The accumulation of subconcussive impacts on cognitive, imaging, and biomarker outcomes in child and college-aged athletes: a systematic review.

Examine the effect of subconcussive impact accumulation on cognitive/functional, imaging, and biomarker outcomes over the course of a single season, specifically in contact sport athletes at collegiate level or younger. Systematic review following PRISMA guidelines and using Oxford Center for Evidence-Based Medicine 2011 Levels of Evidence and Newcastle Ottawa Assessment Scale. PubMed MEDLINE, PsycInfo, SPORT-Discus, Web of Science.

Effects of sleep disturbance on functional and physiological outcomes in collegiate athletes: A scoping review.

Objective: To investigate sleep disturbances and circadian timing changes on functional and physiological correlates specifically in collegiate athletes.

Design: Scoping Review.

Data Sources: PubMed MEDLINE, SPORT-Discus, CINAHL, ERIC ProQuest, Web of Science.

THE DYNAMIC LEAP AND BALANCE TEST (DLBT): A TEST-RETEST RELIABILITY STUDY.

Background: There is a need for new clinical assessment tools to test dynamic balance during typical functional movements. Common methods for assessing dynamic balance, such as the Star Excursion Balance Test, which requires controlled movement of body segments over an unchanged base of support, may not be an adequate measure for testing typical functional movements that involve controlled movement of body segments along with a change in base of support.

Purpose/hypothesis: The purpose of this study was to determine the reliability of the Dynamic Leap and Balance Test (DLBT) by assessing its test-retest reliability.

Methods and Descriptive Epidemiology of Services Provided by Athletic Trainers in High Schools: The National Athletic Treatment, Injury and Outcomes Network Study.

Context: Research is limited on the extent and nature of the care provided by athletic trainers (ATs) to student-athletes in the high school setting.

Objective: To describe the methods of the National Athletic Treatment, Injury and Outcomes Network (NATION) project and provide the descriptive epidemiology of AT services for injury care in 27 high school sports.

Design: Descriptive epidemiology study.

Premature knee osteoarthritis after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction dependent on autograft.

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstructions are common postoperative orthopedic conditions encountered by sports rehabilitation specialists. The rationale for reconstructing the ACL is to restore mechanical stability of the knee joint and prevent associated musculoskeletal sequelae. The selection of available autogenous graft options for surgical interventions continues to be a controversial topic in orthopedic sports medicine.

Systematic review of efficacy for manual lymphatic drainage techniques in sports medicine and rehabilitation: an evidence-based practice approach.

Manual therapists question integrating manual lymphatic drainage techniques (MLDTs) into conventional treatments for athletic injuries due to the scarcity of literature concerning musculoskeletal applications and established orthopaedic clinical practice guidelines. The purpose of this systematic review is to provide manual therapy clinicians with pertinent information regarding progression of MLDTs as well as to critique the evidence for efficacy of this method in sports medicine. We surveyed English-language publications from 1998 to 2008 by searching PubMed, PEDro, CINAHL, the Cochrane Library, and SPORTDiscus databases using the terms lymphatic system, lymph drainage, lymphatic therapy, manual lymph drainage, and lymphatic pump techniques.