Female Orthopaedic Surgeons Are Less Represented as Head Team Physicians in Collegiate Athletic Programs.

Purpose: To evaluate National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) head team physicians (HTPs), focusing on gender as it relates to divisional variability, medical specialty, and research productivity.

Methods: In December 2022, the NCAA member directory was utilized to obtain HTP information from the top 5 conferences within Divisions I, II, and III (DI, DII, and DIII, respectively). Division I schools were selected from the previously established "Power 5" conferences.

How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected patients' experience of pain management therapy?

Objectives: The current service evaluation aimed to explore the impact of COVID-19 on patients' experiences of pain management therapy. The study examined the barriers and benefits of the move from face-to-face to eHealth methods of delivery.

Design: A service evaluation was conducted in an outpatient pain clinic in an NHS Trust in the East of England.

Effects of short-term dietary nitrate supplementation on blood pressure, O2 uptake kinetics, and muscle and cognitive function in older adults.

Dietary nitrate (NO(3)(-)) supplementation has been shown to reduce resting blood pressure and alter the physiological response to exercise in young adults. We investigated whether these effects might also be evident in older adults. In a double-blind, randomized, crossover study, 12 healthy, older (60-70 yr) adults supplemented their diet for 3 days with either nitrate-rich concentrated beetroot juice (BR; 2 × 70 ml/day, ∼9.