Sports Medicine Updates

Vibration training could aid balance and ankle muscle strengthstonehearthnewsletters.com

J Athl Train. 2013 Aug 5. [Epub ahead of print] Side-Alternating Vibration Training for Balance and Ankle Muscle Strength in Untrained Women. Spiliopoulou SI, Amoiridis IG, Tsigganos G, Hatzitaki V. Source: Department of Physical Education and Sport...

Concussion baseline assessment and sleep quality, quantity: new researchstonehearthnewsletters.com

Clin J Sport Med. 2013 Aug 2. [Epub ahead of print] The Effects of Sleep Quality and Sleep Quantity on Concussion Baseline Assessment. Mihalik JP, Lengas E, Register-Mihalik JK, Oyama S, Begalle RL, Guskiewicz KM. Source: *Matthew Gfeller...

Optimizing strength training for running and cycling endurance performance: A review stonehearthnewsletters.com

Scand J Med Sci Sports. 2013 Aug 5. doi: 10.1111/sms.12104. [Epub ahead of print] Optimizing strength training for running and cycling endurance performance: A review. Rønnestad BR, Mujika I. Source: Section for Sport Science, Lillehammer University...

Just a little bit of steroids may be good for baseball and societystonehearthnewsletters.com

Major League Baseball handed down a 211-game suspension to New York Yankee’s tragic hero, Alexander “A-Rod” Rodriguez, and 12 others players for 50 games. For many, these suspensions mark the end of an era plagued by excessive drugs and a society...