The Role of Telehealth in Sideline Management of Sports-Related Injuries

Purpose This study investigated the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic in Europe on consultations, surgeries, and traumas in the field of orthopaedic and trauma surgery. Strategies to resume the clinical activities were also discussed. Methods This systematic review was conducted according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: the 2020 PRISMA statement. All the comparative studies reporting data on the impact of Covid-19 in the field of orthopaedic and trauma surgery in Europe were accessed. Only comparative clinical studies which investigated the year 2020 versus 2019 were eligible. Results 57 clinical investigations were included in the present study. Eight studies reported a reduction of the orthopaedic consultations, which decreased between 20.9 and 90.1%. Seven studies reported the number of emergency and trauma consultations, which were decreased between 37.7 and 74.2%. Fifteen studies reported information with regard to the reasons for orthopaedic and trauma admissions. The number of polytraumas decreased between 5.6 and 77.1%, fractures between 3.9 and 63.1%. Traffic accidents admissions dropped by up to 88.9%, and sports-related injuries dropped in a range of 59.3% to 100%. The overall reduction of the surgical interventions ranged from 5.4 to 88.8%. Conclusion The overall trend of consultations, surgeries, and rate of traumas and fragility fractures appear to decrease during the 2020 European COVID pandemic compared to the pre-pandemic era. Given the heterogeneities in the clinical evidence, results from the present study should be considered carefully. Level of evidence Level IV, systematic review.

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Orthopaedic, trauma surgery, and Covid-2019 pandemic: clinical panorama and future prospective in Europe

Migliorini

Weber

Pappalardo

et al. 2022

Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg

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Current tendencies in implementation of biomedical technologies in sports medicine practice

Maslova,

Futornyi,

Lukasevich

et al. 2024

PCS

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Positive trends in the development of medical and technological sciences are associated with an increase in the costs of the health care system, which have increased in many countries over the last decade and, accordingly, increased the cost of medical care, the purchase of modern medical equipment, the introduction of pharmacological treatments, etc. This caused a significant increase in investments in research and implementation of developments in the latest promising medical and technological directions, for example, such as information medical technologies. In developed countries, where the total "consumption of medical devices" is tens of billions of dollars per year, the costs of medical information technology reach 10-15 percent of the total costs of the health care system. Over the last decade, this indicator has more than doubled, which equated it with the amount of investments in medical products, including in the practice of sports medicine. The purpose of the research is to determine the directions of introduction of biomedical technologies into the practice of modern sports medicine. Research materials and methods: analysis and generalization of data from special scientific and methodical literature; monitoring of Internet information resources; systematization method; content analysis. The results. It was determined that the current trends and development directions of the application of biomedical engineering in the practice of sports medicine are the development of the latest biomedical devices and technologies to improve the effectiveness of training and preserve the health of athletes; using artificial intelligence to analyze large volumes of data and improve the training process; to create personalized training programs and adapt to the individual needs of athletes; development of professional prostheses and exoskeletons for persons with limited mobility. Conclusions. It has been established that simultaneously with the differentiation of sciences, their increasing specialization on traditional boundaries, new interdisciplinary directions appear, which become bridges of mutual penetration of different areas of knowledge in the name of universal human progress. Medical and technical sciences, such as biomedical cybernetics, bionics, biomechanics and others, are also an example of the interpenetration of medical and technical sciences for the purpose of learning the nature of health, human diseases, understanding the mechanisms of diagnosis, treatment and prevention of body injuries, including in the practice of sports of medicine.

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The Role of Telehealth in Sideline Management of Sports-Related Injuries

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Orthopaedic, trauma surgery, and Covid-2019 pandemic: clinical panorama and future prospective in Europe

Orthopaedic, trauma surgery, and Covid-2019 pandemic: clinical panorama and future prospective in Europe

Current tendencies in implementation of biomedical technologies in sports medicine practice

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