Diet quality of NCAA Division I athletes assessed by the Healthy Eating Index Werner EN, Robinson CA, Kerver JM, Pivarnik JM. J Am Coll Health. 2022 May 27:1-7. doi: 10.1080/07448481.2022.2076102. E-publishing prior to printing. PMID: 35623046. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/ Take home message Division I collegiate athletes reported poor diet quality. Background Collegiate athletes must balance a…
Older adults who participate in many different types of leisure activities every week, such as walking, jogging, swimming laps or playing tennis, may have a lower risk of death from any cause, as well as death from cardiovascular disease and cancer. according to a new study led by researchers at the National Cancer Institute,…
Injury prevention programs with balance training reduce the number of ankle injuries among football players: a systematic review. Al Attar WS, Khaledi EH, Bakhsh JM, Faude O, Ghulam H, Sanders RH, J. Physiotherapist. July 2022; 68(3):165-173. Full text freely available Take home message Football players have a lower risk of ankle injuries if they…
A first-of-its-kind study, conducted in collaboration with LSU’s School of Kinesiology, LSU Athletics, Pennington Biomedical Research Center and Our Lady of the Lake, examined how the immune systems of elite student-athletes responded to the COVID-19 virus. The football players diagnosed with COVID-19 were able to return their immune systems to baseline after the CDC-recommended…
The report provides a snapshot of the current state of hip and knee arthroplasty practices in the United States ROSEMONT, Ill., Nov. 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — The American Joint Replacement Registry (AJRR), the cornerstone of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (AAOS) Registry Program, has released its 2023 Annual Report on Procedural Trends in…
