scholarly journals Does Overexertion Correlate with Increased Injury? The Relationship Between Player Load and Soft Tissue Injury in Professional American Football Players Utilizing Wearable Technology

2017 ◽  
Vol 33 (10) ◽  
pp. e103
Author(s):  
Ryan Li ◽  
Sagar Rambhia ◽  
Joe Sheehan ◽  
Michael J. Salata ◽  
James E. Voos
Keyword(s):  
Soft Tissue ◽  
Tissue Injury ◽  
Soft Tissue Injury ◽  
Wearable Technology ◽  
American Football ◽  
Football Players ◽  
The Relationship

scholarly journals Does Overexertion Correlate With Increased Injury? The Relationship Between Player Workload and Soft Tissue Injury in Professional American Football Players Using Wearable Technology

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 66-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryan T. Li ◽  
Michael J. Salata ◽  
Sagar Rambhia ◽  
Joe Sheehan ◽  
James E. Voos
Keyword(s):  
Soft Tissue ◽  
Tissue Injury ◽  
Soft Tissue Injury ◽  
Soft Tissue Injuries ◽  
Wearable Technology ◽  
Training Load ◽  
American Football ◽  
Football Players ◽  
Tissue Injuries ◽  
The Relationship

Background: The relationship of training load to injury using wearable technology has not been investigated in professional American football players. The primary objective of this study was to determine the correlation between player workload and soft tissue injury over the course of a football season utilizing wearable global positioning system (GPS) technology. Hypothesis: Increased training load is associated with a higher incidence of soft tissue injuries. Study Design: Case-control study. Level of Evidence: Level 3. Methods: Player workloads were assessed during preseason and regular-season practice sessions using GPS tracking and triaxial accelerometry from 2014 to 2016. Soft tissue injuries were recorded during each season. Player workload during the week of injury (acute) and average weekly workload during the 4 weeks (chronic) prior to injury were determined for each injury and in uninjured position-matched controls during the same week. A matched-pairs t test was used to determine differences in player workload. Subgroup analysis was also conducted to determine whether observed effects were confounded by training period and type of injury. Results: In total, 136 lower extremity injuries were recorded. Of the recorded injuries, 101 injuries with complete GPS and clinical data were included in the analysis. Injuries were associated with greater increases in workload during the week of injury over the prior month when compared with uninjured controls. Injured players saw a 111% (95% CI, 66%-156%) increase in workload whereas uninjured players saw a 73% (95% CI, 34%-112%) increase in workload during the week of injury ( P = 0.032). Individuals who had an acute to chronic workload ratio higher than 1.6 were 1.5 times more likely to sustain an injury relative to time- and position-matched controls (64.6% vs 43.1%; P = 0.004). Conclusion: Soft tissue injuries in professional football players were associated with sudden increases in training load over the course of a month. This effect seems to be especially pronounced during the preseason when player workloads are generally higher. These results suggest that a gradual increase of training intensity is a potential method to reduce the risk of soft tissue injury. Clinical Relevance: Preseason versus regular-season specific training programs monitored with wearable technology may assist team athletic training and medical staff in developing programs to optimize player performance.

scholarly journals Does Overexertion Correlate with Increased Injury? Determining the Relationship between Training Load and Soft Tissue Injury in NFL Players using Wearable Technology

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (7_suppl6) ◽  
pp. 2325967117S0026
Author(s):  
Ryan Tianran Li ◽  
Sagar Rambhia ◽  
Joe Sheehan ◽  
Michael Jonathan Salata ◽  
James Everett Voos
Keyword(s):  
Soft Tissue ◽  
Tissue Injury ◽  
Soft Tissue Injury ◽  
Wearable Technology ◽  
Training Load ◽  
The Relationship

Training Load and Injury Risk in Elite Rugby Union: The Largest Investigation to Date

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen W. West ◽  
Sean Williams ◽  
Dario Cazzola ◽  
Simon Kemp ◽  
Matthew J. Cross ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Soft Tissue ◽  
Injury Risk ◽  
Tissue Injury ◽  
Soft Tissue Injury ◽  
Soft Tissue Injuries ◽  
Rugby Union ◽  
Training Load ◽  
Alternative Methods ◽  
Load Monitoring ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractTraining load monitoring has grown in recent years with the acute:chronic workload ratio (ACWR) widely used to aggregate data to inform decision-making on injury risk. Several methods have been described to calculate the ACWR and numerous methodological issues have been raised. Therefore, this study examined the relationship between the ACWR and injury in a sample of 696 players from 13 professional rugby clubs over two seasons for 1718 injuries of all types and a further analysis of 383 soft tissue injuries specifically. Of the 192 comparisons undertaken for both injury groups, 40% (all injury) and 31% (soft tissue injury) were significant. Furthermore, there appeared to be no calculation method that consistently demonstrated a relationship with injury. Some calculation methods supported previous work for a “sweet spot” in injury risk, while a substantial number of methods displayed no such relationship. This study is the largest to date to have investigated the relationship between the ACWR and injury risk and demonstrates that there appears to be no consistent association between the two. This suggests that alternative methods of training load aggregation may provide more useful information, but these should be considered in the wider context of other established risk factors.

