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Elbow Injuries In Major League Baseball Pitchers Likely Predicted By Range Of Motion
Date: Jul-16-2013Certain elements of a pitcher's throwing mechanics can increase the risk for elbow injuries, according to information presented by researchers at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL. The researchers examined 296 MLB pitchers throughout eight seasons from 2005-2012. Pitchers with a deficit of more than five degrees in total range of motion (TRM) in their dominant shoulder had a 2.3 times higher risk of injury, while pitchers with a deficit of five or more degrees in shoulder flexion of the dominant shoulder had a 2...
Modifying Stress Fracture Risks
Date: Jul-16-2013Programs to improve movement patterns may help prevent stress fractures in athletes and military personnel, say researchers presenting their work at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL. "Several potentially modifiable muscular and biomechanical factors may be playing a part in the increased rates of stress fractures in athletes and military personnel," said Kenneth L. Cameron, PhD, MPH, ATC, lead author and Director of Orthopaedic Research at Keller Army Hospital, West Point, NY...
Tracking Transplanted Stem Cells By Injecting Iron Supplement
Date: Jul-16-2013A new, noninvasive technique for tracking stem cells after transplantation - developed by a cross-disciplinary team of radiologists, chemists, statisticians and materials scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine - could help surgeons determine whether a procedure to repair injured or worn-out knees is successful. The technique, described in a study published online in Radiology, relies on an imaging agent already approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for an entirely different purpose: anemia treatment...
Female Survivors Of Childhood Cancer Often Go On To Have Successful Pregnancies In Adulthood
Date: Jul-16-2013Although women who survived childhood cancer face an increased risk of infertility, nearly two-thirds of those who tried unsuccessfully to become pregnant for at least a year eventually conceived, according to clinical researchers at Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center and Brigham and Women's Hospital. This is comparable to the rate of eventual pregnancy among all clinically infertile women. "Most women think that if they had cancer as a child, then they'll never have children. It turns out that many of them can get pregnant...
Tracing Cancer Back To The Dawn Of Multicellularity Could Explain Its Mysterious Properties And Transform Therapy
Date: Jul-16-2013A new way to look at cancer - by tracing its deep evolutionary roots to the dawn of multicellularity more than a billion years ago - has been proposed by Paul Davies of Arizona State University's Beyond Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science in collaboration with Charles Lineweaver of the Australian National University. If their theory is correct, it promises to transform the approach to cancer therapy, and to link the origin of cancer to the origin of life and the developmental processes of embryos...
Lack Of Sleep Affects Concussion Testing
Date: Jul-16-2013Athletes who didn't get enough sleep the night before undergoing baseline concussion testing didn't perform as well as expected, say researchers presenting their work at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's (AOSSM) Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL. "Our results indicate athletes sleeping less than 7 hours the night prior to baseline concussion testing did not do as well on 3 out of 4 ImPACT scores and showed more symptoms," said lead author, Jake McClure, MD from Vanderbilt University...
Computer Model Simulates Daydreaming
Date: Jul-16-2013Scientists have created a virtual model of the brain that daydreams like humans do. Researchers created the computer model based on the dynamics of brain cells and the many connections those cells make with their neighbors and with cells in other brain regions. They hope the model will help them understand why certain portions of the brain work together when a person daydreams or is mentally idle. This, in turn, may one day help doctors better diagnose and treat brain injuries...
Improved Patient Outcomes And Regeneration Following Knee Cartilage Repair
Date: Jul-16-2013A natural tissue graft can spur regeneration of cartilage and improve symptoms in patients who have cartilage damage in their knee, according to a study by researchers from Hospital for Special Surgery. The new research, the first case-series evaluation of De Novo NT Natural Tissue Graft, was presented at the annual meeting of the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM), held in Chicago. "The results at this time are encouraging," said lead author of the study Scott Rodeo, M.D...
Concussion Risk Unlikely To Be Affected By Different Types Of Helmet
Date: Jul-16-201340,000 high school football kids get a concussion every year, but contrary to equipment manufacturers' claims, the specific brand of helmet and helmet age were not associated with lower risk of concussion, say researchers presenting their work at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL. "According to our research, lower risks of sustaining a sports-related concussion (SRC) and its severity were not improved based on a specific manufacturer...
Artifact Suppression And Analysis Of Brain Activities With EEG Signals
Date: Jul-16-2013Electroencephalography is a test to measure the electrical activity of the brain generated by scalp surface after being picked up by metal electrodes and conductive media. Proper classification of electroencephalography data is the main task in electroencephalography based brain computer interface. Brain-computer interface is a communication system that connects the brain with computer (or other devices) but is not dependent on the normal output of the brain (i.e., peripheral nerve and muscle)...
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