Injury Risk

Ding et al. conducted a meta-analysis1 to determine the effectiveness of warm-up intervention programs (WIPs) in reducing the risk of injury. All studies included active warm-ups, i.e. not warm-ups from external means (hot showers, saunas etc.) 15 articles were used for the meta-analysis. Based on the risk of bias assessment, all of the studies were […]

Saraceni et al.1 conducted a systematic review published in the Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy to study if there was a relationship between lumbar spine flexion during lifting and low back pain. They set out to challenge the firmly held proposition that lifting with a flexed lumbar spine has a causative role in

Below are my notes on Grier et al.’s: “Sleep duration and musculoskeletal injury incidence in physically active men and women: A study of U.S. Army Special Operation Forces soldiers” published in Sleep Health in 2020. They studied musculoskeletal (MSK) injury risk (injuries to muscle and skeleton) in physically active populations. They analyzed and evaluated the