scholarly journals APPLICATION OF CHEN YUANGAO IN THE TREATMENT OF SOFT TISSUE INJURY OF FOOTBALL PLAYERS

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (spe2) ◽  
pp. 35-38
Author(s):  
Li Mingyu ◽  
LiuYu ◽  
Jin Gang
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Soft Tissue ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Tissue Injury ◽  
Soft Tissue Injury ◽  
Football Players ◽  
Kidney Deficiency ◽  
Lower Pain ◽  
Liver And Kidney ◽  
Chen Yuan

ABSTRACT The treatment of soft tissue injury in football players generally includes physical therapy, anti-inflammatory and analgesic drug treatment, surgical treatment and early rest immobilization. Western medicine treatment of soft tissue injury can quickly heal the wound and relieve pain in a short time. The treatment of traditional Chinese medicine is based on the whole and must seek the root of the disease. It is believed that the occurrence of certain diseases is related to Qi, blood, liver and kidney deficiency, so we should pay attention to the overall adjustment during treatment of symptoms. In view of this, this study analyzed the effect of Chen Yuan ointment, from traditional Chinese medicine, in the treatment of soft tissue injury. Sixty-eight football players who completed ankle ligament reconstruction were divided into four groups according to the type of operation and whether Chen Yuangao-assisted rehabilitation was used or not. The results showed that the Ankle Hindfoot Function Score and the visual analog scale (VAS) score of patients in the fibula brevis tendon reconstruction Chen Yuan ointment group were 98.3 and 0.3, respectively, at the last follow-up, which were better than those in other groups, and had lower pain scores. This result shows that Chen Yuangao has a certain effect in the treatment of soft tissue injury, which can provide a research idea for the rapid rehabilitation of football players.

Auto seat restraint soft-tissue injury

1987 ◽  
Vol 148 (2) ◽  
pp. 458-458 ◽  
Author(s):  
DR Pennes ◽  
WA Phillips
Keyword(s):  
Soft Tissue ◽  
Tissue Injury ◽  
Soft Tissue Injury

Effect of Turf Toe on Foot Contact Pressures in Professional American Football Players

2009 ◽  
Vol 30 (5) ◽  
pp. 405-409 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert H. Brophy ◽  
Seth C. Gamradt ◽  
Scott J. Ellis ◽  
Ronnie P. Barnes ◽  
Scott A. Rodeo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass Index ◽  
National Football League ◽  
Peak Pressure ◽  
American Football ◽  
Football Players ◽  
Plantar Pressures ◽  
History Of ◽  
Turf Toe ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Contact Pressures

Background: The relationship between turf toe and plantar foot pressures has not been extensively studied. Two hypotheses were tested in a cohort of professional American football players: first, that a history of turf toe is associated with increased peak hallucal and first metatarsophalangeal (MTP) plantar pressures; second, that decreased range of motion (ROM) of the first MTP correlates with increased peak hallucal and first MTP plantar pressures. Materials and Methods: Forty-four athletes from one National Football League (NFL) team were screened for a history of turf toe during preseason training. Dorsal passive MTP ROM and dynamic plantar pressures were measured in both feet of each player. Anatomical masking was used to assess peak pressure at the first MTP and hallux. Results: First MTP dorsiflexion was significantly lower in halluces with a history of turf toe (40.6 ± 15.1 degrees versus 48.4 ± 12.8 degrees, p = 0.04). Peak hallucal pressures were higher in athletes with turf toe (535 ± 288 kPa versus 414 ± 202 kPa, p = 0.05) even after normalizing for athlete body mass index ( p = 0.0003). Peak MTP pressure was not significantly different between the two groups tested. First MTP dorsiflexion did not correlate with peak hallucal or first MTP pressures. Conclusion: This study showed that turf toe is associated with decreased MTP motion. In addition, increased peak hallucal pressures were found. Further study is warranted to determine whether these pressures correlate with the severity of symptoms or progression of turf toe to first MTP arthritis.

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