Golfers Use Exercise to Get Back in the Swing

Duda, Marty

doi:10.1080/00913847.1989.11709850

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“…According to McCarroll et al ( 12 ), 30% of football players (44 of 145 college football players) lost playing time due to LBP ( 12 ). According the literature review, the prevalence of LBP in athletes has been reported between 1% to 30%, and also, 10-15% of all sport injuries are low back injuries ( 16 - 19 ). Granhed et al reported that the prevalence of LBP in wrestlers was significantly higher than the age-matched population (59% vs 31%) ( 3 ).…”

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Low Back Pain in Athletes

2015

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Context:Low Back Pain (LBP) in athletes is common and has a broad spectrum of differential diagnoses that must be taken in to account when a clinician approaches the patient with LBP. The physicians should take into account spinal and extra spinal causes of low back pain in athletes.Evidence Acquistion:A literature review was performed for the years 1951 through 2013. Keywords used were Low Back Pain and Athletes. We searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, OVID, PUBMED, the Cochrane Library, ELSEVIER, and the references of reviewed articles, for English-language of Low Back Pain in Athletes.Results:The two most common causes of LBP arising from spine in athletes are degenerative disc disease and spondylolysis with or without listhesis. Although most athletes, respond well to conservative treatment, surgical treatment is indicated when conservative treatment failes.Conclusions:The major concern in athletes with LBP is return to play and previous level of their activity after treatment. There is insufficient evidence regarding this issue in literature to define the optimal time of return to play following treatment.

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Low Back Pain in Athletes

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“… 18 Ninety percent of all injuries of professional golfers involve the neck or back. 19 Injury rates for 15- and 16-year-old girls in gymnastics, dance, or gym training are higher than the general population, while cross-country skiing and aerobics are associated with a lower prevalence of low back pain. 4 For boys, volleyball, gymnastics, weight lifting, downhill skiing, and snowboarding are associated with higher prevalence of low back pain, while cross-country skiing and aerobics show a lower prevalence.…”

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Treatment Options for Low Back Pain in Athletes

Petering

Webb

2011

Sports Health

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Context:Low back pain is one of the most common medical presentations in the general population. It is a common source of pain in athletes, leading to significant time missed and disability. The general categories of treatment for low back pain are medications and therapies.Evidence acquisition:Relevant studies were identified through a literature search of MEDLINE and the Cochrane Database from 1990 to 2010. A manual review of reference lists of identified sources was also performed.Results:It is not clear whether athletes experience low back pain more often than the general public. Because of a aucity of trials with athlete-specific populations, recommendations on treatments must be made from reviews of treatments for the general population. Several large systemic reviews and Cochrane reviews have compiled evidence on different modalities for low back pain. Superficial heat, spinal manipulation, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medications, and skeletal muscle relaxants have the strongest evidence of benefit.Conclusions:Despite the high prevalence of low back pain and the significant burden to the athletes, there are few clearly superior treatment modalities. Superficial heat and spinal manipulation therapy are the most strongly supported evidence-based therapies. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medications and skeletal muscle relaxants have benefit in the initial management of low back pain; however, both have considerable side effects that must be considered. Athletes can return to play once they have recovered full range of motion and have the strength to prevent further injury.

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“…Moreover, 90% of all tour injuries in professional golfers involve the neck or back. 27 We aimed in this study to point at effective test to locate patients with significant positive findings regarding LBP and associated muscle weakness.…”

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A novel method in assessing lower limb motor function

Khanfar

Qaroot

Alsousi

et al. 2019

J Orthop Surg (Hong Kong)

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To propose a novel, accurate, and easy to perform test replacing the manual muscle testing. Our target is to develop a valuable tool for identification of patients with neurological motor impairment precisely, rapidly, and easily. Methods: We have randomly selected patients presenting to the clinic complaining of back pain with or without lower limb symptoms. These patients were asked to walk on their heels and on their toes. Being unable to walk on heels and/or toes, the patient is considered to have positive test result (abnormal finding). After that, a full and thorough neurological examination was performed on every patient by an orthopedic resident doctor. We looked specifically to the correlation between the ability to do toe-heel walking with the results of the detailed neurological examination. Results: Toe-heel walking test was able to detect all patients with weakness in their lower limb musculature. The results from the current investigation indicate a very high Pearson correlation of 0.95 (p ¼ 0.001) between the toe-heel test and manual muscle testing. Conclusion: Toe-heel walking test is superior to detailed neurological examination in identification of patients with weakness, sphincter problem, and/or positive straight leg raising test. This test is both simple and rapidly performed test, which can be easily done by any health-care provider. Owing to its ease, this test is not restricted to medical doctors, but it could be accurately performed by any health-care provider such as nurses and physiotherapists. This will enable us to decrease the referral to the specialty clinic and to decrease the overall cost.

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Golfers Use Exercise to Get Back in the Swing

Abstract: Professional golfer Payne Stewart's game was interrupted by a wear-and-tear injury to his back last January. But through an exercise program emphasizing trunk control and strength-a program that would benefit all golfers-Stewart was able to quickly return to the course.

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