Subtle impairments of perceptual-motor function and well-being are detectable among military cadets and college athletes with self-reported history of concussion.

Introduction: A lack of obvious long-term effects of concussion on standard clinical measures of behavioral performance capabilities does not preclude the existence of subtle neural processing impairments that appear to be linked to elevated risk for subsequent concussion occurrence, and which may be associated with greater susceptibility to progressive neurodegenerative processes. The purpose of this observational cohort study was to assess virtual reality motor response variability and survey responses as possible indicators of suboptimal brain function among military cadets and college athletes with self-reported history of concussion (HxC).

Methods: The cohort comprised 75 college students (20.

Athletic Trainers' Shared Professional Values: A Report From the National Athletic Trainers' Association Professional Responsibility in Athletic Training Committee.

Context: Professional values (PVs) of health care providers influence their professional decisions and behaviors. Athletic training is one of the remaining health professions without established shared PVs. Commitment to shared PVs, also known as core values, prompts good and right behavior by guiding moral and ethical judgment and professional decision-making.

A Neuro-Integrative Assessment of Perceptual-Motor Performance and Wellness in ROTC Cadets.

Resting heart rate variability (HRV) may be a useful index of both brain-based executive function and general health. Our purpose in this study was to quantify relationships among HRV, perceptual-motor performance metrics, and wellness survey responses. A cohort of 32 male Reserve Officer Training Corp (ROTC) cadets completed a dual-task upper extremity reaction time (UERT) test, two tests of whole-body reactive agility, and a 10-item wellness survey that produced a 0-100 Overall Wellness Index (OWI).

Mitigating Sports Injury Risks Using Internet of Things and Analytics Approaches.

Sport injuries restrict participation, impose a substantial economic burden, and can have persisting adverse effects on health-related quality of life. The effective use of Internet of Things (IoT), when combined with analytics approaches, can improve player safety through identification of injury risk factors that can be addressed by targeted risk reduction training activities. Use of IoT devices can facilitate highly efficient quantification of relevant functional capabilities prior to sport participation, which could substantially advance the prevailing sport injury management paradigm.

Utilization of Practice Session Average Inertial Load to Quantify College Football Injury Risk.

Wilkerson, GB, Gupta, A, Allen, JR, Keith, CM, and Colston, MA. Utilization of practice session average inertial load to quantify college football injury risk. J Strength Cond Res 30(9): 2369-2374, 2016-Relatively few studies have investigated the potential injury prevention value of data derived from recently developed wearable technology for measurement of body mass accelerations during the performance of sport-related activities.

A Sport Fitness Index for Assessment of Sport-Related Injury Risk.

Objective: To develop and validate a concise survey that will identify athletes who possess elevated injury risk.

Design: Cohort study.

Setting: National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I athletic program.

A Refined Prediction Model for Core and Lower Extremity Sprains and Strains Among Collegiate Football Players.

Context: Researchers have identified high exposure to game conditions, low back dysfunction, and poor endurance of the core musculature as strong predictors for the occurrence of sprains and strains among collegiate football players.

Objective: To refine a previously developed injury-prediction model through analysis of 3 consecutive seasons of data.

Design: Cohort study.

Sagittal lumbar spine position during standing, walking, and running at various gradients.

Context: Motion in the lumbar spine during certain physical activities may exceed tissue homeostasis, leading to low back pain. Previous authors have assessed sagittal motion of the lumbar spine during walking; however, limited attention has been focused on changes in spine position with walking or running on different surface gradients.

Objective: To investigate lumbar spine sagittal position during standing, walking, and running on level, uphill, and downhill surfaces.

Neuromuscular Changes in Female Collegiate Athletes Resulting From a Plyometric Jump-Training Program.

OBJECTIVE: To assess performance changes induced by a 6- week plyometric jump-training program. DESIGN AND SETTING: We used a quasiexperimental design to compare groups formed on the basis of team membership. Testing was conducted in an athletic training research laboratory, both before and after a 6-week period of preseason basketball conditioning.