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2. Sports injury - Wikipedia

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   Sports injuries are injuries that occur during sports or exercise in general. In the United States , approximately 30 million people participate in some form of organized sports. [ 1 ] Of those 30 million, about 3 million athletes aged 14 and under suffer a sports related injury annually.

3. Orchard Sports Injury and Illness Classification System

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   OSICS has been found to be more applicable to sports injury coding than the ICD. [27] Most classification of disease has a focus on conditions that present to hospital and/or cause major morbidity or death, whereas in sports medicine there is a focus on conditions (injury and illnesses) that stop an athlete from being able to compete.

4. Sprain - Wikipedia

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   A sprain is a soft tissue injury of the ligaments within a joint, often caused by a sudden movement abruptly forcing the joint to exceed its functional range of motion.. Ligaments are tough, inelastic fibers made of collagen that connect two or more bones to form a joint and are important for joint stability and proprioception, which is the body's sense of limb position and movem

5. Sports medicine - Wikipedia

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   Sports medicine is a branch of medicine that deals with physical fitness and the treatment and prevention of injuries related to sports and exercise. Although most sports teams have employed team physicians for many years, it is only since the late 20th century that sports medicine emerged as a distinct field of health care.

6. Physical medicine and rehabilitation - Wikipedia

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   Physical medicine and rehabilitation encompasses a variety of clinical settings and patient populations. [citation needed] In hospital settings, physiatrists commonly treat patients who have had an amputation, spinal cord injury, stroke, traumatic brain injury, and other debilitating injuries or conditions. In treating these patients ...

7. Running injuries - Wikipedia

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   Common overuse injuries include shin splints, stress fractures, Achilles tendinitis, Iliotibial band syndrome, Patellofemoral pain (runner's knee), and plantar fasciitis. Proper running form is important in injury prevention. A major aspect of running form is foot strike pattern. The way in which the foot makes contact with the ground ...

8. Athletic training - Wikipedia

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   Athletic training is an allied health care profession recognized by the American Medical Association (AMA) [1] that "encompasses the prevention, examination, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of emergent, acute, or chronic injuries and medical conditions."

9. Orthopaedic sports medicine - Wikipedia

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   Orthopedic Sports Medicine is a subspecialty of orthopedic medicine and sports medicine. The word orthopaedic derives from "ortho" which is the Greek root for "straight" and "pais" which is the Greek root for child. During the early history of orthopaedic medicine, orthopaedists used braces, among other things, to make a child "straight." [1]