Prevalence of osteoarthritis in former elite athletes: a systematic overview of the recent literature.

The aim of this study was to systematically review the recent scientific literature to explore the prevalence of osteoarthritis (OA) in former elite athletes from team and individual sports. A systematic review of observational studies was conducted. Based on three categories of keywords (and synonyms), a sensitive search strategy was built in order to search MEDLINE and SPORTDiscus from 2000 to 2014.

Knee and ankle osteoarthritis in former elite soccer players: a systematic review of the recent literature.

Objectives: To investigate the prevalence of knee and/or ankle osteoarthritis in former elite soccer player.

Design: Systematic review.

Methods: Medline, Embase and SPORTDiscus (2000 to January 2012) were used.

[Guideline for diagnosis and treatment of acute inversion trauma of the ankle in athletes].

This multidisciplinary guideline has been developed as an aid to diagnosis and treatment of patients, especially athletes, with an acute inversion trauma of the ankle. Diagnosis of an acute inversion trauma is by means of a combination of location of the swelling, palpation and executing an anterior drawer test. X-rays are only indicated if weight-bearing is not possible and palpation of specific areas according to the 'Ottawa ankle rules' causes pain.

Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of an injury prevention programme for adult male amateur soccer players: design of a cluster-randomised controlled trial.

Background And Aims: Approximately 16% of all sports injuries in the Netherlands are caused by outdoor soccer. A cluster-randomised controlled trial has been designed to investigate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of an injury prevention programme ('The11') for male amateur soccer players. The injury prevention programme The11, developed with the support of the World Football Association FIFA, aims to reduce the impact of intrinsic injury risk factors in soccer.

Injury prevention target groups in soccer: injury characteristics and incidence rates in male junior and senior players.

To identify target groups for injury prevention in male amateur soccer players under 35 years of age. A computer-assisted telephone survey with a 12-month recall period for injuries in a representative sample of Dutch citizens from the Injuries and Physical Activity Netherlands (IPAN)-database. A comparison of the volume of soccer injuries, the incidence and the need for medical attention per level of exposure and age category.

Core stability: inter- and intraobserver reliability of 6 clinical tests.

Objective: Core stability is a complex concept within sports medicine and is thought to play a role in sports injuries. There is a lack of reliable and valid clinical tests for core stability. The inter- and intraobserver reliability of 6 tests commonly used to assess core stability was determined.

A new view on adduction-related groin pain.

Objective: To evaluate the hypothesis that groin pain at isometric hip adduction may not be caused by adductor tendinitis.

Design: Symptoms and signs in a cross-sectional analysis.

Setting: Multicenter primary care institutes.