AOSSM 2022 Annual Meeting Recordings - no CME-Q & A: Sports Health Symposium II

Video Transcription

You know, the prevention programs have been shown, a number of them have been shown to work well. Yet, the epidemiologic studies seem to increase, seem to say  that the numbers of ACL injuries especially in the most vulnerable are increasing. Where's the problem? Are we just not training enough?  It's hard to believe that there's more kids more athletically active. What is it? Why are those numbers going up? Hailey, Greg, thoughts? I'll talk in here.  So, my thought on that is just that our strategies for reducing those injuries are still not well disseminated or utilized. So, I would think with some increases in training load  or specialization to harken back to some of the other talks, that might be increasing injury while not necessarily having solutions to that problem.  So, a lot of Daisuke Moto's work shows if you do it, it works. So, the issue is they're not doing it and they're not giving us time.  So, as we talked about it, I think that the trend has changed. Now, females can be in the weight room. I don't hear the idea I don't want to get big anymore.  That's less of an issue. The issue I have is the coach giving me enough time to implement this. And so, I think the performance enhancement that they get  from doing these type of trainings exceeds that last set of goal kicks or whatever they're doing. The coaches just don't implement it. And some coaches don't feel comfortable  implementing themselves. So, if Haley or I go out and do it for them and have the kids ready 30 minutes before practice and do all of it for them, they'll let us do it.  But it's just implementation is the main thing. Any other questions from the audience? Well, thanks for sticking it out for the four hours.  And again, if you're interested in this topic, the January-February issue of Sports Health from 2022 focused on this, that Tim Gabbitt was the special editor for this.  So, if you're interested, that's available. Thank you, everyone. Thank you.

Video Summary

The video discusses the increasing number of ACL injuries, particularly among vulnerable populations, and examines why prevention programs are not effectively reducing these injuries. The speakers suggest that the strategies for reducing injuries are not well disseminated or utilized, and increase in training load or specialization may be contributing to the problem. Lack of time and implementation by coaches is also highlighted as a barrier to injury prevention. The speakers emphasize the need for coaches to incorporate preventative training and provide adequate time for its implementation. The video acknowledges the changing attitudes towards female athletes in the weight room but emphasizes the importance of coaches taking responsibility for injury prevention. The video concludes by mentioning the availability of the January-February 2022 issue of Sports Health, focusing on this topic.

Asset Caption

Matthew Baird, MD; Greg Myer, PhD, CSCS; Tim Gabbett, PhD; Lindsay DiStefano, PhD, ATC

Keywords

ACL injuries

vulnerable populations

prevention programs

training load

specialization