Sports Medicine / Fitness News From Medical News Today
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:30:54 +0100

Nurses Welcome Chief Medical Officer's Focus On Physical Activity, UK
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) welcomed the Chief Medical Officer's focus on physical fitness in his final annual report and called for all children to have access to advice from school nurses...
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 PDT

95% Success Rate For Grown Teen Pitchers With "Tommy John" Elbow Reconstruction
A new study presented at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's (AOSSM) Specialty Day in New Orleans, (March 13), found that 95 percent of skeletally mature high school pitchers were satisfied with their "Tommy John" elbow reconstruction surgery. Almost as many, (94.7 percent) returned to competitive baseball...
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:00:00 PDT

84 Percent Of Male Patients Still Highly Active 15 Years After ACL Knee Reconstruction
Eighty-four percent of males who had ACL knee (anterior cruciate ligament) reconstruction with a patellar tendon (the tendon that attaches the knee to the front of the tibia or shin bone) graft continue at a high level of activity 15 years later, according to a study presented at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's Specialty Day in New Orleans, Louisiana (March 13)...
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:00:00 PDT

70 Percent Of Able-Bodied Hockey Players Have Abnormal Hip And Pelvis MRIs According To New Study
Seventy percent of healthy professional and collegiate hockey players had abnormal hip and pelvis MRIs (magnetic resonance imaging), even though they had no symptoms of injury, according to a study presented at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's Specialty Day in New Orleans, (March 13)...
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:00:00 PDT

Getting Athletes 'Back In The Game' Faster: Minimally Invasive Sports Hernia Repair
A new minimally invasive sports hernia repair gets athletes back in the game 3 times faster than the traditional repair, according to a new study presented at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's Specialty Day in New Orleans, (March 13). Sports hernia were often difficult to diagnose and prior to this new repair had a lengthy rehabilitation time...
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:00:00 PDT

A Sporting Chance For Active Total Knee Replacement Patients
Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) patients may be able to participate in high-impact sports without increasing risk of early implant failure, according to a new study presented at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS)...
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 PDT

Repair Of Torn Knee Meniscus At The Time Of ACL Reconstruction Is Safe And Effective For Children
Eighty-four percent of children 18 and younger had successful clinical outcomes during an eight year follow-up to repair a torn meniscus (cartilage that provides cushioning to distribute your body weight across the knee joint) at the same time as reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), according to a new study presented today at the American Orthopaedic Society ...
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 PDT

Some Britons Would Prefer Weight-Loss Surgery To Diet And Exercise
More than half of Britons would rather shift excess weight through drastic surgery than diet or exercise, a new poll has suggested. Women see weight-loss operations as the key to quick results while some men regard it as the "lazy option", it found. The survey was carried out among 1,305 members of the public on behalf of the Good Surgeon Guide website...
Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:00:00 PDT

Tackling Childhood Obesity With Get Up, Get Out And Go!
Getting children involved in finding ways to become more physically active can not only make them more aware of local recreational opportunities, but can even help increase their own physical activity. That's the result of a study examining the role of seven national parks in contributing to the health of today's youth...
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:00:00 PDT

Short Term High-Intensity Interval Training (HIT) As Effective As Moderate Long Term Endurance Exercise, Study
The excuse that there is not enough time to exercise effectively is beginning to wear thin according to evidence from a study by scientists in Canada who found that short term high-intensity interval training (HIT) can deliver in significantly less time the same health benefits as moderate long term "endurance" training...
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:00:00 PDT