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Advances in Sports Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation Strategies
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Advances in Sports Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation Strategies

A special issue of Sports (ISSN 2075-4663).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 December 2024 | Viewed by 370

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Domiziano Tarantino

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Department of Public Health, Rehabilitation Unit, University of Naples Federico II, 80131 Naples, Italy
Interests: physical medicine and rehabilitation; musculoskeletal rehabilitation; sport rehabilitation; musculoskeletal ultrasound; ultrasound-guided injections; interventional physiatry
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Dr. Francesco Agostini

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Department of Anatomical and Histological Sciences, Legal Medicine and Orthopedics, Sapienza University, 00189 Rome, Italy
Interests: physical and rehabilitation medicine; cancer rehabilitation
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

It is well known that a physically active lifestyle and sport participation have the potential to improve health. However, sport participation can increase the risk of sustaining an injury. The most common traumatic injuries in team ball sports, such as basketball, volleyball, soccer, and field hockey, are ligament injuries of the ankle and knee, and overuse injuries, which mostly affect the groin area, represent 5%–10% of all sport-related injuries.

Therefore, sport injury prevention is crucial for maintaining a physically active lifestyle and even increasing sport participation, as well as for maximizing the related health and societal benefits. Moreover, because of the difficulty in implementing prevention protocols and translating them into real-world sport settings, injuries continue to occur. As a result, sport injury rehabilitation requires focused care and a highly structured and sport-specific approach that should prepare both the athlete and the injured tissue for the physical and psychological demands of practicing the sport.

Recently, interest in the issues of sport injury prevention and rehabilitation has increased, and numerous studies and systematic reviews have been performed to evaluate the efficacy of new preventive interventions on the risk of sport injuries and even on reducing the risk of recurrent injury.

In this Special Issue, we are pleased to invite researchers with expertise in the field and in these research areas to submit high-quality articles or reviews concerning new strategies for the prevention and rehabilitation of sport injuries.

Dr. Domiziano Tarantino
Dr. Francesco Agostini
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Sports is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1800 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • sport injury prevention
  • sport injury rehabilitation
  • sport injury management
  • sport rehabilitation
  • sport medicine physical therapy

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Assessing Brain Processing Deficits Using Neuropsychological and Vision-Specific Tests for Concussion
by Brent A. Harper and Rahul Soangra
Sports 2024, 12(5), 125; https://doi.org/10.3390/sports12050125 - 29 Apr 2024
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Introduction: Since verbal memory and visual processing transpire within analogous cerebral regions, this study assessed (i) if a visual function can predict verbal memory performance. It also hypothesized whether neurocognitive (e.g., ImPACT) tests focusing on the Visual Memory and Cognitive Efficacy Index will [...] Read more.
Introduction: Since verbal memory and visual processing transpire within analogous cerebral regions, this study assessed (i) if a visual function can predict verbal memory performance. It also hypothesized whether neurocognitive (e.g., ImPACT) tests focusing on the Visual Memory and Cognitive Efficacy Index will predict Verbal Memory scores and (ii) if vision metrics and age can identify individuals with a history of concussion. Finally, it also hypothesized that King–Devick and near point of convergence scores alongside age considerations will identify candidates with a prior reported history of concussion. Materials and methods: This observational cohort assessed 25 collegiate ice hockey players prior to the competitive season considering age (19.76 ± 1.42 years) and BMI (25.9 ± 3.0 kg/cm2). Hypothesis 1 was assessed using a hierarchical (sequential) multiple regression analysis, assessing the predictive capacity of Visual Memory and Cognitive Efficacy Index scores in relation to Verbal Memory scores. Hypothesis 2 utilized a binomial logistic regression to determine if King–Devick and near point of convergence scores predict those with a prior history of concussion. Results: Hypothesis 1 developed two models, where Model 1 included Visual Memory as the predictor, while Model 2 added the Cognitive Efficacy Index as a predictor for verbal memory scores. Model 1 significantly explained 41% of the variance. Results from Model 2 suggest that the Cognitive Efficacy Index explained an additional 24.4%. Thus, Model 2 was interpreted where only the Cognitive Efficacy Index was a significant predictor (p = 0.001). For every 1 unit increase in the Cognitive Efficacy Index, Verbal Memory increased by 41.16. Hypothesis 2’s model was significant, accounting for 37.9% of the variance in those with a history of concussion. However, there were no significant unique predictors within the model as age (Wald = 1.26, p = 0.261), King–Devick (Wald = 2.31, p = 0.128), and near point of convergence (Wald = 2.43, p = 0.119) were not significant predictors individually. Conclusions: The conflicting findings of this study indicate that baseline data for those with a history of concussion greater than one year may not be comparable to the same metrics during acute concussion episodes. Young athletes who sustain a concussion may be able to overcompensate via the visual system. Future prospective studies with larger sample sizes are required using the proposed model’s objective metrics. Full article
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