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Open AccessInteraction of Biomechanical, Anthropometric, and Demographic Factors Associated with Patellofemoral Pain in Rearfoot Strike Runners: A Classification and Regression Tree Approach
Patellofemoral pain (PFP) is among the most common injuries in runners. While multiple risk factors for patellofemoral pain have been investigated, the interactions of variables contributing to this condition ...
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Comment on “Running‑Related Biomechanical Risk Factors for Overuse Injuries in Distance Runners: A Systematic Review Considering Injury Specificity and the Potentials for Future Research”
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Considerations for Treating the Pediatric Endurance Athlete
The popularity of youth participation in endurance sports, particularly running, has dramatically increased in the middle school- and high school-aged populations. Youth running provides various benefits in he...
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Bone stress injuries
Bone stress injuries, including stress fractures, are overuse injuries that lead to substantial morbidity in active individuals. These injuries occur when excessive repetitive loads are introduced to a general...
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Comment on: “Sex-Specific Differences in Running Injuries: A Systematic Review with Meta-analysis and Meta-regression”
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Recommendations on Youth Participation in Ultra-Endurance Running Events: A Consensus Statement
Participation in ultra-endurance running (UER) events continues to grow across ages, including youth athletes. The 50- and 100-km are the most popular distances among youth athletes. Most youth athletes are be...
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Bone Stress Injuries
Bone stress injuries (BSIs) result from repetitive microtrauma to bone that exceeds its remodeling capacity; they are common among athletes. Risk factors include low energy availability (as described by the Fe...
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Achilles Tendon
Achilles tendon injury is one of the most common musculoskeletal conditions in athletes. The majority of Achilles tendon injuries are managed non-surgically. However, a subset of athletes can experience chroni...
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Gait Retraining as an Intervention for Patellofemoral Pain
Movement retraining in rehabilitation is the process by which a motor program is changed with the overall goal of reducing pain or injury risk. Movement retraining is an important component of interventions to...
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Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy in Lower Limb Sports Injuries
To outline current evidence on the use of ESWT for the treatment of lower limb sports injuries.
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Bone Stress Injuries
Bone stress injuries (BSI) are a common overuse injury in active individuals. The injury is particularly common in athletes participating in land-based sports including running. The cause of BSI is often multi...
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Low Energy Availability, Menstrual Dysfunction, and Low Bone Mineral Density in Individuals with a Disability: Implications for the Para Athlete Population
Low energy availability, functional hypothalamic amenorrhea, and low bone mineral density are three interrelated conditions described in athletic women. Although described as the female athlete triad (Triad), ...
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Parallels with the Female Athlete Triad in Male Athletes
Participation in sports offers many health benefits to athletes of both sexes. However, subsets of both female and male athletes are at increased risk of impaired bone health and bone stress injuries. The Fema...
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Update on stress fractures in female athletes: epidemiology, treatment, and prevention
Stress fractures are a common type of overuse injury in athletes. Females have unique risk factors such as the female athlete triad that contribute to stress fracture injuries. We review the current literature...
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Hemodynamic Changes Quantified in Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms with Increasing Exercise Intensity Using MR Exercise Imaging and Image-Based Computational Fluid Dynamics
Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a vascular disease resulting in a permanent, localized enlargement of the abdominal aorta. We previously hypothesized that the progression of AAA may be slowed by altering th...
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Quantification of Particle Residence Time in Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Computational Fluid Dynamics
Hemodynamic conditions are hypothesized to affect the initiation, growth, and rupture of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs), a vascular disease characterized by progressive wall degradation and enlargement of t...
