The third study is called “The Effect of Wrist Guard Use on Upper-Extremity Injuries in Snowboarders” by Hagel, Pless, and Goulet (2005). The purpose of this study was to determine how effective using a wrist guard is in preventing upper extremity (wrist and forearm) injuries on snowboarders. The study included 19 of the largest ski areas in Quebec, Canada between 2001-2002 during the ski season. A prospective case control study design was used. A case was defined as a person who filled out and Accident Report Form for an injury between the hand to the forearm or the elbow to the shoulder. A control was defined as a snowboarder who reported getting a non-upper extremity injury. All these reports were sent to the Montreal Children’s Hospital who then sent an email to the injured participants and asked them about if they used a wrist guard and potential confounding factors such as age, sex, ability, experience, lessons, education, and previous head or neck injury. They also asked about …show more content…
Since snowboard is steadily increasing in popularity and wrist guards claim to eliminate this risk, it is important to examine the empirical research done on this topic. The conclusion of the three studies summarized was that wearing wrist guards do help prevent wrist injuries in snowboarders, however, there were many strengths and weaknesses present. All three research papers were a prospective clinical trial. This involves taking a cohort of participants and observing a common outcome of interest over a long period of time. This is advantageous because it reduces allocation bias by ensuring that the allocation and administration of the intervention can be distributed among the participants. Furthermore, since the outcome of the study is not known at the start, so selection bias is also reduced. Lastly, recall error is minimized because the collection of data occurs directly after the injury
OUTLINE Thesis: Although most hockey athletes believe that by wearing required equipment keeps them safe from injury, however I believe that these regulations should be stricter because of the severity of recent and past injuries. Introduction: Are equipment regulations enough to keep our hockey athletes safe? I. Injuries a. Richard Zednik b. Clint Malarchuk c. Bill Masterton II. History of Equipment a. Pre 1950 b. 1960-1970
In modern time medical science has gotten the ability to heal all injuries that occur in sports. It has given us variety of medicines and health care practices by which we can prevent the injury that could happen to the player in any sport. Medical science has advanced so much now that it can recover almost anything; therefore hockey injuries are not a big deal. 58% of injuries are from the lower body and upper body, and 42% are head, and also almost 82% of the times it is a minor injury. Study has now advanced and can help a player heal from an injury quickly, easily, and in less time.
A survey was sent to 7,888, and 19.1% of the responses were used for this study. It concluded that almost all ATs either require or recommend their athletes wear ankle tape or braces. Most AT’s currently use tape because the up front cost of a brace is to much, and athletes usually prefer the tape over a brace. An overwhelming amount of ATs believe that ankle braces and taping significantly reduce the athletes risk for injury. Some main take-aways from this survey were that a majority of ATs either encourage or require ankle taping, and the majority of ATs favored bracing over taping to prevent injury, and that most ATs believe that ankle bracing and taping does not impact the athletes’ performance. In conclusion, a majority of ATs encourage some kind of ankle support, and this survey as well as other external evidence should be used when making healthcare
Injuries are common in most sports that have a contact component attached. Whether it’s at a professional level, or a school level, injuries are always bound to occur in contact sport. This analysis will look into the role headgear could, should and would play, and debates whether it should be made mandatory. Olympic sports such as Ice Hockey, Bicycle Riding and Baseball are just some examples that currently require athletes to wear a form of headgear. However, Australian contact sports such as AFL and Rugby give the option for players to wear headgear for protection. In 2011, 14 year old Ben Robinson was hospitalised after being treated 3 times in a game for head blows in a rugby game . In 1994, professional boxer Bradley Stone died from head injuries whilst boxing against Richie Wenton . Examples like these show the brutality of contact sports. Because of this, my paper will look at the issue of headgear in contact sport and will particularly look at this issue at junior sports level.
