Athletic Injuries Clinical Trials

Phase III study in patients with a Recent History of Moderate to Severe Chronic Low Back Pain currently treated with Opioids.

Researchers at the University of Kentucky College of Health Sciences are inviting you to participate in a study about how chronic ankle instability may contribute to the development of post-traumatic ankle osteoarthritis and knee osteoarthritis.

Acute injuries of the hamstring muscle complex (HMC) are frequently observed in various sports disciplines both in elite and recreational sport, and are the most common injury in soccer. Despite intensive research into prevention and management of acute HMC injury during the last decade epidemiological data show no decline in ...

Football players wear a football helmet containing the InSite Impact Response System that measures when, how hard, and where the helmet is hit. Coaches (or athletic trainer) are notified of threshold impacts via a sideline handheld device. Each year pre and post-season, subjects will complete several tests of brain function ...

Medical providers are often faced with patients whose source of pain may be the result of an inflammatory response caused by trauma or disease. By managing the patient's inflammation, the clinician may see improved response to traditional pain management therapy and existing protocols. Also, degenerative arthritis of spinal and extremity ...

To investigate prevalence and profile of sports injury in Taiwanese adolescent baseball players in a longitudinal study.

For this study, a proposal of a 8-week intervention program will be carried out with lumbar stabilization exercises and back strengthening exercises, in 32 athletes with chronic low back, recruited by convenience and voluntaries from the community local and sports centers. Before intervention, all participantes will be evaluated by: electromoyography ...

The aim of the present study is to establish the injury incidence, severity and burden typically observed within Scottish professional football clubs. In line with the well-established model of sports injury prevention research proffered by van Mechelen, the first stage in this process is establishing the extent of the problem ...