Top 5 Fridays: 5 Predictors of Return to Sport After Bone Stress Injury

5 Predictors of Return to Sport After Bone Stress Injury - themanualtherapist.com

RETURN TO SPORT TIMELINES FOLLOWING BONE STRESS INJURIES] 🦴
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👉🏻What determines how long it will take an athlete to return to sport following a bone stress injury? 🤔
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reposted with permission from Brad Beer's instagram

Return to Sport after Bone Stress Injuries

👉🏻In a study 212 college track and field + cross country athletes were followed prospectively through their competitive seasons after having bone density scans, answering questionnaires on nutritional behaviours & menstrual patterns & prior injuries + other tests 👀
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👉🏻34 (12 male, 22 female) of the 211 athletes sustained 61 bone stress injuries across the 5 years study period 🦴
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☝🏻The above 1-5 were associated with delayed recovery from bone stress injury and MRI bone stress injury grading ⌛️
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‼️TAKE HOME: The authors concluded that when a bone stress injury is diagnosed or suspected, MRI imaging, measuring bone mineral density (BMD), identifying the site of injury (cortical or trabecular), and obtaining a history of nutritional and menstrual status should be utilised. The results also provide evidence that optimising bone mass may not only reduce the risk of sustaining a bone stress injury, but also contribute to reduced recovery time 🔎
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*Ref: Nattiv et al. (2013) Correlation of MRI grading of bone stress injures with clinical risk factors and return to play: a 5-year prospective study in collegiate track and field athletes (Am J Sports Med) .

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