The American journal of sports medicine
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Football is one of the leading causes of athletic-related injuries. Injury rates and patterns of the training camp period of the National Football League are unknown. ⋯ Muscle strains are the most common injury type in practices. Contact type injuries are most common during pre-season games, and the number of significant injuries that occur during preseason games is high.
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The relationship between muscle injury and strength disorders remains a matter of controversy. ⋯ The outcomes showed that isokinetic intervention gives rise to the preseason detection of strength imbalances, a factor that increases the risk of hamstring injury. Restoring a normal strength profile decreases the muscle injury incidence.
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Type II superior labral anterior-posterior lesions in throwers are often associated with anterior shoulder capsular laxity. ⋯ Anterior shoulder capsular laxity associated with type II superior labral anterior-posterior lesions may cause anterior shoulder instability at 90 degrees of shoulder abduction in throwers even after superior labral anterior-posterior lesion repair.
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Chondrolysis initiated by postoperative, intra-articular pain pumps has recently been described by multiple institutions. ⋯ The results of this study may help improve the safety of intra-articular pain pump use by examining the effects of local anesthetics on chondrocyte viability.