{"title":"Lower Extremity Injury Prevention in Youth Female Lacrosse Players: A Narrative Review and Proposed Warm-Up Framework.","authors":"Ella D'Amico, Danielle Carey, Christopher J Visco","doi":"10.1249/JSR.0000000000001374","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1249/JSR.0000000000001374","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Lacrosse is one of the fastest-growing youth team sports over the past 2 decades, with female players two times more likely to suffer a noncontact lower body injury than their male counterparts. The sport requires rapid cutting, deceleration, multidirectional sprinting, and coordinated upper- and lower-extremity mechanics, all of which place substantial load on the lower limbs. Despite high injury rates, no standardized, lacrosse-specific exercise program targeting lower body injury prevention has been widely adopted. This narrative review identifies the specific attributes that make youth female lacrosse players an ideal and distinct target population for prevention efforts. Drawing on these principles, we propose a framework for a lacrosse-specific, coach-led neuromuscular warm-up program. Future work should include controlled, prospective studies with standardized injury surveillance to determine whether such programs meaningfully reduce lower extremity injury incidence in this growing population.</p>","PeriodicalId":10922,"journal":{"name":"Current sports medicine reports","volume":"25 10","pages":"313-318"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149126852","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Estrogen and Lysyl Oxidase: How Crosslink Changes Increase Biological Female Athlete ACL Injury Risk.","authors":"Maggie Head, John Nyland","doi":"10.1249/JSR.0000000000001375","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1249/JSR.0000000000001375","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Across sports that involve cutting, pivoting, and single-leg jump landings, biological female athletes sustain anterior cruciate ligament injuries at 2- to 9-fold greater rates than males. The mechanical resilience of the anterior cruciate ligament depends on extracellular matrix stabilization. Crosslinking, primarily mediated by lysyl oxidase, is essential to extracellular matrix maturation, to resisting the tensile and shear forces encountered during athletic activity, and to long-term anterior cruciate ligament health. Estrogen-mediated lysyl oxidase modulation may weaken the extracellular matrix, reducing its capacity to withstand mechanical loads. This narrative review explores how estrogen influences lysyl oxidase function, particularly in the context of collagen crosslinking and connective tissue health. Special emphasis is placed on biological female anterior cruciate ligament injury risk, a highly relevant example of clinical estrogen-associated extracellular matrix vulnerability. By integrating epidemiologic evidence with emerging molecular and mechanistic data, clinicians are provided with a contemporary biologically informed perspective on sex-specific anterior cruciate ligament injury risk. Future research and prevention strategies are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":10922,"journal":{"name":"Current sports medicine reports","volume":"25 10","pages":"319-331"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149126904","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Meredith Ehn, Masaru Teramoto, Luke A Johnson, Jamie Egbert, Kaylee Blevins, Jonathan T Finnoff, Stuart E Willick
{"title":"Catastrophic Injuries due to Mountain Biking: Experiences from an Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit.","authors":"Meredith Ehn, Masaru Teramoto, Luke A Johnson, Jamie Egbert, Kaylee Blevins, Jonathan T Finnoff, Stuart E Willick","doi":"10.1249/JSR.0000000000001372","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1249/JSR.0000000000001372","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10922,"journal":{"name":"Current sports medicine reports","volume":"25 10","pages":"306-312"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149126908","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Extreme Heat Continues to Plague Sports and Life.","authors":"E Randy Eichner","doi":"10.1249/JSR.0000000000001362","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1249/JSR.0000000000001362","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10922,"journal":{"name":"Current sports medicine reports","volume":"25 9","pages":"263-264"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148910413","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Biceps in Distress: A High Tackle's Hidden Impact.","authors":"Tahlianna Almonte","doi":"10.1249/JSR.0000000000001367","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1249/JSR.0000000000001367","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10922,"journal":{"name":"Current sports medicine reports","volume":"25 9","pages":"277-279"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148910458","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Why the Wobble: Discoid Meniscus in a 5-Year-Old.","authors":"Jason Xu, Kenneth S Taylor","doi":"10.1249/JSR.0000000000001366","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1249/JSR.0000000000001366","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10922,"journal":{"name":"Current sports medicine reports","volume":"25 9","pages":"274-276"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148910852","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Pickleball Pain: Point of Care Ultrasound Used to Diagnose Midfoot Pain.","authors":"Gregory D Bentz, Gregory Bentz, Emily Sealy","doi":"10.1249/JSR.0000000000001368","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1249/JSR.0000000000001368","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10922,"journal":{"name":"Current sports medicine reports","volume":"25 9","pages":"280-282"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148910638","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Can a Novel Cross Bracing Protocol Heal the Anterior Cruciate Ligament in a College Soccer Athlete?","authors":"James Frazier, Jonathan Jackson, Anthony Beutler","doi":"10.1249/JSR.0000000000001364","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1249/JSR.0000000000001364","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10922,"journal":{"name":"Current sports medicine reports","volume":"25 9","pages":"266-268"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148910445","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Elizabeth G Conlon, Brian M Nelson, Rukayat Balogun, Jonathan M Scott, Jacqueline L Yurgil
{"title":"Nutritional Strategies for Injury Prevention and Recovery: A Review of Evidence-Based Nutritional Interventions to Prevent Sports-Related Injuries and Enhance Recovery in Athletes.","authors":"Elizabeth G Conlon, Brian M Nelson, Rukayat Balogun, Jonathan M Scott, Jacqueline L Yurgil","doi":"10.1249/JSR.0000000000001370","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1249/JSR.0000000000001370","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Many flashy labels are available to entice athletes, coaches, and parents with promises of preventing injury and improving recovery. To support athletes in continued fitness and competition, it is critical to take a personalized approach to hydration, macro- and micronutrient intake, and supplementation. In this review, the authors aim to provide evidence for various nutrition tools to promote conversations about the safety and efficacy of each with athletes. Consuming a diet of minimally processed, predominantly whole foods offers a solid nutritional base with adequate macro- and micronutrients. Taking a personalized approach to hydration and supplementation for the athlete, environment, and sport optimizes injury prevention and improves recovery.</p>","PeriodicalId":10922,"journal":{"name":"Current sports medicine reports","volume":"25 9","pages":"293-299"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148910443","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}