Injury Risk

Kim et al. published a study in Nature studying the effects that different running shoes (technologically advanced running shoes TARS, Conventional running shoes CON, and minimalist shoes MIN) have on running biomechanics. Respectively, the three shoes they used were: Nike air zoom alpha-fly next %, Addidas ultra boost 20, and asics sortiemagic RP5. How did […]

Hartwell et al. used a prospective cohort study design to ask the question: Does running increase the risk of hip and knee arthritis? They hypothesized that the prevalence of osteoarthritis (OA) in runners was not associated with an athlete’s running-related history. This hypothesis is in direct contrast to the long-standing dogma that running is a

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