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... The upper limb is also featured in the article by Cools and colleagues, “PREVENTION OF SHOULDER INJURIES IN OVERHEAD ATHLETES: A SCIENCE BASED APPROACH.” The authors discuss the key ri[r] ... See full document

... Multicenter trial of motion analysis for injury risk prediction: lessons learned from prospective longitudinal large cohort combined biomechanical - epidemiological studies.. http://dx.[r] ... See full document

... 23. Maenhout A, Van Eessel V, Van Dyck L, Vanraes A, Cools A. Quantifying acromiohumeral distance in overhead athletes with glenohumeral internal rotation loss and the influence of a stretching program. Am J ... See full document

... There seems to be a subgroup of patients suffering from chronic painful mid-portion Achilles tendinopathy, where a thickened plantaris tendon is involved 16. These[r] ... See full document

... the hamstrings decelerate tibial extension momentum just before initial contact 18 . Therefore, simultaneous hip lexion and knee extension during late swing result in substantial elongation and eccentric contraction of ... See full document

... MM (initials) is a 19-year-old right-handed outside hitter who plays at the top competitive level of intercollegiate volleyball. One-third of the way into his second collegiate season, he reported left ... See full document

... association were chosen to investigate the association between the player’s age and the characteristics of injury. Initially, the assumption of normality was veriied using the Shapiro[r] ... See full document

... The concept that movement variability in individual segmental trajectories during a speciic task may not be detrimental to outcome performance as long as the critical ‘end point param[r] ... See full document

... in the ield, irstly it is necessary to deine what is considered an injury. Figure 1 exempliies the course of a musculoskeletal problem (i.e. sports injury) over time. If the deinition of injury is based on the symptom ... See full document

... Two case control and cohort studies of swimmers also lend support to the hypothesized relationship between impaired core stability and upper extremity injuries. Tate et al. 19 assessed scapular dyskinesia, core ... See full document

... Safe return to sports after a traumatic injury is the responsibility of all healthcare professionals involved. Despite best efforts, athletes returning to high-risk activity and demand[r] ... See full document

... 32. Guralnik JM, Simonsick EM, Ferrucci L, Glynn RJ, Berkman LF, Blazer DG, et al. A short physical performance battery assessing lower extremity function: association with self- reported disability and prediction of ... See full document

... 9. Peolsson A, Löfstedt T, Trygg J, Peolsson M. Ultrasound imaging with speckle tracking of cervical muscle deformation and deformation rate: isometric contraction of patients after anterior cervical decompression ... See full document

... Therefore, the authors consider physical therapy practice to include the activities of massage therapists, bath therapists, and physiotherapists practitioners in the 1930s and 1940s, [r] ... See full document

... Based on this result, it could be inferred that, in clinical practice, elderly women with complaints of imbalance might not have postural control deicits detectable by means of object[r] ... See full document

... como a European Respiratory Care Association (ERCA), a ASSOBRAFIR, outras entidades nacionais do mundo todo e experts com reconhecimento internacional na área de Fisioterapia Respirat[r] ... See full document

... The emails were sent by CREFITO-3 to all selected physical therapists. The cumulative response rate for the four email requests was 3.9% (19/490). The response rate from data collected by telephone was 60.4% ... See full document

... elderly demonstrate lower values of HR, systolic volume (SV), and cardiac output (CO) during endurance exercise than younger subjects. This is because heart rate variability (HRV) is lower in middle-aged and elderly ... See full document

... Method: Twenty-one active elderly participants (66.9±5.5 years) and 21 healthy young participants (24.6±3.9 years) were evaluated in the following tests: perception of position of the [r] ... See full document

... of these tests was performed by physical therapists, who performed them in a blinded fashion. At each school selected, the students were randomly taken out of their classrooms by their supervisors and they underwent the ... See full document