From the monthly archives:

December 2009

Self-reported disordered eating in adolescent elite athletes

December 21, 2009

Dieting to win or to be thin? A study of dieting and disordered eating among adolescent elite athletes and non-athlete controls
M Martinsen, S Bratland-Sanda, A K Eriksson, J Sundgot-Borgen
Br J Sports Med 2010;44:70-76 doi:10.1136/bjsm.2009.068668

Objective: To examine the prevalence of dieting, reasons for dieting and prevalence of disordered eating among adolescent elite athletes and age-matched controls, [...]

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Misuse of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs by athletes

December 17, 2009

Press Release:
Misuse of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs by athletes
High school winter sports athletes’ need to baby their immune systems
NSAIDs: Take ‘em early and often when competing? Think again. Athletes’ superstitions and rituals can help them get psyched up for contests, but when these rituals involve non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), which many athletes gobble down before and [...]

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Exercise improves survival rates for colorectal cancer patients

December 15, 2009

Press Release:
Exercise improves survival rates for colorectal cancer patients
Men who have been treated for colorectal cancer can reduce their risk of dying from the disease by engaging in regular exercise, according to a new study by researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. The findings are published in the December 14 issue of the Archives of Internal [...]

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How Can Some Athletes Play on Through Intense Pain?

December 12, 2009

How can some sportsmen and women, in the heat of the moment, play on through pain that would floor anyone else?

Press Release from the University of Oxford
Bert Trautmann, the Manchester City goalkeeper, famously played on through to the end of the 1956 FA Cup final – holding on for a 3-1 win – despite suffering [...]

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How do foot orthotics work?

December 12, 2009

A review just published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine looks at how how foot orthotics might work (Foot Orthoses and Gait: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Literature Pertaining to Potential Mechanisms. Br J Sports Med. 2009 Dec 8)
The authors did a systematic review and meta-analysis looking at the evidence for the physiological basis for orthoses [...]

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Cuboid Syndrome

December 8, 2009

Cuboid syndrome is a common overuse injury on the lateral side of the foot. it is generally thought to occur when the cuboid bone is not stable in the proximal and distal joints it has and contraction of the peroneus longus tendon that passes under the cuboid try to sublux the bone. The symptoms involve [...]

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