Sökning: "overuse injury"
Visar resultat 6 - 10 av 16 avhandlingar innehållade orden overuse injury.
6. Neuropeptide and catecholamine effects on tenocytes in tendinosis development : studies on two model systems with focus on proliferation and apoptosis
Sammanfattning : Background: Achilles tendinopathy is a common clinical syndrome of chronic Achilles tendon pain combined with thickening of the tendon and impaired tendon function. Tendinopathy is often, but not always, induced by mechanical overload, and is frequently accompanied by abnormalities at the tissue level, such as hypercellularity and angiogenesis, in which case the condition is called tendinosis. LÄS MER
7. Towards systematic prevention of athletics injuries : Use of clinical epidemiology for evidence-based injury prevention
Sammanfattning : The aims of this thesis were to outline the design protocol for a prospective clinical epidemiological study of injuries among athletics athletes; study the 1-year prevalence, the point prevalence and incidence of injuries in total cohorts of Swedish elite adult and talented youth athletics athletes; pinpoint the risk indicators and factors for different injury types/patterns in athletics.In paper I, an argument-based method to investigate complex design problems was used to structure the collection and analysis of data. LÄS MER
8. Psychological injury prevention and cost analysis in elite floorball
Sammanfattning : Floorball is a growing indoor team sport. Like many sports with fast turns and stops, the likelihood to sustain injuries is evident. The epidemiology of sport injures is well documented and prevention strategies have been suggested. Elite players are probably experiencing stress due to high demands in their sport paralleling with studies or work. LÄS MER
9. Tibia stress fractures in athletes : an investigation of possible predisposing factors
Sammanfattning : This study indicated that posteromedial and anterior tibia stress fractures are two entities with different etiology, pathoanatomy and natural course. In both cases clinical examination and bone scintigram were conclusive for the diagnosis. LÄS MER
10. Epidemiology of injuries in elite football
Sammanfattning : The purpose of this thesis was to study the injury characteristics in elite football, and risk factors for injury with special emphasis on anterior cruciate ligament injury. All five papers followed a prospective design using a standardised methodology. LÄS MER