Depression, anxiety, and personal recovery outcomes after group vs individual transdiagnostic therapy: a brief report.

Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders (UP) is an evidence-informed treatment utilizing Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) treatment principles. UP has demonstrated promising treatment effects comparable to single disorder protocol across several mental disorders. Its impact on personal recovery in anxiety and depression has not been examined.

Balance Error Scoring System Performance Differences in Figure Skaters Based on Discipline.

Background: Balance and postural stability are required of figure skaters throughout on-ice performance. Spinning, jumping, and landing each rely on this skill set to maintain control while skaters manage changing demands for each skating discipline.

Hypothesis/purpose: The aim of this study was to compare balance error scoring system (BESS) performance in figure skaters between disciplines and determine if age was related to BESS performance.

Relationship Between Pitch Counts and Shoulder Strength in Collegiate Baseball Players.

Gagnon, A, Payette, J, Park, M, Juras, K, and Slater, L. Relationship between pitch counts and shoulder strength in collegiate baseball players. J Strength Cond Res 37(9): 1860-1864, 2023-Large volumes of throwing leads to changes in shoulder strength that have been associated with increased risk of injury.

Personalized volumetric assessment of lower body muscles in patients with knee injuries: A descriptive case series.

Background: Patients with knee joint pathology present with variable muscular responses across the muscles of the lower limb and pelvis. Conventional approaches to characterizing muscle function are limited to gross strength assessments that may overlook subtle changes both in the thigh, hip and shank musculature.

Purpose: To describe individualized patterns of lower extremity muscle volumes in patients with knee pathologies.

The Lumbopelvic-Hip Complex Contribution During Lower Extremity Screening Tests in Elite Figure Skaters.

Context: Figure skating requires power and stability for takeoff and landing from multirotational jumps and various on-ice skills. Repetitive forces may cause overuse injuries distally, making lumbopelvic-hip endurance, strength, and neuromuscular control imperative.

Objective: To compare lumbopelvic-hip endurance and neuromuscular control in elite figure skaters between sexes and landing and nonlanding limbs using common screening tests.

Quantifying the relationship between quadriceps strength and aerobic fitness following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.

Objective: To quantify the relationship between quadriceps strength and aerobic fitness following ACLR.

Methods: 42 individuals with ACLR (29F/13M, 20.2 ± 3.

Lumbopelvic-Hip Complex Contribution During Lower Extremity Screening Tests in Elite Figure Skaters.

Context: Figure skating requires power and stability for take-off and landing from multi-rotational jumps and various on-ice skills. Repetitive forces may cause overuse injuries distally making lumbopelvic-hip endurance, strength, and neuromuscular control imperative.

Objective: The purpose was to compare lumbopelvic-hip endurance and neuromuscular control in elite figure skaters between sex and limbs using common screening tests.

Knee extensor power predicts six-minute walk test performance in people with transfemoral amputations.

Background: Lower-limb amputees have increased metabolic costs during walking that may be mitigated by maintaining quadriceps strength and power following amputation. However, there are no current studies investigating the relationship between thigh strength and walking performance in individuals with transfemoral amputation.

Objective: To quantify the relationship between intact limb quadriceps strength in transfemoral amputees and six-minute walk test (6MWT) performance.

Designing a screening battery for exercisers with Parkinson's disease.

Purpose: Develop a screening battery for persons with Parkinson's Disease (PD) that is easily administered in a short amount of time by community exercise professionals and measures changes in function.

Methods: An integrated, stakeholder-engaged, mixed methods approach included interviews and meetings with community exercise professionals on the development of a screening battery. Persons with PD ( = 57, age = 72.

Improving gait efficiency to increase movement and physical activity - The impact of abnormal gait patterns and strategies to correct.

Increasing daily steps is important to maintain health and prevent both initial and subsequent cardiovascular (CV) disease (CVD) events. Even 5000 steps have been associated with reduced risk of CVD, however many adults and those with CVD walk fewer than 5000 daily steps. Reduced gait speed is a precursor to decreased physical engagement and is associated with biomarker changes linked to higher risk of CVD.

Influence of Patient Demographics and Surgical Characteristics on Pass Rates of Return-to-Activity Tests in Anterior Cruciate Ligament-Reconstructed Patients Before Physician Clearance.

Objective: To identify the frequency of passing return-to-activity tests after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) and to investigate the influence of patient-specific factors on pass rates. We hypothesized that isolated strength tests would be most difficult to pass and that graft type would be the most influential factor.

Design: Cross-sectional.

Trends in Recurrent Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries Differ From New Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries in College and High School Sports: 2009-2010 Through 2016-2017.

Background: Knee injuries are common and result in extended time missed from sports participation. Little is known regarding the comparative characteristics of recurrent versus first-time anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries sustained during athletic events and how they are influenced by sex, sports participation level, and game-time features.

Purpose: To evaluate the characteristics (sex, sports level, and game timing [ie, early vs late in the game]) of recurrent ACL injury in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and high school athletes compared with first-time ACL injury.

Sex affects gait adaptations after exercise in individuals with anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.

Background: Osteoarthritis after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction has been linked with changes in gait. Individuals with reconstruction demonstrate gait changes after exercise, however there is no information on altered gait after exercise based on sex. The purpose of this study was to examine the association of sex on changes in running gait after exercise in individuals with reconstruction compared to healthy.

