Publications by authors named "Andrew M Watson"
Background: Patients who undergo hip arthroscopy for femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) require lower extremity immobilization for an extended period of time. Periods of immobilization combined with surgery have been associated with decreased muscle mass and bone mineral density (BMD).
Purpose/hypothesis: The purpose of this study was to characterize postoperative body composition and BMD changes after arthroscopy for FAI.
Background: The use of bone-patellar tendon-bone (BPTB) and hamstring tendon (HT) autografts is common in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR). After ACLR, patients typically progress through specific rehabilitation milestones, and graft type may play a role in patient progression.
Purpose: To compare the time to meet rehabilitation milestones between BPTB and HT autografts after ACLR.
Background: In patients with femoroacetabular impingement (FAI), mental health has been implicated in both symptom severity and postoperative outcomes. However, there are limited data regarding the independent influences of baseline mental health and hip pathology on patient-reported outcomes over time after hip arthroscopy.
Purpose: To evaluate the association between mental health and structural hip pathology with pain, hip function, and quality of life (QOL).
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to compare the mental health benefits of adolescent sport participation during the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly looking at how race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status (SES), and physical activity (PA) impact mental health outcomes.* -
- Researchers found that athletes from racial minority and lower SES backgrounds experienced greater reductions in anxiety and depression compared to their White and higher SES counterparts.* -
- The findings suggest that physical activity accounts for about 24% of the reduction in anxiety and 20% in depression among those who participated in sports.*
Background: Young adults report increased rates of anxiety and depression than other age groups. Furthermore, young adult athletes experience additional stressors that may negatively impact their mental health. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of anxiety and depression symptoms among Division I collegiate athletes and the influences of sex, sport type, and distance from home.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Self-reported wellbeing measures such as mood and soreness have been identified as predictors of injury risk. However, most research has focused on investigating time-loss injuries even though nontime-loss injuries are more prevalent.
Hypothesis: Impairments in sleep and subjective wellbeing would be associated with increased injury for both time-loss and nontime-loss injuries.
Context: High schools and youth sport organizations that restarted participation in the fall of 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic relied on information sources to develop risk-mitigation procedures.
Objective: To compare the risk-mitigation procedures and information sources used by high school athletic departments and youth sport organizations.
Design: Cross-sectional study.
Context: Although the return to sports during COVID-19 has been associated with improvements in mental health and quality of life (QOL), whether these benefits are primarily due to increases in physical activity (PA) is unknown.
Objective: To determine whether PA increases were responsible for the improvements in mental health and QOL among adolescents who returned to sport during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Design: Cross-sectional study.
Objective: To examine sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) awareness and emergency preparedness for SCA in Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) youth basketball teams.
Design: Cross-sectional survey of AAU coaches and administrators.
Setting: Random sampling of AAU club teams across the United States.
Objective: To evaluate the association between COVID-19 incidence among high-school athletes participating in different indoor winter sports and attending schools with in-person versus virtual instructional delivery.
Design: Cross-sectional survey.
Setting: US high schools.
Context: Sport cancellations early in the COVID-19 pandemic had a significant negative effect on the health of US adolescents. The effect of restarting sports during the pandemic has not been described.
Objective: To identify the effect of sport participation on the health of adolescents before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The purpose of this study was to determine whether physical activity (PA) increases were responsible for the improvements in mental health and quality of life (QOL) seen among adolescents who returned to sport during the COVID-19 pandemic.Adolescent athletes were asked to complete a survey in October 2020 regarding demographic information, whether they had returned to sport participation (no [DNP], yes [PLY]), school instruction type (virtual, in-person, hybrid), anxiety, depression, QOL, and PA. Anxiety, depression, QOL and PA were compared between PLY and DNP using least squares means from linear models adjusted for age, gender, and instruction type.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFContext: During the fall of 2020, some high schools across the United States allowed their students to participate in interscholastic sports while others cancelled or postponed their sport programs due to concerns regarding COVID-19 transmission. What effect this has had on the physical and mental health of adolescents is unknown.
Objective: To identify the effect of playing a sport during the COVID-19 pandemic on the health of student-athletes.
Context: The relationships between different sports, face mask use and COVID-19 risk among high school athletes remains unknown.
Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the influence of sport characteristics and face mask use on COVID-19 incidence among high school athletes.
Design: Descriptive Epidemiology Study Setting: United States High School Athletic Departments Participants: Athletic Directors Interventions: None Main Outcome Measures: Surveys were completed regarding sport re-initiation, COVID-19 cases, and risk reduction procedures in fall 2020.
Background: The relationship among sleep duration, subjective well-being, and injury risk in athletes is poorly defined.
Purpose: To evaluate the independent effects of sleep duration, sleep quality, and subjective well-being on in-season injuries in collegiate female volleyball athletes.
Study Design: Cohort study; Level of evidence, 2.
Context: As sports are reinitiated around the United States, the incidence of COVID-19 among youth soccer athletes remains unknown.
Objective: To determine the incidence of COVID-19 among youth soccer athletes and the risk-mitigation practices used by youth soccer organizations.
Design: Cohort study.
Background: Premature birth is associated with lower levels of cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) but the underlying mechanisms responsible remain unclear. This study assessed whether differences in cardiac morphology or function mediate differences in CRF among adolescents and young adults born preterm.
Methods: Adolescents and young adults born moderately to extremely premature (gestational age ≤ 32 weeks or birth weight < 1500 g) and age-matched term born participants underwent resting cardiac MRI and maximal exercise testing.
Objective: To describe the incidence of COVID-19 in Wisconsin high school athletes and investigate the relationship of COVID-19 incidence with sport and face mask use.
Design: Retrospective survey.
Setting: High schools across Wisconsin during September 2020.
Context: The COVID-19 pandemic has affected almost every aspect of life including youth sports. Little data exists on COVID-19 incidences and risk mitigation strategies in youth club sports.
Objective: To determine the reported incidence of COVID-19 cases among youth club sport athletes and the information sources used to develop COVID-19 risk mitigation procedures.
Context: In spring 2020, schools closed to in-person teaching and sports were cancelled to control the transmission of COVID-19. The changes that affected the physical and mental health among young athletes during this time remain unknown.
Objective: To identify changes in the health (mental health, physical activity, and quality of life) of athletes that occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Article Synopsis
- - There isn't a single, widely accepted definition of sport specialization, which is crucial for guiding youth sport stakeholders on related issues.
- - A Delphi study involving 17 experts used an iterative process over 4 rounds to develop a consensus definition and identify key elements of youth sport specialization.
- - The final definition states that sport specialization involves intentional focus on one sport for most of the year, limiting participation in other sports and activities; three of the proposed six elements achieved strong agreement.
Background: Sports-related concussions may have a neurobiological recovery period that exceeds the period of clinical recovery, and one consequence of an extended neurobiological recovery may be the risk of subsequent musculoskeletal injuries. Most literature citing an increased risk of musculoskeletal injury after a sports-related concussion has been reported in populations other than adolescent athletes.
Purpose/hypothesis: The purpose was to prospectively determine if incidence rates of musculoskeletal injury differ between adolescent athletes with and without a previous sports-related concussion, while controlling for sex, sport, and age.