A Retrospective Analysis of Collegiate Athlete Blood Biomarkers at Moderate Altitude.

Morris, KL, Widstrom, L, Goodrich, J, Poddar, S, Rueda, M, Holliday, M, San Millian, I, and Byrnes, WC. A retrospective analysis of collegiate athlete blood biomarkers at moderate altitude. J Strength Cond Res 33(11): 2913-2919, 2019-Blood biomarkers are used to assess overall health and determine positive/negative adaptations to training/environmental stimuli.

Online pre-race education improves test scores for volunteers at a marathon.

Objectives: This study examined whether an online course would lead to increased knowledge about the medical issues volunteers encounter during a marathon.

Materials And Methods: Health care professionals who volunteered to provide medical coverage for an annual marathon were eligible for the study. Demographic information about medical volunteers including profession, specialty, education level and number of marathons they had volunteered for was collected.

Nonoperative Options for Management of Articular Cartilage Disease.

Nonoperative options for articular cartilage injury are pervasive but have not shown to be curative. Recommendations for low-impact exercise and weight loss provide benefit and are a foundation for the treatment of osteoarthritis. Judicious use of NSAIDs and acetaminophen can be appropriate for pain management.

Do autologous blood and PRP injections effectively treat tennis elbow?

Both approaches reduce pain, but the improvement with platelet-rich plasma (PRP) is not clinically meaningful. Autologous blood injections (ABIs) are more effective than corticosteroid injections for reducing pain and disability in patients with tennis elbow in both the short and long term.