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April brings fresh, new faces to Sportsmetrics

On April 21^st and 22^nd, the Sportsmetrics faculty welcomed 10 new instructors to Cincinnati to learn Dr. Noyes’ nationally recognized female athlete injury prevention program. The majority of our group was comprised of trainers from existing Sportsmetrics sites including Hulst Jepsen PT, Potomac Valley Orthopedics, Therapeutic Associates and Valir PT. Peter Dills, DPT and Patrick Corrigan, PT make the 31^st and 32^nd employees from Therapeutic Associates of Oregon and Washington to become certified in the program. We thank TAI for ...

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Injury Prevention Techniques for Soccer Athletes

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This video explains some deceleration techniques to help avoid non-contact ACL injuries.

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Spread the word and Save the date

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Best Knee, Shoulder and Sports Medicine course avaliable. Some of the best in orthopaedics and sports medicine presenting from all over the United States. Please spread this course to your peers. Visit Course site here for a complete list of topics and course presenters. Join us in Hilton Head for Advances on the Knee, Shoulder & Sports Medicine.

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Sportsmetrics trains large group in March

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The weekend of March 17-18 was an eventful one for the city of Cincinnati with several fun events taking place including St. Patrick’s Day celebrations, the AHA’s Heart Mini-Marathon, and winning performances from the University of Cincinnati and Xavier University in rounds two and three of March Madness. Sportsmetrics™ added to the excitement with its first certification of 2012 which brought in 33 individuals representing 16 states to become part of our injury prevention team.

Participants traveled from as far as ...

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Return to Sport After ACL Reconstruction

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Sue D. Barber-Westin, BS and Frank R. Noyes, MD

Systematic Review Return to Sport, Arthr 2011

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Objective: To review anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) clinical studies to assess the objective functional criteria used to determine when patients can return to athletics postoperatively, and to determine the rates of reinjury to either knee when these criteria are applied.

Purpose: Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction is commonly performed in athletes, with the goal of return to sports activities. Unfortunately, this operation may fail, and ...

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Comparison of ACL Injury Prevention Training Programs

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Frank R. Noyes, MD, and Sue D. Barber Westin, BS

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Context: Many anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury prevention training programs have been published, but few have assessed the effects of training on both ACL injury rates and athletic performance tests.

Objective: To determine if ACL injury prevention programs have a positive influence on both injury rates and athletic performance tests in female athletes.

Data sources: In August 2011, a search was conducted (1995–August 2011) of the PubMed, Science ...

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Objective Criteria for Return to Athletics

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Sue D. Barber-Westin, BS and Frank R. Noyes, MD

Obj Criteria Return to Athletics, PhysSM 2011

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Objective: To review anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) clinical studies to assess the objective functional criteria used to determine when patients can return to athletics postoperatively, and to determine the rates of reinjury to either knee when these criteria are applied. Methods: A literature search was conducted using the Medline database. The inclusionary criteria were the English language, publication between April 2001 and April 2011, original ...

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Sportsmetrics in Recent Study Shows Improved H/Q Ratio

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Tsang, KKW and DiPasquale, AA. Improving the Q:H strength ratio in women using plyometric exercises. J Strength Cond Res 25(10): 2740–2745, 2011

ABSTRACT-Plyometric training programs have been implemented in anterior cruciate ligament injury prevention programs. Plyometric exercises are designed to aid in the improvement of muscle strength and neuromuscular control. Our purpose was to examine the effects of plyometric training on lower leg strength in women. Thirty (age = 20.3 6 1.9 years) recreationally active women were divided into control and experimental groups. The experimental group performed a plyometric training program ...

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