Single-Leg Jump Performance Before and After Exercise in Healthy and Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstructed Individuals.

Context: Many clinicians measure lower-extremity symmetry after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR); however, testing is completed in a rested state rather than postexercise. Testing postexercise may better model conditions under which injury occurs.

Objective: To compare changes in single-leg performance in healthy and individuals with history of ACLR before and after exercise.

The relationships between kinesiophobia and clinical outcomes after ACL reconstruction differ by self-reported physical activity engagement.

Objectives: To investigate whether relationships between kinesiophobia, lower extremity function, and patient-reported function differ by self-reported physical activity engagement after ACL reconstruction (ACLR).

Design: Cross-sectional.

Setting: Laboratory.

Post-traumatic osteoarthritis diagnosed within 5 years following ACL reconstruction.

Purpose: The purpose was to calculate the incidence of osteoarthritis in individuals following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction (ACLR) in a large, national database and to examine the risk factors associated with OA development.

Methods: A commercially available insurance database was queried to identify new diagnoses of knee OA in patients with ACLR. The cumulative incidence of knee OA diagnoses in patients after ACLR was calculated and stratified by time from reconstruction.

ACL reconstructed individuals do not demonstrate deficits in postural control as measured by single-leg balance.

Background: Following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR), patients undergo a battery of performance assessments to determine progression of return to sport activity. Rates of reinjury following ACLR are high, indicating that current assessments may not accurately identify deficits at the time point of return to sport progression.

Research Question: To assess single-leg postural control in ACLR patients around the time point of return to sport progression and their relationships to subjective function.

Peak Lower Extremity Landing Kinematics in Dancers and Nondancers.

Context:   Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries often occur during jump landings and can have detrimental short-term and long-term functional effects on quality of life. Despite frequently performing jump landings, dancers have lower incidence rates of ACL injury than other jump-landing athletes. Planned versus unplanned activities and footwear may explain differing ACL-injury rates among dancers and nondancers.

Sex Differences in Y-Balance Performance in Elite Figure Skaters.

Slater, LV, Vriner, M, Schuyten, K, Zapalo, P, and Hart, JM. Sex differences in Y-balance performance in elite figure skaters. J Strength Cond Res 34(5): 1416-1421, 2020-Asymmetrical dynamic balance compared with normative populations have been associated with increased risk of injury in athletes; however, it is unclear if the current data are similar to balance performance in figure skaters.

Effect of Sex and Level of Activity on Lower-Extremity Strength, Functional Performance, and Limb Symmetry.

Strength, functional performance, and limb symmetry are common objective clinical assessments used by clinicians to guide safe return to physical activity following injury. Population-specific unilateral limb outcomes or estimates of limb symmetry of these assessments should be established. To compare lower-extremity strength, functional performance, and limb symmetry in healthy participants based on sex and level of activity.

Activity monitoring in men's college soccer: a single season longitudinal study.

Performance in soccer has been characterized previously using time-motion analyses; however, it is unclear if men's college soccer shares performance characteristics with women's college or men's professional soccer. The purpose of this study was to compare proportions of matches spent walking, jogging, running, and sprinting in men's college soccer. Twenty-two male college soccer players wore global positioning system units during matches.

The Utility of Objective Strength and Functional Performance to Predict Subjective Outcomes After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction.

Background: Many clinicians release patients to return to activity after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) based on time from surgery despite deficits in muscle strength and function. It is unclear whether symmetry or unilateral performance is the best predictor of subjective outcomes after ACLR.

Purpose: To determine physical performance predictors of patient-reported outcomes after reconstruction.

A Comparison of Cervical Spine Motion After Immobilization With a Traditional Spine Board and Full-Body Vacuum-Mattress Splint.

Background: The National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA) advocates for cervical spine immobilization on a rigid board or vacuum splint and for removal of athletic equipment before transfer to an emergency medical facility.

Purpose: To (1) compare triplanar cervical spine motion using motion capture between a traditional rigid spine board and a full-body vacuum splint in equipped and unequipped athletes, (2) assess cervical spine motion during the removal of a football helmet and shoulder pads, and (3) evaluate the effect of body mass on cervical spine motion.

Study Design: Controlled laboratory study.

Biomechanical adaptations during running differ based on type of exercise and fitness level.

Lower extremity injuries are most common in more active and fit individuals, suggesting that adaptations from neuromuscular fatigue may differ depending on type of exercise and fitness level. The purpose of this study was to compare changes in gait in highly fit and recreationally active individuals before and after two exercise protocols. Lower extremity kinematics and kinetics were measured on the dominant leg during running before and after two exercise protocols (walking/sport) from 0 to 100% of gait in 24 healthy individuals divided into higher (n=13) and lower fitness (n=11) groups.

Relationship Between Physical Therapy Characteristics, Surgical Procedure, and Clinical Outcomes in Patients After ACL Reconstruction.

Context: Postoperative rehabilitation is critical to optimize outcomes after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR). However, the relationship between physical therapy (PT) and clinical outcomes is unclear.

Objective: To describe PT characteristics following ACLR and to assess the relationships between PT characteristics, surgical procedure, and clinical outcomes.