Injury and Illness Prevention

Pre-Participation Physical Exam

Head & Neck / Concussion

Concussion

Upper Extremities

Overhead Athletes/Shoulder Injuries

Elbow

Hand/Wrist

Lower Extremities

General

Knee

Foot/Ankle

Cardiovascular

  • Sudden Cardiac Death
    • Link MS, Estes NA 3rd. Sudden cardiac death in the athlete: bridging the gaps between evidence, policy, and practice. Circulation. 2012;125(20):2511-2516. doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.111.023861
  • NFHS Cardiopulmonary Guidance for COVID19
    • Drezner, J. A., Heinz, W. M., Asif, I. M., Batten, C. G., Fields, K. B., Raukar, N. P., Valentine, V. D., Walter, K. D., & Baggish, A. L. (2022). Cardiopulmonary considerations for high school student-athletes during the COVID-19 pandemic: Update to the NFHS-AMSSM guidance statement. Sports Health: A Multidisciplinary Approach, 194173812210771. doi.org/10.1177/19417381221077138.
  • Cardiopulmonary Considerations for Athletes During COVID Pandemic
    • Drezner JA, Heinz WM, Asif IM, et al. Cardiopulmonary Considerations for High School Student-Athletes During the COVID-19 Pandemic: NFHS-AMSSM Guidance Statement. Sports Health. 2020;12(5):459-461. 

Pulmonary

Exercise Induced Asthma/ Bronchospasm

Endocrine & Gynecology

Diabetes

  • Diabetes in Sports
    • Shugart C, Jackson J, Fields KB. Diabetes in Sports. Sports Health. 2010;2(1):29-38. 
  • Type 1 Diabetes and Exercise
    • Riddell, M.C., Scott, S.N., Fournier, P.A. et al. The competitive athlete with type 1 diabetes. Diabetologia 63, 1475–1490 (2020). 
  • Exercise in Persons with Type 2 Diabetes
    • KANALEY, JILL A.1; COLBERG, SHERI R.2; CORCORAN, MATTHEW H.3; MALIN, STEVEN K.4; RODRIGUEZ, NANCY R.5; CRESPO, CARLOS J.6; KIRWAN, JOHN P.7; ZIERATH, JULEEN R.8 Exercise/Physical Activity in Individuals with Type 2 Diabetes: A Consensus Statement from the American College of Sports Medicine, Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise: February 2022 – Volume 54 – Issue 2 – p 353-368 doi: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000002800

Other

 

Editors & Contributors

  • Last Updated (Fall 2022)
  • Contributors (Summer 2022)
    • Grant Dixon, MD (PM&R, UT Health Sciences Center, San Antonio TX)
    • Carly Chamberlain, DO (Family Medicine, Christiana Care, Newark DE)