Injury risk factors related to sport specialization in high school basketball: a prospective study.

Context: Research that has examined the association between specialization and injury in basketball has been limited to cross-sectional or retrospective studies.

Objective: To determine whether specialization is a risk factor for injury among high school basketball athletes.

Design: Prospective cohort study.

Risk Factors for Running-Related Injury in High School and Collegiate Cross-country Runners: A Systematic Review.

To summarize and describe risk factors for running-related injuries (RRIs) among high school and collegiate cross-country runners. Descriptive systematic review. Four databases (Scopus, SPORTDiscus, CINAHL, Cochrane) were searched from inception to August 2023.

Running Habits and Injury Frequency Following COVID-19 Restrictions in Adolescent Long-Distance Runners.

Purpose: A decline in youth running was observed at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. We investigated whether the resumption of organized running after social distancing restrictions changed running habits or injury frequency in adolescent runners.

Methods: Adolescents (age = 16.

Support for inadvertent undereating in female adolescent athletes with clinical indicators of low energy availability.

Objectives: This study evaluated pathways to low energy availability in a sample of female adolescent athletes (n = 464).

Design: Cross-sectional.

Methods: Participants (age 13-18 y) underwent assessments for height, weight, eating attitudes and behaviors, and menstrual function.

Associations of Lean Mass, Muscular Strength, and Physical Function with Trabecular Bone Score in Older Adults.

Introduction/background: Trabecular bone score (TBS) is an indirect measurement of bone quality and microarchitecture determined from dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) imaging of the lumbar spine. TBS predicts fracture risk independent of bone mass/density, suggesting this assessment of bone quality adds value to the understanding of patients' bone health. While lean mass and muscular strength have been associated with higher bone density and lower fracture risk among older adults, the literature is limited regarding the relationship of lean mass and strength with TBS.

Return-to-Sport Criteria After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Fail to Identify the Risk of Second Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury.

Background: The incidence of second anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury after ACL reconstruction (ACLR) is high in young, active populations. Failure to successfully meet return-to-sport (RTS) criteria may identify adult athletes at risk of future injury; however, these studies have yet to assess skeletally mature adolescent athletes.

Objective: To determine if failure to meet RTS criteria would identify adolescent and young adult athletes at risk for future ACL injury after ACLR and RTS.

Clinical Application of Gait Retraining in the Injured Runner.

Despite its positive influence on physical and mental wellbeing, running is associated with a high incidence of musculoskeletal injury. Potential modifiable risk factors for running-related injury have been identified, including running biomechanics. Gait retraining is used to address these biomechanical risk factors in injured runners.

Relationships between Running Biomechanics, Hip Muscle Strength, and Running-Related Injury in Female Collegiate Cross-country Runners.

Background: Female collegiate cross-country (XC) runners have a high incidence of running-related injury (RRI). Limited reports are available that have examined potential intrinsic factors that may increase RRI risk in this population.

Purpose: To examine the relationships between RRI, hip muscle strength, and lower extremity running kinematics in female collegiate XC runners.

Cadence in youth long-distance runners is predicted by leg length and running speed.

Background: Lower cadence has been previously associated with injury in long-distance runners. Variations in cadence may be related to experience, speed, and anthropometric variables. It is unknown what factors, if any, predict cadence in healthy youth long-distance runners.

Prospective Assessment of Clinical Tests Used to Evaluate Tibial Stress Fracture.

Background: Tibial stress fracture (SFx) is the most common SFx of the lower extremity. Presently, diagnostic accuracy of clinical examination techniques for tibial SFx remains suboptimal.

Purpose: To assess the diagnostic effectiveness of 5 clinical tests for tibial SFx individually versus a test item cluster.

Plank Times and Lower Extremity Overuse Injury in Collegiate Track-and-Field and Cross Country Athletes.

Trunk muscle endurance has been theorized to play a role in running kinematics and lower extremity injury. However, the evidence examining the relationships between static trunk endurance tests, such as plank tests, and lower extremity injury in athletes is conflicting. The purpose of this study was to assess if collegiate cross country and track-and-field athletes with shorter pre-season prone and side plank hold times would have a higher incidence of lower extremity time-loss overuse injury during their competitive sport seasons.

