sports-medicine

Runners often experience conditions like shin splints, runner’s knee and plantar fasciitis, which causes pain in the bottom of the heel. But pushing a stroller’s handlebar seems to make you distribute your weight differently

Beach volleyball athletes throughout California will continue to have access to expert orthopedic care, sports medicine expertise and injury prevention resources through a renewed partnership between Cedars-Sinai Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine and the California Beach Volleyball Association (CBVA).

Injuries to the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) are among the most severe a competitive athlete can face. The ACL is crucial in maintaining both stability and functionality of the knee joint.

Scientific Reports, Published online: 26 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41598-026-62815-6 Optimizing the dose of flywheel resistance training for jumping and sprinting performance: a systematic review and meta-analysis of frequency, volume, and duration

The Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) 11+ Kids program is a neuromuscular training program designed to improve physical performance and reduce injury risk in youth soccer athletes; however, it has not been evaluated in female youth athletes who are at elevated risk for injury compared with their male counterparts. The purpose of this pilot study was to explore the impact of…

A significant concussion forced Mikaela to step away from school and competitive cheer, but sports medicine and psychology experts at Children's Hospital Los Angeles helped her to come back stronger than ever.

No one wants to hear the distinctive pop of an ACL tearing or rupturing, which typically means the player's season is at an end. The ACL, or anterior cruciate ligament, is located inside the knee and provides stability during movements such as cutting, turning, twisting and jumping. Deanna Brinks, M.D., a physical medicine and rehabilitation and sports medicine physician at the Mayo Clinic Health…

Scientific Reports, Published online: 15 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41598-026-51991-0 The impact of core stability training on jump serve speed in male volleyball players

BackgroundSecondary injury after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction, defined as ipsilateral graft rerupture or contralateral ACL rupture, remains a clinical challenge. Current prediction models predominantly fail to capture this multifactorial risk. In this study, we developed a multi-domain machine learning model to predict the risk of secondary injury.MethodsThis retrospective coho…

Scientific Reports, Published online: 30 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41598-026-49353-x The effect of eccentric exercise-induced delayed onset neck muscle soreness on force steadiness and the spatial distribution of neck extensor muscle activity