Assessment of Relationships Between External Load Metrics and Game Performance in Women's Lacrosse.

The purpose of this study was to analyse the relationship between external load metrics with game performance for Division I collegiate female lacrosse. Data were collected using microtechnology during 26 games with 13 athletes (attackers = 5, midfielders = 8). External load variables included: total distance (TD), distance rate (DR), high-intensity (HI) distance, speed, HI sprints, accelerations, decelerations, metabolic equivalent distance (MED), and sprints.

An Evaluation of Training Load Measures for Drills in Women's Collegiate Lacrosse.

Purpose: To statistically evaluate the internal and external load metrics in different types of lacrosse drills.

Methods: A total of 25 Division I collegiate female lacrosse players wore a heart rate monitor and a global positioning system during preseason training sessions. Seven measures determined training load, 2 internal measures and 5 external measures, across 5 different types of drills: stickwork, small-sided games, individual skills, conditioning, and team drills.

Kinematics of shoulder, trunk, pelvis, and hip while reaching forward to progressively distant targets.

Introduction: Information on the normal contribution of various body regions to forward reaching provides a basis for assessing the maneuver. The purpose of this study was to describe the kinematics of the shoulder, trunk, pelvis, and hip of healthy young males while they stood and reached toward a target at arm's length and 5%, 10%, 15%, and 20% of body height beyond.

Method: Twelve healthy adult males were marked with 22 spherical reflective markers.

Forward flexed posture: reliability and determinants of tragus-to-wall measurement.

: Forward flexed posture is an impairment in body structure commonly seen among older adults and those with pathologies such as ankylosing spondylitis and osteoporosis. Accurate measurement of forward flexed posture is important as it is related to pain, mobility limitations, and falls. Our purpose was to examine the reliability and determinants of forward flexed posture as indicated by tragus-to-wall (TTW) distance: Twenty healthy younger and 20 healthy older adults were included in this secondary analysis of data from a neck strength study.

Factors associated with cervical arterial dysfunction: a survey of physical therapist educators in the United States.

: The purpose of this study was to identify the key constructs associated with symptom description and behavior, natural history of complaints, and previous medical history of cervical arterial dysfunction (CAD) according to a panel of physical therapist (PT) educators. : An electronic survey was conducted of licensed PT educators currently involved in musculoskeletal physical therapy education within a credentialed program. Survey prompts queried educators to list the subjective and objective items associated with CAD, in open-text format.