Biometric Changes Up to 2 Years After Hip Arthroscopy in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Athletes.

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.

Comparison of Time Needed to Meet Common Rehabilitation Milestones After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction According to Graft Type.

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.

Mindfulness Practice Is Associated With Improved Well-Being and Reduced Injury Risk in Female NCAA Division I Athletes.

Background: Injury in sport is an inherent risk to participation, and it can have devastating consequences for the athlete, both mentally and physically. Previous research has found that impairments in well-being can increase the risk of injury, and that various forms of mindfulness training and practice can improve well-being and mental health in various populations.

Hypothesis: Mindfulness would be associated with greater well-being and lower risk of injury.

Changes in Quality of Life Among Collegiate Athletes During COVID-19.

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant effect on the mental health of athletes. How this has affected quality of life (QoL), specifically in the college population, is poorly defined.

Hypothesis: During the COVID-19 pandemic, the mental and physical QoL will have decreased in collegiate athletes as compared with before the pandemic.

Mindfulness training is associated with improved quality of life in female collegiate athletes.

Objective: To examine the effects of a mindfulness intervention on health-related quality of life in female Division I collegiate athletes.

Participants: 135 female collegiate athletes, ages 18 - 23 years.

Methods: Health related quality of life (HRQoL) was reported twice/year in approximately January and July from January 2017 to 2020 with the 12-question Veterans Rand survey (VR-12).

The Associations Between Wellbeing and Injury Differ by Time Loss in Collegiate Athletes.

Background: 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.

Scandinavian Surgical Society: The Oldest International Surgical Society in the World.

Scandinavian Surgical Society (SSS), Nordisk Kirurgisk Förening, founded in 1893, is the oldest international surgical society in the world. The purpose of the society is to promote scientific and clinical work as well as education in the field of surgery in the Nordic countries; Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Norway and Iceland. Nordic co-operation has long traditions in the medical field.

COVID-19 Planning in United States Adolescent Sports: A Survey of 1880 Organizations Representing More Than 500 000 Youth Athletes.

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.

Does Increased Physical Activity Explain the Psychosocial Benefits of Sport Participation During COVID-19?

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.

Impact of COVID-19 on the physical activity, quality of life and mental health of adolescent athletes: a 2-year evaluation of over 17 000 athletes.

Purpose: To evaluate the changes in mental health, quality of life (QOL) and physical activity (PA) among adolescent athletes during the COVID-19 pandemic as organised sports resumed.

Methods: Adolescent athletes completed surveys including demographic and sport participation information, 7-item Generalized Anxiety Disorder, 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire, Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory and the Hospital for Special Surgery Pediatric Functional Activity Brief Scale in May 2020 following COVID-19-related sport cancellations (Spring20) and after returning to sports in May 2021 (Spring21). The groups were balanced by inverse propensity score weighting and compared using analysis of variance models and ordinal regression models.

[Liver surgeries in Iceland 2013-2017 - Comparison with Sweden in terms of quality registration].

Introduction: Cancers in the liver, bile duct system, gallbladder as well as metastases of the liver, have poor prognosis. Their treatment is comparable, with surgery being the most widespread, available curative treatment. Surgical treatment is anatomical or non-anatomical resection of the liver where the tumor and the adjacent liver tissue are removed.

Contribution of Lean Mass Distribution on Aerobic Fitness and Performance in NCAA Division I Female Rowers.

Haraldsdottir, K, Sanfilippo, J, Dawes, S, and Watson, A. Contribution of lean mass distribution on aerobic fitness and performance in NCAA division I female rowers. J Strength Cond Res 36(7): 1956-1960, 2022-The purpose of this study was to determine the relative influence of total lean body mass (LBM), body fat percentage (BF%), upper extremity lean mass (ULM), lower extremity lean mass (LLM), and trunk lean mass (TLM) on maximal aerobic capacity (V̇o2max) and time to exhaustion (Tmax) in female collegiate rowers.

Reported COVID-19 Incidence in Indoor Winter Sports Among US High-School Athletes.

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.

The Psychosocial Benefits of Sport Participation During COVID-19 Are Only Partially Explained by Increased Physical Activity.

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.

Mindfulness in Athletes.

Interventions to promote athlete health and performance have traditionally been focused on the physical elements of injury and training. More recently, however, increasing attention has been placed on the mental aspects of athlete health, with emerging evidence suggesting that injury risk and athletic performance are significantly affected by athlete well-being. Mindfulness meditation has been shown to have significant benefits for a number of physical and mental health outcomes in various clinical populations, and recent research has explored how mindfulness may enhance athletic performance, improve athlete mental health, reduce injury risk, and perhaps even facilitate recovery from injury.

The Association of COVID-19 Incidence with Sport and Face Mask Use in United States High School 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.

Exercise-induced irregular right heart flow dynamics in adolescents and young adults born preterm.

Background: Preterm birth has been linked to an elevated risk of heart failure and cardiopulmonary disease later in life. With improved neonatal care and survival, most infants born preterm are now reaching adulthood. In this study, we used 4D flow cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) coupled with an exercise challenge to assess the impact of preterm birth on right heart flow dynamics in otherwise healthy adolescents and young adults who were born preterm.

Decreased Sleep and Subjective Well-Being as Independent Predictors of Injury in Female Collegiate Volleyball Players.

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.

COVID-19 in US Youth Soccer Athletes During Summer 2020.

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.

Decreased ventricular size and mass mediate the reduced exercise capacity in adolescents and adults born premature.

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.

Reported COVID-19 Incidence in Wisconsin High School Athletes in Fall 2020.

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.

COVID-19 Risk in Youth Club Sports: A nationwide sample representing over 200,000 Athletes.

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.

Impact of in-season injury on quality of life and sleep duration in female youth volleyball athletes: a prospective study of 2073 players.

Objectives: The psychological impacts of injuries in youth athletes remain poorly defined. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the influence of injury on quality of life (QOL) and sleep in female high school volleyball athletes.

Methods: 2073 female high school volleyball players (15.

Psychosocial Impacts of Sports-related Injuries in Adolescent Athletes.

Adolescence represents a time of tremendous physical, social, and emotional growth, and sport participation can provide significant mental health benefits for young athletes. Injuries are unfortunately common in sports and represent a threat to the short- and long-term health of athletes. While injury management has typically revolved around the minimization of pain and the restoration of physical function, emerging evidence suggests that the psychological consequences of injury may be significant, potentially jeopardizing return to play, increasing subsequent reinjury risk, and even leading to the development of mental health disorders.