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Aims:To determine the different exercise levels and information needs during pregnancy in the athletic and general population.Objectives: To compare the exercise levels of pregnant women in an athletic and a general population group to recommended guidelines (American College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. Technical Bulletin 1994;189). To look at the information needs of these two groups.Methods: A retrospective questionnaire study was conducted with an athletic population recruited from running magazines/athletic clubs and a cohort of women from general practice.Results: Ninety five athletes and 74 women from general practice are compared to determine socioeconomic variables. Their different pre-pregnancy exercise behaviours, in type, frequency, duration, and intensity (O'Neil M. Br J Sports Med 1992;26:121-4) are recorded and the changes made during pregnancy are determined. The factors affecting changes in their exercise behaviour through the trimesters of pregnancy are ascertained. The advice the women had obtained about exercising in pregnancy and the perceived deficiencies in the information available are identified.Conclusions: Women in this study were shown to often exceed the recognised guidelines for exercise levels in pregnancy, this was more so among athletic women. In particular, the duration and intensity of weight bearing activities such as running reduced and that of swimming and walking increased. Inadequate information about exercise in pregnancy is highlighted by both groups of women in particular being unaware of what are the safe upper limits for exercise in pregnancy, but this was more of a concern for the athletic population who expressed the need for a more tailored approach for the regular exerciser. Objective: To determine the management of acute sports injuries on a national level by assessing the views of Accident & Emergency (A&E) consultants on various issues regarding the concept of sports injury management in patients presenting to A&E departments in Scotland. THE MANAGEMENT OF ACUTE SPORTS INJURIES PRESENTING TO ACCIDENT & EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS IN SCOTLANDMethod: A ten point questionnaire concerning different aspects of sports injury management was sent to each of the twenty five A&E departments participating in the Scottish Trauma Audit Group. This included teaching hospitals, district generals, and rural hospitals. The responses on each returned questionnaire were analysed.Results: A response rate of 76% was obtained with 19 questionnaires returned. Sports injuries were estimated to account for 10% and soft tissue injuries 23% of overall A&E attendances. Ninety per cent felt that A&E departments had a role to play in the management of sports injuries. Seventeen A&E departments provided formal teaching on soft tissue injury management as part of the Senior House Officer training programme, however, only three departments specifically included teaching on sport injuries. Direct referral access for the review of patients was available at A&E review or soft tissue injury cli...
Aims:To determine the different exercise levels and information needs during pregnancy in the athletic and general population.Objectives: To compare the exercise levels of pregnant women in an athletic and a general population group to recommended guidelines (American College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. Technical Bulletin 1994;189). To look at the information needs of these two groups.Methods: A retrospective questionnaire study was conducted with an athletic population recruited from running magazines/athletic clubs and a cohort of women from general practice.Results: Ninety five athletes and 74 women from general practice are compared to determine socioeconomic variables. Their different pre-pregnancy exercise behaviours, in type, frequency, duration, and intensity (O'Neil M. Br J Sports Med 1992;26:121-4) are recorded and the changes made during pregnancy are determined. The factors affecting changes in their exercise behaviour through the trimesters of pregnancy are ascertained. The advice the women had obtained about exercising in pregnancy and the perceived deficiencies in the information available are identified.Conclusions: Women in this study were shown to often exceed the recognised guidelines for exercise levels in pregnancy, this was more so among athletic women. In particular, the duration and intensity of weight bearing activities such as running reduced and that of swimming and walking increased. Inadequate information about exercise in pregnancy is highlighted by both groups of women in particular being unaware of what are the safe upper limits for exercise in pregnancy, but this was more of a concern for the athletic population who expressed the need for a more tailored approach for the regular exerciser. Objective: To determine the management of acute sports injuries on a national level by assessing the views of Accident & Emergency (A&E) consultants on various issues regarding the concept of sports injury management in patients presenting to A&E departments in Scotland. THE MANAGEMENT OF ACUTE SPORTS INJURIES PRESENTING TO ACCIDENT & EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS IN SCOTLANDMethod: A ten point questionnaire concerning different aspects of sports injury management was sent to each of the twenty five A&E departments participating in the Scottish Trauma Audit Group. This included teaching hospitals, district generals, and rural hospitals. The responses on each returned questionnaire were analysed.Results: A response rate of 76% was obtained with 19 questionnaires returned. Sports injuries were estimated to account for 10% and soft tissue injuries 23% of overall A&E attendances. Ninety per cent felt that A&E departments had a role to play in the management of sports injuries. Seventeen A&E departments provided formal teaching on soft tissue injury management as part of the Senior House Officer training programme, however, only three departments specifically included teaching on sport injuries. Direct referral access for the review of patients was available at A&E review or soft tissue injury cli...
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