Sports Injury Outcomes and Prevention, An Issue of Clinics in Sports Medicine (Volume 27-3) (The Clinics: Orthopedics, Volume 27-3)

This issue of Clinics in Sports Medicine provides a comprehensive review of sports injury outcomes and evidence based recommendations for treatment of common injuries experienced in athletic and active populations. The issue is divided into four sections: ankle, knee, low back and shoulder. Each section will contain review papers written by experts in the field of sports medicine and will focus on outcomes following sports injuries followed by a review of interventions, treatments and management strategies to prevent injury, re-injury and promote optimal long term outcomes in active populations. Experts in each field have assembled reviews that provide the most up-to-date and current sports specific injury outcomes and provide evidence based recommendations for treatment of persons with orthopaedic injury. The information from this issue is intended to be used by clinicians and allied health professionals to help persons with orthopaedic injury lead a healthy, active lifestyle. Evidence-Based Sports Medicine : Outcomes Instruments for Active Populations / Craig R. Denegar, Luzita I. Vela, Todd A. Evans Ankle Injury Outcomes and Prevention: Sensorimotor Deficits with Ankle Sprains and Chronic Ankle Instability / Jay Hertel . Interventions for the Prevention of First Time and Recurrent Ankle Sprains / Patrick O. McKeon, Carl G. Mattacola Knee Injury Outcomes and Prevention : Focus on Anterior Cruciate Ligament : Neuromuscular Consequences of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury / Christopher D. Ingersoll, Terry L. Grindstaff, Brian G. Pietrosimone, Joseph M. Hart . Maximizing Quadriceps Strength After ACL Reconstruction /Riann M. Palmieri-Smith, Abbey C. Thomas, Edward M. Wojtys. Trunk and Hip Control Neuromuscular Training for the Prevention of Knee Joint Injury / Gregory D. Myer, Donald A. Chu, Jensen L. Brent, Timothy E. Hewett Low Back Pain Outcomes and Prevention: Neuromuscular Consequences of Low Back Pain and Core Dysfunction / Robert R. Hammill, James R. Beazell, Joseph M. Hart. Clinical Prediction for Success of Interventions for Managing Low Back Pain / Jeffrey Hebert, Shane Koppenhaver, Julie Fritz, Eric Parent Shoulder Injury Outcomes and Prevention: Sensorimotor Factors Affecting Outcome Following Shoulder Injury / Joseph B. Myers, Sakiko Oyama. Evaluation of Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients with Shoulder Pain : Are We Doing the Best We Can? / Lori A. Michener, Alison R. Snyder. Principles of Restoring Function and Sensorimotor Control in Patients with Shoulder Dysfunction / Brady L. Tripp. Offers a comprehensive review of sports injury outcomes and evidence based recommendations for treatment of common injuries experienced in athletic and active populations. This issue is divided into four sections: ankle, knee, low back and shoulder. Each section contains review papers written by experts in the field of sports medicine.