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Siemens Healthineers won FDA clearance for its recently introduced MULTIX Impact C ceiling-mounted digital radiography (DR) system. The FDA also cleared the MULTIX Impact VA20, a new version of the existing parent DR system. Both devices...Thursday, January 21, 2021 from Sports Science News -- ScienceDaily
Patients with motor dysfunctions are on the rise across Japan as its population continues to age. A researcher has developed a new method of rehabilitation using virtual reality to increase the sense of agency over our body and aid motor...Wednesday, January 20, 2021 from Medgadget.com » Sports Medicine
2020 has been a challenging year in many ways, including for everyone’s mental health. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a spike in mental health problems with cases tripling in the number of adults experiencing...Wednesday, January 20, 2021 from Medgadget.com » Sports Medicine
Eye surgeons at the Rabin Medical Center in Israel have successfully implanted the first artificial cornea into a bilaterally blind human patient. Once the bandages were removed, the 78 year old man was able to read and to recognize...Tuesday, January 19, 2021 from Medgadget.com » Sports Medicine
WhiteSwell, a medtech company based in Galway, Ireland, has developed a catheter system to treat acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF). ADHF is often treated using diuretics to remove excess fluid, but this doesn’t work for every...Tuesday, January 19, 2021 from Medgadget.com » Sports Medicine
Seno Medical, a San Antonio, Texas firm, has won FDA approval to introduce its Imagio device that utilizes opto-acoustic imaging to help physicians identify whether breast lesions are benign or malignant. It is hoped that this...Monday, January 18, 2021 from Medgadget.com » Sports Medicine
CES 2021 took place this past week, but due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the annual electronics megashow show was completely virtual. While we certainly missed the free swag, a chance with lady luck at the Vegas casino tables, and...Monday, January 18, 2021 from Medgadget.com » Sports Medicine
Applying an energy source, such as a laser, to cut through or cauterize tissue is already widely used in external surgeries, such as laser eye surgery, but using this technology safely and accurately during minimally invasive internal...Monday, January 18, 2021 from British Journal of Sports Medicine current issue
Hainline B, Derman W, Vernec A et al . Infographic. International Olympic Committee consensus statement on pain management in athletes: non-pharmacological strategies. Br J Sports Med 2020;53:785–6. The author David Siebert was...Monday, January 18, 2021 from British Journal of Sports Medicine current issue
O’Bryan KR, Doering TM, Morton RW et al . Do multi-ingredient protein supplements augment resistance training-induced gains in skeletal muscle mass and strength? A systematic review and meta-analysis of 35 trails. Br J Sports Med...Monday, January 18, 2021 from British Journal of Sports Medicine current issue
This annual partnership issue from the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM) features the latest high-quality research and scholarship from AMSSM members. We also are excited to share the theme of the upcoming AMSSM annual...Monday, January 18, 2021 from British Journal of Sports Medicine current issue
The burden of disability is an important public health challenge as the majority of people will experience disability throughout their life. Disability includes impairments, activity limitations and participation restrictions, all of...Monday, January 18, 2021 from British Journal of Sports Medicine current issue
While sporting governing bodies prepare guidelines and policies to comply with social distancing requirements and governmental guidelines, and some may feel that such changes threaten the very existence of their sport, is there a hidden...Monday, January 18, 2021 from British Journal of Sports Medicine current issue
The American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM) convened a group of experts to develop a Position Statement addressing the problem of sexual violence in sport. The AMSSM Sexual Violence in Sport Task Force held a series of...Monday, January 18, 2021 from British Journal of Sports Medicine current issue
Sport specialisation is becoming increasingly common among youth and adolescent athletes in the USA and many have raised concern about this trend. Although research on sport specialisation has grown significantly, numerous pressing...Monday, January 18, 2021 from British Journal of Sports Medicine current issue
Context/purpose Observational and acute laboratory intervention research has shown that excessive sedentary time is associated adversely with cardiometabolic biomarkers. This systematic review with meta-analyses synthesises results from...Monday, January 18, 2021 from British Journal of Sports Medicine current issue
