A Review of the Sport Injury and Rehabilitation Literature Assignment

Assignment Task

Brief

For this portfolio, you will write mini-reviews of 3 sports injuries Other than the one you cover in your CASE STUDY presentations. For each, you will need to do some research (literature review) and discuss the extent of the problem (epidemiology), its risk factors, the injury mechanism(s), and the evidence for injury prevention rehabilitation programs. Your ability to display an understanding of the levels of evidence for each of these will have a significant impact on your grade

Epidemiology: Outline the extent of the problem (how many people from which sports suffer this injury – incidence, severity and prevalence statistics from a range of sources are appropriate) and highlight any limitations in the evidence.

Mechanism: Discuss the movements that are thought to cause injury (eg sprinting, late swing phase à hamstring strain; over-arm throwing à medial epiphysitis / avulsion) and the strength of the evidence for this.

Risk factors: Discuss the proposed and proven risk factors with particular attention to the quality of evidence for each. Note that the level of evidence for many risk factors is very low, frequently inconsistent, and often little more than expert opinion. Classify the risk factors as modifiable or non-modifiable.

Injury prevention or rehabilitation strategies: Please do not cover both rehabilitation AND prevention strategies; choose one only. What are the researched injury prevention or rehabilitation strategies and how effective are they? What is the quantity and quality of evidence for these? Consider whether there are systematic reviews, RCTs, non-randomized controlled trials, case studies or expert opinions available. Note that some injury prevention strategies have evidence for them but adoption rates are still low; make sure to mention this when relevant.

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