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Anterior compartment syndrome results from an initial injury that was compromising vascular components leading to cell death due to hypoxia increasing intra-compartmental pressure (Moore et. al, 2014). Increased intra-compartmental pressure will be evident…

Volleyball is competitive, as are all sports, and can be dangerous if the techniques are not done correctly. One of the most common injuries in volleyball is an ankle sprain. The ankle contains 14 bones and 3 ligaments, that can be broken and torn. Another injury that can occur when playing volleyball is the tear of ligaments in the knee or ACL. Although knee damages are a big injury while playing volleyball, sprained ankles are more common because players often land on the outside part of…

The purpose of this systemic review was to determine the level of evidence with hip strengthening or neuromuscular training and the effect on frontal plane knee kinematics and kinetics. Female athletes have a high risk of ACL injury. Athletes who are runners or play sports that involve running and jumping are at the highest risk for noncontact injuries. This is associated to the position of the knee during landing. Females typically land with a valgus force to the knee. This is a weak…

A common injury athletes face is shoulder dislocation, dislocating your shoulder can be very painful. This type of injury can happen in a variety of sports, especially sports that use a full range of arm motion. The shoulder is a ball and socket type joint. The shoulder is also one of the human body’s most mobile joints. It can rotate and move in several different directions, which is a big advantage when playing sports, but can be a big disadvantage when injured. A shoulder can dislocate in…

unresolved issue shin bone. Most ACL injuries occur during certain sports such as basketball, soccer, football, skiing, and tennis. Some symptoms include knee swelling, instability, and pain. Treatment may include surgery and physical therapy. The anterior cruciate ligament can be injured in several ways: Changing direction rapidly, Stopping suddenly, slowing down while running, Landing from a jump incorrectly, and direct contact or collision, such as a football tackle. Studies…

Tearing an ACL is a prevailing injury in sports, such as basketball and soccer. I tore my ACL last October, and have experienced a vast number of effects from it. Tearing an ACL causes you not to be able to participate in sports. When recovering from surgery, it uts you in a depressing mood and sometimes into depression. Knee pain is also common and is caused from the surgery. The first effect of an ACL tear is not being able to play any sport that requires movement of the lower body. Having…

Recent research declares knee injuries as one of the most common injuries observed in sports.(1/1) Knee injuries stand out as one of the most prevalent injuries to occur in American football.(2/3) Knee injuries often result in surgery or discontinued practice for an extended period of time, which has the potential to be harmful to an athlete’s career. In hopes of reducing the incidence of knee injury, sports medicine professionals created prophylactic knee braces. Initially made with the intent…

Joe Ferrici 3/21/15 Med Aspects Springer ACL Research In the world of sports today, there is a wide variety of pressures that athletes have to face. Athletes have to deal with the pressure of coaches, family, playing well, and getting scouted to name a few; being injured is not looked past either. Injuries during physical activity are inevitable, especially in today’s world where athletes are getting extremely more athletic and active. Social media is constantly releasing stories of these…

Department of Orthopedic Surgery at Yale Medicine. 0:00:48.9 I’m Dr. Karen Sutton, an associate professor in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at Yale Medicine. Interviewer: Describe what ACL is and why it’s so important. 0.01:06.9 Karen: The anterior cruciate ligament, or the ACL, is a ligament that connects the bottom of the thigh bone, or the femur, with the upper part of the shin bone, or the tibia. The ACL helps to stabilize our knee in pivoting and shifting movements. Without the ACL,…

Posterior Cruciate Ligament Everybody has experience an injury in their life. If people where to sit down and think about all the injury’s they have had they could name a few. Some people would say their shoulder. Many people would say their hand or their foot. A lot of people can say that they injured their knee. It seems like knee injuries are more common now than ever. There are many athletes every year that suffer from a knee injury. Wither it be a professional athletes or a college athlete…