le développement d’échanges avec nos pays voisins parlant nos langues (France, Allemagne, Autriche, Italie); les collègues étrangers ne s’aventurent que rarement à participer à notre congrès, ne pratiquant pas forcément nos autres langues nationales. Dans le cadre de nos relations internationales, une opportunité s’est ouverte à nous récemment.
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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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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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Des technologies en tout genre ont fait leur apparition ces dernières années dans le monde de la rééducation. Ludiques et interactifs, les dispositifs de réalité virtuelle permettraient à l’utilisateur de vivre des expériences proches de la réalité (réaliser en temps réel des tâches, anticiper ou réagir à des objets ou à des évènements) à moindre coût et de façon beaucoup plus aisée et sécuritaire. L’objectif de cette étude préliminaire est de présenter les résultats à court terme d’un protocole de rééducation en réalité virtuelle immersive sur les douleurs et la fonctionnalité chez de patients souffrant de troubles musculo-squelettiques de l’épaule.
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In sports medicine, Botulinum Toxin type A (BoNT-A) can sometimes be used as an alternative for some of the most common pathologies of the musculoskeletal system. The objective of this narrative review is to identify the main current indications for BoNT-A in common sports pathologies, the technical conditions for its use, the doses used, and the main beneficial or adverse effects expected, in order to allow a practical approach for the clinician.
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Introduction: The age-related decline of the autonomic nervous system (ANS) activity is a well-known risk factor for adverse cardiovascular outcomes that can be prevented through regular physical activity (PA) but PA engagement remains too low in older adults. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of a 9-month brisk walking training on the ANS activity assessed through the measure of heart rate variability (HRV).
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Les images saisissantes du footballeur Christian Eriksen allongé sur le terrain, victime d’un arrêt cardiaque en plein match de l’Euro en juin 2021, sont encore présentes dans les mémoires. Curieusement, un événement ultérieur a fait couler autant voire plus d’encre. En mars 2022, moins d’un an après son expérience de mort imminente très médiatisée, il est revenu sur le terrain avec un défibrillateur cardiaque implantable.
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Les mondes de la médecine et des sciences du sport ont longtemps fait l’objet d’une opposition systématique dans l’esprit du grand public, et des médecins et sportifs/coachs eux même. Le coach qui souhaite aligner un joueur blessé a longtemps été la bête noire du médecin, souvent perçu comme un empêcheur de tourner en rond.
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Introduction: Assessment of exercise training load (TL) can identify mechanisms of fatigue and injury. At present, techniques to monitor TL in young athletes are lacking.
Objectives: To examine the adherence to two monitoring techniques to assess TL among young judokas.
Methods: Over a 10 week study period, TL was assessed by completion of a daily training log and by weekly measurement of heart rate variability (HRV). The satisfaction to HRV method was assessed by survey at study completion.
Results: Among national caliber judokas (n=10, age 16 ± 2 y, weight 63 ± 5 kg, height 169 ± 8 cm,), training logs were completed at a 98 ± 5% rate, while HRV measurement was successful 57% ± 37%. HRV was comparable to young and athletic population. Difficulties in performing HRV measurements were rated 3.3 ± 1.9 (1: not constraining to 10: extremely constraining).
Conclusion: Excellent adhesion for training diary completion was only possible with regular demands from coaches for ratings. Judo seems to enhance cardiac autonomic control in young national level athletes. HRV monitoring compliance was suboptimal among young judokas and opportunities for future improvement are suggested by our data.
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Upslope locomotion is challenging in our day to day life for which neuromuscular system have to work extraordinarily [1]. Despite increasing popularity of trail running, trekking, hiking that include various slope inclination, the majority of running biomechanics studies have only considered level running [2].
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