Epidemiology of NCAA Track and Field Injuries From 2010 to 2014.

Background: Track and field (T&F) athletes compete in a variety of events that require different skills and training characteristics. Descriptive epidemiology studies often fail to describe event-specific injury patterns.

Purpose: To describe the epidemiology of injuries in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) T&F by sex, setting (practice vs competition), and time of season (indoor vs outdoor) and to compare injury patterns by events within the sport.

Quantification Method and Training Load Changes in High School Cross-Country Runners Across a Competitive Season.

Context: Running programs traditionally monitor external loads (eg, time and distance). Recent efforts have encouraged a more comprehensive approach to also account for internal loads (eg, intensity, measured as the session rating of perceived exertion [sRPE]). The combination of external and internal loads accounts for the possible interaction between these loads.

The influence of maturation and sex on pelvis and hip kinematics in youth distance runners.

Objectives: This study aimed to investigate differences in stance phase pelvic and hip running kinematics based on maturation and sex among healthy youth distance runners.

Design: Cross-Sectional.

Methods: 133 uninjured youth distance runners (M = 60, F = 73; age = 13.

Adolescent Running Biomechanics - Implications for Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation.

Global participation in running continues to increase, especially amongst adolescents. Consequently, the number of running-related injuries (RRI) in adolescents is rising. Emerging evidence now suggests that overuse type injuries involving growing bone (e.

Knowledge, Attitudes, and Beliefs of Parents of Youth Basketball Players Regarding Sport Specialization and College Scholarship Availability.

Background: Previous surveys of youth sport parents have revealed that while parents believe early sport specialization is beneficial for improving sport ability, they also overestimate their child's chances of receiving a college scholarship.

Purpose: To (1) describe knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs of parents of youth basketball players regarding sport specialization and college scholarships and (2) examine potential differences in child basketball participation characteristics based on parent income.

Study Design: Cross-sectional study.

Sport Specialization Behaviors Are Associated With History of Reported Injury in Youth Basketball.

Background: There is significant emerging evidence that early sport specialization is a potential risk factor for injury in youth sports. Despite basketball being the most popular youth team sport in the United States, sport specialization research, specifically in youth basketball players, has been limited. The purpose of this paper was to examine the association of sport specialization behaviors with injury history by surveying a nationally representative sample of parents of youth basketball athletes.

Sport Specialization and Quality of Life among Middle- and High-School Long-Distance Runners of Different Injury Status: A Retrospective Study.

Running-related injuries are prevalent in adolescent long-distance runners. The aim of our retrospective study was to compare differences in sport specialization, running habits,quality of life, and sleep habits among middle-and high-school long-distance runners of different injury statuses. Middle- and high-school long-distance runners across the United States were recruited via cross-country coaches and athletic directors between January and May 2020.

Prevalence and factors associated with bone stress injury in middle school runners.

Background: Bone stress injury (BSI) in youth runners is clinically important during times of skeletal growth and is not well studied.

Objective: To evaluate the prevalence, anatomical distribution, and factors associated with running-related BSI in boy and girl middle school runners.

Design: Retrospective cross-sectional study.

Attitudes and beliefs of little league baseball parents regarding sport specialization and college scholarship availability.

Objectives: Previous studies of parents of adolescent athletes identified a belief among parents of the importance of early specialization for skill development. However, it is unclear if these attitudes and beliefs are also held among parents of baseball athletes, which is the second-most popular boy's sport in the United States. The purpose of this study was to describe the knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs of parents of Little League baseball players regarding sport specialization and college scholarships.

Running-related injuries in middle school cross-country runners: Prevalence and characteristics of common injuries.

Background: Understanding the prevalence and factors associated with running-related injuries in middle school runners may guide injury prevention.

Objective: To determine the prevalence of running-related injuries and describe factors related to a history of injury.

Design: Retrospective cross-sectional study.