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NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Dec 31 - Women who participated in weight-bearing sports during their teens, the formative years for bone growth, have stronger bones after menopause than women who participated in lighter activities during their youth. Those findings, from investigators in Japan, are published in the December 23 Online First edition of the British Journal of Sports Medicine. Dr. Takeru Kato at Suzuka University and colleagues assessed bone health among 46 postmenopausal women between 52 and 73 years of age. The women were grouped according to what ...

Hybrid SPECT/CT devices, since the first commercial device in 1990 by GE Healthcare, allow combined functional and anatomical assessment. Although planar imaging and SPECT are routinely performed studies, the roles of CT coregistration and specific imaging protocols have yet to be clearly defined. Generally the usage will depend on clinical requirements. Recent studies have evaluated the usage of SPECT/CT hybrid imaging for Tc99m Bone Scans. Tarik Belhocine from South Street Hospital, London, Ontorio, Canada, assessed 51 consecutive patients with suspected bone ...

Sports injuries are mainly of acute or chronic in nature. With acute injuries, it is relatively more unpredictable. However, with chronic injuries, there is usually underlying intrinsic and extrinsic causes which are predictable and within control. When appropriate measures are taken more seriously, these injuries could be minimized. This presentation gave a current update on the efficacies of the commonly practiced conservative management in sports injuries e.g. cryotherapy, heat, contrast bath, ESWT, electro physical agents, manual therapy, taping, stretching ...

HBO is used in a sports medicine setting to reduce hypoxia and edema. It appears to be particularly effective for treating inflammation and acute traumatic peripheral injury. HBOT is used as an adjunctive therapy to treat sport injuries from the acute traumatic injury to muscle contusion & ankle sprains. It also can be used in treatment of joint, ligaments, tendon injuries reducing recovery time. It helps with reduction of edema & facilitates soft tissue healing resulting in improved sports performance and endurance. In athletes, Oxygen natura...