Objective Investigate whether exercise-based telerehabilitation improves pain, physical function and quality of life in adults with physical disabilities. Design Systematic review of randomised controlled trials. Data sources Searches...Monday, January 18, 2021 from British Journal of Sports Medicine current issue
Objectives To determine the injury incidence and characteristics for elite, male, artistic USA gymnasts during gymnastics competitions, held in the USA, from 2008 to 2018. Methods Injury documentation performed by lead physician and...Monday, January 18, 2021 from British Journal of Sports Medicine current issue
Objectives To determine the acute and early long-term associations of sport-related concussion (SRC) and subcortical and cortical structures in collegiate contact sport athletes. Methods Athletes with a recent SRC (n=99) and matched...Monday, January 18, 2021 from British Journal of Sports Medicine current issue
Endurance running is associated with high rates of injury, 1 with injury causation often complex and multifactorial. 2 Running biomechanics are thought to play a role in the aetiology of running-related injury. 3 Therefore interventions...Monday, January 18, 2021 from British Journal of Sports Medicine current issue
My childhood story If you saw me in clinic as a young kid, you would almost certainly describe me as healthy, active, energetic and high achieving. I wore a smile as wide as my face and talked excitedly about my friends, sports and...Monday, January 18, 2021 from British Journal of Sports Medicine current issue
There has been a rapid and substantial increase in scholarly and public discourse regarding the perceived consequences of single sport specialisation during periods of early development. Since 2017, there have been three systematic...Monday, January 18, 2021 from British Journal of Sports Medicine current issue
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused considerable economic damage throughout the world in addition to a severe health crisis. Social distancing is the main preventative measure for person to person transmission of SARS CoV-2. 1 This has...Friday, January 15, 2021 from Medgadget.com » Sports Medicine
Degenerative mitral regurgitation occurs when the mitral valve prolapses, causing blood to leak back into the atrium every time the heart beats. The condition can be asymptomatic for many people, but for some it can cause a variety of...Friday, January 15, 2021 from Medgadget.com » Sports Medicine
Boston Scientific is releasing in the United States its Wavewriter Alpha line of spinal cord stimulators. The four Wavewriter Alpha pain management devices provide Bluetooth connectivity, allow patients to still be scanned under MRI,...Wednesday, January 13, 2021 from Medgadget.com » Sports Medicine
Siemens Healthineers just announced FDA clearance to introduce its Cios Flow mobile C-arm in the United States. Developed for use in orthopedics, vascular surgery, trauma, spinal surgery, and other fields, it’s intended to be a...Wednesday, January 13, 2021 from Medgadget.com » Sports Medicine
Researchers at the University of Washington have trialed a minimally invasive electrical stimulation technique that has resulted in remarkable improvements in the hand and arm function of spinal cord injury patients. The approach...Wednesday, January 6, 2021 from Sports Science News -- ScienceDaily
All athletes want to be at the top of their game when they compete, but some resort to nefarious approaches to achieve peak muscle growth, speed and agility. Recent developments in gene editing technology could tempt athletes to change...Tuesday, January 5, 2021 from ScienceDaily: Sports Medicine News
One sweaty, huffing, exercising person emits as many chemicals from their body as up to five sedentary people, according to a new study. And notably, those human emissions, including amino acids from sweat or acetone from breath,...Tuesday, December 29, 2020 from ScienceDaily: Sports Medicine News
College football players may underestimate their risk of injury and concussion, according to a new study.Wednesday, December 16, 2020 from ScienceDaily: Sports Medicine News
Analyses of professional soccer players' heart test results provide insights on athletes' cardiac structure and function. The hearts of elite soccer players frequently exhibit electrical and structural patterns that are above...Wednesday, December 16, 2020 from ScienceDaily: Sports Medicine News
A new study found that 220,488 patients were treated in U.S. emergency departments for injuries related to sledding from 2008 through 2017. Nearly 70% of these patients were children age 19 years and younger.Tuesday, December 15, 2020 from ScienceDaily: Sports Medicine News
