The question of how to improve mental health is receiving increased attention across all walks of life. Placing the spotlight on elite sport, some interesting challenges arise. Athletes are admired, sometimes even adored, for their physical and psychological strength. Conflicts arise, however, when the very thing athletes are inherently good at (enduring adversity to achieve […]
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Interpreting patient-reported outcomes following anterior cruciate ligament tears or traumatic meniscal injuries
How do we know if our patients are getting better? From an OPTIKNEE systematic review. This blog is part of a series on work by OPTIKNEE Consensus. This is an international consensus group focused on improving knee health and preventing osteoarthritis after a traumatic knee injury. Keywords: patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs), anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), […]
Don’t Stress about your fractures! Have you tried VIBE-MRI?
VIBE-MRI is a promising tool for the diagnosis of MSK injuries in radiation-sensitive athletes Keywords: VIBE-MRI, musculoskeletal injuries, radiation exposure Volumetric interpolated breath-hold examination (VIBE) is an MRI sequence that is increasingly being used by Sports and Exercise Medicine (SEM) clinicians, to evaluate sports injuries in radiation-sensitive populations (1). It offers the promise of evaluating […]
Risk factors for osteoarthritis after a knee injury
‘Clinical Take Home Messages’ from an OPTIKNEE systematic review This blog is part of a series on work by OPTIKNEE Consensus. This is an international consensus group focused on improving knee health and preventing osteoarthritis after a traumatic knee injury. People who injure their knee have an elevated risk for post-traumatic knee osteoarthritis (PTOA) (1). […]
Let’s Play Ball: COVID-19 Graduated Return to Play Guidlelines
Keywords: Basketball, COVID-19, return to play The outbreak of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) resulted in suspension of youth, academic and professional sport in New Zealand, and around the world. Following resumption of domestic and international competition there have been several reports of an increased number of athletes testing positive for COVID-19 after returning to competition (1). In […]
ACL Injury rehabilitation: clinical implications from an OPTIKNEE systematic review
This blog is part of a series on work by OPTIKNEE Consensus. This is an international consensus group focused on improving knee health and preventing osteoarthritis after a traumatic knee injury. Keywords: Rehabilitation, Anterior cruciate ligament, OPTIKNEE Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears are one of the most talked about injuries in sports medicine. Most people […]
Killing two birds with one stone: Evaluate sprinting horizontal force production capacities to improve performance and injury risk management.
How the evaluation of sprinting horizontal force production capacities can macroscopically evaluate lower limb function. Keywords: sprint mechanics; lower limb function; sports injury prevention. Sprinting is important for athletes, coaches, and health professionals for both performance and injury risk management [1]. Sprinting can be defined as running with the intention of maximal acceleration and/or velocity. […]
How to combat the pandemic of physical inactivity?
This blog provides an overview of a recent systematic review (1) which aimed to determine the effect of different physical activity intervention components on step counts in addition to self-monitoring. Our study was a collaboration between Charles University, Prague, St. George’s University of London and the National Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw. We analysed the added […]
Exercise and depression: How does exercise compare to antidepressants for managing non-severe depression?
Authors: Francesco Recchia, Chit K Leung, Edwin C Chin, Daniel Y Fong, David Montero, Calvin P Cheng, Suk Yu Yau, Parco M Siu In this blog we explain the findings from our recent review published in BJSM on the use of exercise, antidepressants and/or their combination for combating symptoms of non-severe depression in adults. Why […]
How can we prevent and manage running-related knee injuries?
Keywords: Running, Knee, Injury Running is one of the most common activities world-wide, however it is associated with a high incidence of knee injury. This blog summarises our systematic review and meta-analysis findings related to the effectiveness of interventions to prevent and manage knee injuries in runners, published in the BJSM (1). Why is the […]