Key Points ▸ Schools with multiple athletic trainers implement more heat illness safety policies. ▸ Team physicians at football practices may enhance heat illness management strategies. ▸ Team physician presence may influence riskier heat illness prevention strategies. An estimated 9,200 high
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Sports Medicine Staff Size Influences Exertional Heat Illness Policies in High School Football
Riana R. Pryor, Douglas J. Casa, Susan W. Yeargin, and Zachary Y. Kerr
Collegiate Athletic Trainers’ Use of Behavioral Health Screening Tools
Taylor B. Chandler, Matthew J. Rivera, Elizabeth R. Neil, and Lindsey E. Eberman
, targeted prevention methods can be used for those identified. 10 Early prevention methods are important because it gives clinicians more time to identify symptoms and risks and intervene with referral as needed. 10 Participants that are using BH screening in practice expressed the value of screening
Injury Prevention in the Occupational Setting
Matthew Ficca
Benefits and Barriers Associated With Intention to Participate in Injury Prevention Programs in Reserve Officers’ Training Corps Cadets
Emily H. Gabriel and Cameron J. Powden
missed duty. 6 Long term, there is an increased likelihood for the early development of osteoarthritis 7 and decreased health-related quality of life. 8 Focus has been shifted toward the prevention of these injuries to avoid the negative consequences associated with them. In 2003, a military
Health Belief Model and Theory of Planned Behavior: A Theoretical Approach for Enhancing Lower Extremity Injury Prevention Program Participation
Emily M. Hartley, Matthew C. Hoch, and Robert J. Cramer
high school athletic injuries, respectively. 1 , 2 Individuals who sustain lower extremity injuries are more likely to develop long-term consequences such as osteoarthritis 3 – 5 and a decreased health-related quality of life. 6 Therefore, primary prevention efforts to reduce the incidence of lower
Mild Jugular Compression Reduces White Matter Alterations in High School-Aged Males Playing Collision Sports
Megan Nye and Paul A. Cacolice
Clinical Scenario Sport-related concussions are at the forefront of media and public attention, especially for those who participate in high school collision sports. As clinicians are uncertain of optimal diagnostic and treatment strategies, 1 it is suggested that prevention is a preferable
The Effectiveness of Injury Prevention Programs for Youth and Adolescent Athletes
Michelle L. Weber, Kenneth C. Lam, and Tamara C. Valovich McLeod
Clinical Question:
In youth and adolescent athletes, are jumping/plyometric exercises more effective than balance exercises in preventing sport-related injuries?
Objective:
The aim of this article is to examine the meta-analysis by Rössler et al.1 as it relates to the clinical question.
Conclusion:
Evidence in this meta-analysis suggests that injury prevention programs provide beneficial effects in injury reduction for youth and adolescent athletes. Prevention programs that contained jumping or plyometric exercises and were targeted toward females appeared to be especially beneficial for decreasing injury risk.
