Lower Back Symptoms in Adolescent Soccer Players: Predictors of Functional Recovery.

Background: There are little published data on factors relating to low back pain in the younger athletic population.

Hypothesis: Independent predictors of recovery and return to participation in sports could be determined by event analysis, which investigates the impacts of covariates, including age, position, and injury type, on the risk of delayed recovery after injury.

Study Design: Descriptive epidemiology study.

English Premiership Academy knee injuries: lessons from a 5 year study.

This study addresses the epidemiology of knee injuries in adolescent males. Data were collected prospectively from 41 Premiership soccer academies over a 5 year period from July 2000 to June 2005. A total of 12,306 player seasons were registered in the U9 to the U16 age categories with a total of 1750 recordable injuries specific to the knee joint.

Ankle injuries in football academies: a three-centre prospective study.

Background: Injuries are common in youth soccer, of which ankle injuries form a significant proportion. However, there is a lack of prospective data on the epidemiology and nature of these injuries.

Aim: To prospectively study the incidence of ankle injuries in three Football Association (FA) academies, with particular emphasis on severe injuries and factors associated with increased injury rate.

284 press-fit Kinemax total knee arthroplasties followed for 10 years: poor survival of uncemented prostheses.

Background And Purpose: Our institution began using the Kinemax total knee arthroplasty system in 1988, both with and without cement fixation. We report 10-year survival figures.

Methods: Theater records showed that 284 Kinemax total knee arthroplasties had been performed 1988 through 1993.

A pilot randomized, controlled trial of treatment for painful arc of the shoulder.

There is a lack of evidence about the efficacy of routinely used interventions in shoulder pain, such as corticosteroid injection and physiotherapy. This pilot study was set up to assess the feasibility of a larger, randomized controlled trial. Patients with the clinical presentation of a painful arc of less than 6 months' duration were recruited through their general practitioners.