Publications by authors named "Otaviano Oliveira-Junior"
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- The pilot study examined financial losses and risk factors associated with hamstring injuries in elite Brazilian soccer players, with a focus on 34 male athletes over a 12-month season.
- Nine hamstring injuries were confirmed in eight players, leading to an average recovery time of 22 days and a potential financial loss of $43.2 million USD for the team.
- Factors linked to a higher risk of injury included past injuries, reduced knee flexor strength, decreased ankle flexibility, and a higher hamstring fatigue index, suggesting the need for preventive measures for those at higher risk.
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- - Surgical site infections (SSI) account for 31% of hospital-acquired conditions, with foot and ankle surgeries showing SSI rates between 0.5% and 6.5%; this study focused on determining the actual incidence of these infections.
- - Analyzing data from 2180 patients treated from 2014 to 2020, the study found a 4% overall incidence of SSI, with 2.8% being superficial and 1.2% deep infections.
- - Key risk factors identified included smoking and an ASA score greater than 2, both significantly linked to higher rates of deep infections, highlighting the need for surgeons to consider these when prescribing antibiotics.
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- Osteonecrosis is a rare bone disease that typically affects the talus and navicular bones in the foot, with very few cases reported in the intermediate cuneiform.
- Literature review revealed only five documented cases of intermediate cuneiform osteonecrosis, all involving pediatric patients.
- An adult case of resistant osteonecrosis in the intermediate cuneiform was successfully treated with surgery after conservative methods failed.
Background: Given the severe economic and performance implications of hamstring injuries, there are different attempts to identify their risk factors for subsequently developing injury prevention strategies to reduce the risk of these injuries. One of the strategies reported in the scientific literature is the application of interventions with eccentric exercises. To verify the effectiveness of these interventions, different eccentric strength measurements have been used with low-cost devices as alternatives to the widespread used isokinetic dynamometers and the technically limited handheld dynamometers.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To establish the injury profile of soccer players from a first division Brazilian soccer team. In addition, we investigated the association between the characteristics of the injuries and the player's age and position.
Method: Forty-eight players from a Brazilian first division soccer team were followed during one season.