Medicine and science in sports and exercise
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The purpose of the study was to document various aspects of concussion in Canadian Amateur hockey including demographics, causes, treatment, and prevention in order to guide future recommendations on how to reduce injury. ⋯ The primary recommendation to reduce the number and severity of concussions is to eliminate plays where there is a demonstrable intent to injure another player. Concussions in hockey are of considerable concern; however, there is now encouraging information with respect to the treatment of these injuries.
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Med Sci Sports Exerc · Dec 2001
Comparative StudyRuptured Achilles tendons are significantly more degenerated than tendinopathic tendons.
To ascertain whether there is an association between tendinopathic and ruptured Achilles tendons, hypothesizing that the histopathological aspects of tendinosis in tendinopathic tendons are less advanced than those found in ruptured Achilles tendons. ⋯ Ruptured and tendinopathic tendons are histologically significantly more degenerated than control tendons. The general pattern of degeneration was common to the ruptured and tendinopathic tendons, but there was a statistically significant greater degree of degeneration in the ruptured tendons. It is therefore possible that there is a common, as yet unidentified, pathological mechanism that has acted on both of these tendon populations.