Publications by authors named "C S Ahmad"
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- The study assesses the return to performance of MLB pitchers after undergoing ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) surgery using advanced analytics and pitch-tracking metrics.
- At 1, 2, and 3 years post-surgery, the data showed that only 1.6% of pitchers returned to play within the first year, but the rates increased significantly to 71.9% at 2 years and 82.0% at 3 years.
- The research highlights the importance of modern metrics, examining factors like expected fielding independent pitching and velocity, to evaluate pitchers' recovery and performance levels after surgery.
Background: Wrestling is among the most common youth sports in the United States, with about 260,000 high school participants annually. There is a lack of literature investigating wrestling injury profiles and mechanisms of injuries. In the past 15 years, urgent care utilization has increased, and National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) concussion protocols have been developed and implemented.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Nutritional stress is a mechanism that allows tumor cells to evade the immune system. Arginine (ARG), an amino acid involved in immunomodulation, aids in regulating T-lymphocyte cell activity and the antitumor response. ARG deficiency in the tumor microenvironment can impair T-cell response while ARG supplementation may promote antitumor immune activity.
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- Recent brain studies indicate that athletes in contact sports experience measurable cognitive and sensory impairments due to cumulative subconcussive impacts throughout the season.
- This study compares a high-contact group to a low-contact control group and includes both male and female high school athletes, using 231 brain scans over a year.
- Results show that while both genders exhibit similar subconcussive impairments, female athletes respond more significantly overall, indicating the importance of monitoring these changes to improve health outcomes related to repetitive head impacts.
Objectives: Nearly 3 million children participate in youth soccer annually in the United States. Popularity of youth soccer within recent years has prompted investigation describing youth-soccer concussion trends presenting to United States emergency departments (EDs).
Methods: Data from National Electronic Injury Surveillance System were analyzed for soccer players 2-18 years old sustaining concussions from January 2013 to December 2022.