Biomechanics allows the study of ice hockey to occur. In terms of ice hockey, biomechanics can be used to study a players shot, a goaltenders movement, line changes where players jump over the boards to get on and off the ice, and impacts. Multiple options are available in regards to recording biomechanical values during ice hockey play. These options often include instruments with the player’s helmet, which do not disrupt the player’s movement. Other options being used are accelerometers attached to the players extremities. Currently studies in ice hockey are looking at head impacts and the injuries connected to those impacts. These impacts are often categorized between event type, impact location, and impact object. These categories are helpful in determining what happened to cause the impact, once the impact is determined biomechanics is used to determine liner and rotational accelerations. The values that are calculated for the linear and rotational accelerations can be used to determine if head injury is likely for similar events or if a head injury occurred during the event
Throughout time, the progression and evolution of snowboarding has increased greatly. It has gone from non existence in the late 1970’s, to one of the most watched action sports in a matter of thirty-five years. The upward takeoff and popularity of snowboarding relies on two people, Jake Burton and Shaun White. Jake Burton back in 1977 had the vision for what snowboarding would be, but Shaun White had what it took to manifest that vision. Evidence has shown that time brings change in sports, history has repeated itself with snowboarding, this history reflects the time & changes that has occurred in America.
For those of us who are baseball fans, we have long struggled along with our favorite players as they suffer season ending Ulnar Collateral Ligament (UCL) injuries. A study, “Stress Sonography of the Ulnar Collateral Ligament of the Elbow in Professional Baseball Pitchers” (Ciccotti, M. G. 544), done for the American Journal of Sports Medicine has set out to prove if Stress Ultrasounds are an excellent predictor of a UCL injury. This is the first time this form of radiographic imaging has been used to analyze the potential risk of a UCL injury for professional pitchers.
Have you ever been injured? By sports? If so, what injury did you have? Did you do active rehabilitation? Do you try to prevent injury when exercising? These are some questions that you might need to ask yourself when exercising or participating in sports. You also must know that there are many sports injuries as well as many ways to prevent them.
“You need surgery.” Just a few weeks before a national basketball tournament, these words would change my life forever. Basketball is my true passion that is a part of who I am. Unfortunately, I experienced failure at meeting my athletic aspirations, due to an injury. Although my particular injury was out of my control, I constantly felt ashamed that I could not completely fulfill my athletic goals as I had hoped. I felt I had let everyone down who had been there for me and supported me. This injury has also shaped me and changed my perspective on how I see and appreciate certain things.
Since the origin of sports, there are various levels of risk that come along with the game and the evolution of protective gear has dramatically increased with the hopes of decreasing the probability of injuries. These days high contact sports have their players covered with state of the art helmets protecting their heads and pads over half their bodies to that help reduce injuries. Sports like baseball and softball that don’t have as much physical contact limit their rules on safety requirements to catcher’s gear and batting helmets. However, a debate on whether further inclusion of protective gear should be implemented for specific positions in softball continues to be controversial, but the full incorporation of this requirement remains
While many events in my life have contributed to growth and development of where I stand today, I understand now that my head injury has been the greatest influence. Due to physical and mental challenges, I have had many life changes. Sometimes daily challenges. Whereas, many of my abilities have been restored by the Grace of God, I still have lost my ability to learn quickly, my meticulous speech, and some mental distortions due to the head injury. I am angry and discouraged yet, my heart tells me, I can learn from this experience and help others who are in similar situations. And, that I can help others grow in the Power of Jesus Christ.
A muscle trauma which, is also known as a muscle strain is an injury which, occurs within the muscle tendon. The pain can be classified into three different sections which are; mild, moderate and severe. The main cause of a muscle strain is when the muscle is overstretched since the muscles have probably been working too hard. If a muscle tear occurs, it can also damage the attaching tendons within the muscles because, the muscle tissues are stretched and then torn (2).
An ankle fracture is a break in one or more of the three bones that make up the ankle joint. The ankle joint is made up by the lower (distal) sections of your lower leg bones (tibia and fibula) along with a bone in your foot (talus). Depending on how bad the break is and if more than one ankle joint bone is broken, a cast or splint is used to protect and keep your injured bone from moving while it heals. Sometimes, surgery is required to help the fracture heal properly.
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