It has long been known that the choice of shoe, surface and type of sport can all be contributing factors when someone suffers an anterior cruciate ligament rupture. Researchers have now observed that genes also play a decisive role.Friday, December 11, 2020 from Sports Science News -- ScienceDaily
Combining neuroscience and robotic research has gained impressive results in the rehabilitation of paraplegic patients. A research team was able to show that exoskeleton training not only helped patients to walk, but also stimulated...Thursday, December 10, 2020 from Sports Science News -- ScienceDaily
Researchers have created a system that dynamically adapts to mirror the position of the viewer's body and matches the speed of video playback to the viewer's movements.Monday, December 7, 2020 from ScienceDaily: Sports Medicine News
Transgender women elite athletes may need more than the recommended year of feminising hormone therapy to remove the competitive advantage conferred by testosterone, suggests new research.Tuesday, December 1, 2020 from Sports Science News -- ScienceDaily
Researchers have fabricated a tiny electronic sensor that can detect very low levels of a commonly used weed killer in drinking water.Tuesday, December 1, 2020 from ScienceDaily: Sports Medicine News
States with college teams in strong conferences, in particular the Southeastern Conference (SEC), were among the last to take up regulations on youth concussions, according to a recent study. The study, which investigated the association...Monday, November 30, 2020 from ScienceDaily: Sports Medicine News
Chronic concussion symptoms are notoriously difficult to treat. But a researcher who is also a yoga instructor and has been teaching yoga for 17 years - is hoping that a recent study, the first-ever meta-analysis looking at the use of...Tuesday, November 24, 2020 from ScienceDaily: Sports Medicine News
Researchers find that blind soccer players rotate their heads downward when trapping an incoming pass. This work may lead to an improved understanding of the sensory changes that can manifest in visually impaired individuals.Monday, November 23, 2020 from ScienceDaily: Sports Medicine News
Researchers are shining a light on a segment of concussion patients who often go unnoticed in comparison to athletes: performing artists.Thursday, November 19, 2020 from Sports Science News -- ScienceDaily
Researchers have developed an ultrathin pressure sensor that can be attached directly to the skin. It can measure how fingers interact with objects to produce useful data for medical and technological applications. The sensor has minimal...Thursday, November 19, 2020 from ScienceDaily: Sports Medicine News
Researchers have found a simple way to analyze the effectiveness of exercise training that could one day be conducted easily at a local gym or physio. Using vertical jumps as a test activity, the researchers could predict detailed...Tuesday, November 17, 2020 from ScienceDaily: Sports Medicine News
Racket sports like tennis and racquetball appear to accelerate knee joint degeneration in overweight people with osteoarthritis, according to a new study.Friday, November 13, 2020 from ScienceDaily: Sports Medicine News
Elite runners need a specific combination of physiological abilities to have any chance of running a sub-two-hour marathon, new research shows.Thursday, November 12, 2020 from ScienceDaily: Sports Medicine News
To reduce risk of soccer player head injury, a new study recommends preventing how hard a ball hits the head by inflating balls to lower pressures and subbing them out when they get wet.Wednesday, November 11, 2020 from ScienceDaily: Sports Medicine News
Even though repeated hits to the head are common in professional sports, the long-term effects of concussions are still poorly understood. While many believe that professional athletes who experience multiple concussions will end up with...Monday, November 9, 2020 from ScienceDaily: Sports Medicine News
Doctors may soon be able to more accurately diagnose concussions by measuring the number of certain molecules in a person's saliva, according to researchers. The results of a recent clinical study confirmed that a patient's spit may be...Wednesday, October 28, 2020 from ScienceDaily: Sports Medicine News
Sports cardiologists offer guidance for athletes' return to play after they have recovered from COVID-19, in a new article that addresses the most common questions posed by the media, in clinics and athletic training rooms, and during...Wednesday, October 28, 2020 from Sports Science News -- ScienceDaily
Researchers analyzed almost 550 men's and women's mixed martial arts contests, using data collated for the Ultimate Fighting Championship, and found the rate at which competitors fight is more likely to result in judges awarding victory...