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Could High Game Volume over a Shorter Season Increase Noncontact Knee Injury Risk among Kentucky High School Girls’ Basketball Players?

Objectives: A retrospective review of high school, college, and professional female basketball team game number and season duration comparisons was performed. The objective was to compare group differences with consideration of the possible relationship between game volume per season duration and noncontact anterior cruciate ligament injury risk from accumulated microtrauma….

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Can Medical Students Learn the Pediatric Musculoskeletal Examination Independently?

Objective: The objective was to investigate whether medical students can learn a pediatric musculoskeletal examination independently by studying the pediatric Gait, Arms, Legs, and Spine (pGALS) assessment. Methods: Fourth-year medical students were surveyed in 2018 regarding confidence and experience with the pediatric musculoskeletal training. Students performed an initial scored musculoskeletal…

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