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Exercise and Sport-Related Injuries: Rehab and Readapt

A special issue of Trauma Care (ISSN 2673-866X).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2025 | Viewed by 9663

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Daniel Rojas-Valverde

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1. Clínica de Lesiones Deportivas (Rehab&Readapt), Escuela de Ciencias del Movimiento Humano y Calidad de Vida, Universidad Nacional, Heredia 86-3000, Costa Rica
2. Centro de Investigación y Diagnóstico en Salud y Deporte (CIDISAD), Escuela de Ciencias del Movimiento Humano y Calidad de Vida, Universidad Nacional, Heredia 86-3000, Costa Rica
Interests: sports injuries; athletic injuries; return to play; trauma; sport medicine; sport rehabilitation; physical therapy; rehabilitation; readaptation; injury prevention; injury epidemiology; disability; recovery
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Dear Colleagues,

Sports injuries occur during exercise or while participating in a sport. Exercise represents physical, physiological, and psychological stress that could result in injury. Treating exercise-related injuries is a complex and a multi-layered challenge. Currently, the inter and multidisciplinary medical team faces great challenges in the management, prevention, reduction, rehabilitation, and rehabilitation of exercise-related injuries. This Special Issue aims to serve as a platform for new scientific evidence around the injury process related to exercise that helps to improve the injury management and to delve into the effectiveness and efficiency of injury rehabilitation and readaptation processes. That is why an academic space is proposed to share evidence on: 1) diagnostic methods; 2) evidence-based treatments; 3) techniques and methods of rehabilitation and return to play; 4) strength and conditioning programs for the prevention of injuries; 5) control of loads and recovery; 6) methods of analysis of epidemiological data of injuries; and 7) methods for monitoring improvements related to treatment.

Dr. Daniel Rojas-Valverde
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • trauma in sports
  • recovery methods
  • load monitoring
  • return to play
  • injury prevention
  • injury rehabilitation
  • sport readaptation

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Identification and Characterization of Injuries during Competition in Wheelchair Basketball
by Karina Sá, M. Magno e Silva, José Gorla and Anselmo Costa e Silva
Trauma Care 2023, 3(2), 55-65; https://doi.org/10.3390/traumacare3020007 - 19 Apr 2023
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Background: Knowledge and understanding of the most diverse aspects surrounding the emergence of sports injuries stand out as one of the pillars for sporting success. Methods: A total of 41 athletes answered an online form based on the Sports Injury Protocol in Paralympic [...] Read more.
Background: Knowledge and understanding of the most diverse aspects surrounding the emergence of sports injuries stand out as one of the pillars for sporting success. Methods: A total of 41 athletes answered an online form based on the Sports Injury Protocol in Paralympic Sports (PLEEP) in which data on sports injuries during competition in the first Brazilian wheelchair basketball division were collected. Results: The athletes who composed the sample perform a high volume of training. The majority did not present with injuries before the competition. There was a prevalence of 17.1% of injuries during the competition, an incidence of 0.17 injuries per athlete and an incidence rate of 0.03 injuries per athlete-hour or four injuries per one thousand athletes-days. The injuries that occurred during the competition were mostly in the shoulder region, characterized as traumatic, by indirect contact with other athletes, which occurred when propelling the wheelchair, and were of low severity. Conclusions: The wheelchair basketball athletes presented a low prevalence, incidence and incidence rate of injuries during the competition. The shoulder region was the most affected. Structuring training sessions with the prevention of injuries in the shoulder region in mind is essential for these athletes to perform optimally. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Exercise and Sport-Related Injuries: Rehab and Readapt)
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Risk Factors for Groin Pain in Male High School Soccer Players Undergoing an Injury Prevention Program: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
by Kazuki Fujisaki, Kiyokazu Akasaka, Takahiro Otsudo, Hiroshi Hattori, Yuki Hasebe and Toby Hall
Trauma Care 2022, 2(2), 238-250; https://doi.org/10.3390/traumacare2020020 - 1 May 2022
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Little is known about the risk factors for developing groin pain in high school soccer players. Therefore, the purpose of the study is to investigate the risk factors for developing inguinal pain in high school soccer players who are undergoing an injury prevention [...] Read more.
Little is known about the risk factors for developing groin pain in high school soccer players. Therefore, the purpose of the study is to investigate the risk factors for developing inguinal pain in high school soccer players who are undergoing an injury prevention program. A cluster randomized controlled trial was conducted on 202 high school soccer players. Players were allocated to either group A (3 schools, 66 players) receiving the Copenhagen adduction exercise (CAE) alone, or group B (2 schools, 73 players) receiving the CAE and Nordic hamstrings exercise, or group C, the control group without any intervention (2 schools, 63 players). Hip range of motion (ROM) and strength measures were assessed prior to a groin injury prevention program and used in univariate and multivariate analysis to predict development of groin pain. Logistic regression analysis identified that hip abduction ROM and eccentric adductor strength of the dominant leg were factors in the development of groin pain. Increased abduction ROM and decreased eccentric adductor muscle strength of the dominant leg were risk factors for the development of groin pain. Full article
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Effects of Instrument Assisted Soft-Tissue Mobilization on Dynamic Balance in Those with Chronic Ankle Instability
by Brittany D. Croft, Patricia A. Aronson and Thomas G. Bowman
Trauma Care 2022, 2(2), 197-204; https://doi.org/10.3390/traumacare2020016 - 18 Apr 2022
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Our objective was to examine the effectiveness of IASTM application to the FL on dynamic balance in individuals with CAI. Fifteen individuals (seven females, eight males, age = 26.07 ± 9.18 years, mass = 87.33 ± 24.07 kg, height = 178.83 ± 12.83 [...] Read more.
Our objective was to examine the effectiveness of IASTM application to the FL on dynamic balance in individuals with CAI. Fifteen individuals (seven females, eight males, age = 26.07 ± 9.18 years, mass = 87.33 ± 24.07 kg, height = 178.83 ± 12.83 cm) with CAI, as determined by the Ankle Instability Instrument (AII) volunteered to participate. Participants completed two counterbalanced sessions (experimental and control), and we recorded measurements at two time points (pre- and post-). The application of IASTM to the FL muscle was carried out using Técnica Gavilán® instruments for 90 s during the intervention, and participants sat for 2 min during the control session. Dynamic balance was assessed using the Y-balance test (YBT). The interaction between session and time for anterior reach was significant (F1,14 = 5.26, p = 0.04, η2 = 0.27). Post-hoc tests revealed farther reach distances at post-test (71.02 ± 9.45 cm) compared to pre-test (66.57 ± 10.87 cm) when IASTM was applied (p = 0.02, Mean Difference = 4.45 cm, CI95 = 0.71–8.19 cm, Cohen’s d = 0.44). The interaction between session and time was not significant for posteromedial (F1,14 = 0.25, p = 0.62, η2 = 0.02, 1 − β = 0.08) or posterolateral reaches (F1,14 = 1.17, p = 0.30, η2 = 0.08, 1 − β = 0.17). The application of IASTM to the FL improved anterior reach of the YBT, but not posterolateral or posteromedial reaches in individuals with CAI. However, the 4.45 cm increase in anterior reach could have clinical implications for improved function. Full article
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