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Optimizing Function and Physical Health in Frail Adults
Published in Gia Merlo, Kathy Berra, Lifestyle Nursing, 2023
Although there is no need for screening, there are some common consequences or risks associated with physical activity that may occur. These risks focus mainly on musculoskeletal injury and cardiovascular disease exacerbations. Musculoskeletal injury is due to the type and intensity of the activity done and the individual’s underlying status (e.g., degree of osteoarthritis or osteoporosis). Musculoskeletal events are more likely to occur in individuals who are not physically fit to begin with. Prevention of injury is done by starting at a low level of activity. This means walking for one minute, five minutes, and then building up to ten minutes or starting a resistance exercise against gravity and then increasing to one pound weights and increasing accordingly. Progression to a heavier weight is generally done once the individual can do eight repetitions with the current weight comfortably.
Immune Function in Exercise-Induced Injuries
Published in Ronald R. Watson, Marianne Eisinger, Exercise and Disease, 2020
Louis C. Almekinders, Sally V. Almekinders
Medical and epidemiologic research in the past two decades have clearly shown that regular exercise is associated with many health benefits. Both preventive as well as therapeutic effects of exercise have been found in physical and mental illness. Only a relatively few negative health effects from exercise have been reported. These negative effects are predominantly associated with musculoskeletal injuries. Musculoskeletal injury rates have been reported in a variety of sports and age groups1–3 and appear to be relatively high. However, no studies that compare these overall rates to the incidence of musculoskeletal problems in sedentary individuals are available. The overall importance of exercise-induced injuries relative to the health benefits remains unclear. A clear understanding of the nature of the injury can possibly lead to injury prevention while enabling the individual to enjoy the other health benefits.
The Development of Widespread Pain After Injuries
Published in Robert M. Bennett, The Clinical Neurobiology of Fibromyalgia and Myofascial Pain, 2020
Indeed, evidence that musculoskeletal injury or trauma can cause widespread pain comes mostly from a few case series or case reports and it is often insufficient to establish causal relationships. The possible association between injury and widespread pain/FMS has recently been systematically reviewed (4,5).
Rehabilitation of a patient with bilateral rectus abdominis full thickness tear sustained in recreational strength training: a case report
Published in Physiotherapy Theory and Practice, 2022
Omer B. Gozubuyuk, Ceylan Koksal, Esin N. Tasdemir
Return to sports after full-thickness muscle tears are generally over 60 days for athletes in the literature (Hallén and Ekstrand, 2014; Maffulli et al., 2014). Undoubtedly, it takes longer for the non-athletic population to recover from a similar graded musculoskeletal injury and treatment goals are different. Additionally, bilateral tears of muscles are of great concern for both patients and clinicians due to fear of severe dysfunction. Our patient was able to walk pain-free in the fourth week, and jog at 10th week. The increase in walking quality after a bout of adductor squeeze exercise provided significant contributions to the rehabilitation program. We believe that the adductor longus and rectus abdominis muscles’ functional integrity deserves more emphasis in similar cases.
Volleyball-related injuries in adolescent female players: an initial report
Published in The Physician and Sportsmedicine, 2021
Joseph G. Wasser, Brady Tripp, Michelle L. Bruner, Daniel R. Bailey, Rachel S. Leitz, Jason L. Zaremski, Heather K. Vincent
Injuries were characterized by anatomical site or joint. A musculoskeletal injury was defined as any condition that resulted in the loss of one day of training or competition [12]. The diagnoses and types of injuries were provided by the respondent and confirmed by the parent. We quantified injuries in two ways: the total number accrued per player during the previous year, and the number of injuries by play exposure. Because this time frame for injury recall was shorter than previous nationally-conducted surveillance studies [5,9], we expressed injury rates per 100 exposures. An athletic exposure was defined here as a practice or game of two-hours in duration. The time-loss injuries were defined as those that required a minimum of 24 hours restriction from play [9], whereas the non-time loss injuries were defined as those that did not require any time off from play. Time loss injuries >24 hours (2 weeks, 1 month, >1 month) were reported as non-interrupted time away from sport participation as a result of a single specific injury.
Military Culture: Masculine Norms, Perceived Personal Control, Autonomous Motivation, and Coping Differences Between Injured Male Military Personnel and Civilian Sportsmen
Published in Military Behavioral Health, 2019
Rachel Paskell, Jeremy Gauntlett-Gilbert, Megan Wilkinson-Tough
Musculoskeletal injury rehabilitation is essential for improved recovery and the prevention of re-injury, however not all those with injuries engage wholly with recommended treatment programs with specialists, such as physiotherapists (Chan, Hagger, & Spray, 2011). Hagger, Chatzisarantis, Griffin, and Thatcher (2005) used Leventhal, Meyer and Nerenz’s (1980) Self-regulation model (SRM) to understand the psychosocial factors affecting rehabilitation of injured sports-participants. The SRM proposes that individuals manage illness by developing idiosyncratic understandings of its nature (i.e., representations of the cause, identity, perceived control, severity of consequences, and timeline of the illness), triggering coping strategies as a response (Leventhal, Meyer, & Nerenz, 1980). Hagger et al. (2005) found that self-reported personal control was associated with problem-focused coping and less negative emotional affect, whilst personal control and problem-focused coping strategies were positively correlated with attendance at rehabilitation. Chan et al. (2011) found that injured athletes with more autonomous-motivation were more likely to engage fully with rehabilitation and thus have improved outcomes than those who were pressured or coerced. To our knowledge, there is no research exploring this with British military personnel, despite musculoskeletal problems being the most common cause of medical discharge from the British armed forces (MOD, 2013, 2017).