RECOVERY TIME OF THE ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY IN ELITE FOOTBALL
The anterior cruciate ligament rupture (ACL) is a complicated injury for football players.
The anterior cruciate ligament rupture (ACL) is a complicated injury for football players.
A rugby player’s ability to perform high-intensity intermittent exercises is associated with a higher training load (TL) which takes place during matches.
“Load Management” has become a popular phrase in high-performance sport.
In basketball, as in any other professional sport, the possibility of a shift in a medical paradigm can create a big buzz in the news.
Injuries are one of the main concerns in the world of sports as they are the primary reason which interrupts an athlete’s training program.
The development of elite sports has meant that players are constantly exposed to higher training loads, busier competition schedules and shorter rest periods.
A basketball player performs approximately one thousand actions on average during a game, and at least one out of every ten requires high intensity. The detailed analysis of these physical demands allows for optimized training, improved performance and decreased injury risk.
Although several studies have tried to evaluate the characteristics of the risk of injury in handball players, they have been unable to reach sufficiently reliable conclusions. A new study of all the FC Barcelona handball categories has attempted to shed more light on the subject.
If the knowledge around the benefits of training load is increasing, is it possible for performance and medical staff to one day develop an “unbreakable” athlete? In a recent British Journal of Sports Medicine paper, researchers and practitioners joined forces to address this question.
An article published in The Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine —in which members of the club’s medical services participated— now suggests to consider the detailed structure of the area affected, and treating the extracellular matrix as an essential player in the prognosis of the injury.