Blog

• Combating Sports-Related Concussions: New Device Accurately and Objectively Diagnoses Concussions from the Sidelines

  Posted on: 01-Jun-2016

  Source: Science daily

  
  

  In the United States there are millions of sports-related concussions each year, but many go undiagnosed because for some athletes, the fear of being benched trumps the fear of permanent brain damage, and there is no objective test available to accurately diagnose concussions on the sidelines.

  
  

  Balance tests are a primary method used to detect concussion. The current means of scoring these tests relies on the skill of athletic trainers to visually determine whether or not a concussion has occurred.

  Read more

• Oak Brook surgeon eases woman's pain from terrorist bombing

  Posted on: 01-Jun-2016

  Source: Hinsdale.Suntimes

  
  

  A Hinsdale Orthopaedics surgeon has donated his skills to help a mother recover from a terrorist bombing that killed her child and injured her and her husband in Israel.

  Read more

• Sports Medicine Physician Advises Parents to Not Let Their Kids Play Football

  Posted on: 01-Jun-2016

  Source: Science daily

  
  

  The most common football injuries are knee injuries, especially to the anterior or posterior cruciate ligament (ACL/PCL). Other common injuries are ankle sprains, shoulder injuries and overuse injuries that cause back pain and patellar tendonitis (knee pain). Heat stroke is a significant risk during summer training camp.

  
  

  Young athletes may have a more prolonged recovery and are more susceptible to concussions accompanied by a catastrophic injury.

  Read more

• Athletes Need to Be Careful to Monitor Diet, Weight to Maintain Muscle Mass

  Posted on: 01-Jun-2016

  Source: Science daily

  
  

  Athletes seeking a healthy performance weight should eat high fiber, low-fat food balanced with their training regimen in order to maintain muscle while still burning fat, according to a report by an Oregon State University researcher.

  
  

  “Depending on the sport, athletes sometime want to either lose weight without losing lean tissue, or gain weight, mostly lean tissue,” she said. “This is very difficult to do if you restrict caloric intake too dramatically or try to lose the weight too fast. Doing that also means they don't have the energy to exercise or they feel tired and put themselves at risk of injury.”

  Read more

• Stress Fracture Risk May Be Modifiable

  Posted on: 01-Jun-2016

  Source: Science daily

  
  

  The incidence rate for stress fracture injuries among females was nearly three times greater when compared to males. Knee rotation and abduction angles when landing were both associated with the rates of lower-extremity stress fractures, as were reduced knee and hip flexion angles, and increased vertical and medial ground reaction forces.

  
  

  Lower extremity movement patterns and strength have previously been associated with stress fractures and overuse injuries; however, our study is one of the first to identify dynamic knee rotation and frontal plane angles as important prospective risk factors for lower extremity stress fractures.

  Read more