| American College of Sports Medicine Roundtable on Exertional Heat Stroke - Return to Duty/Return to Play: Conference Proceedings |
Jan 2010 |
9 pages |
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Francis G O'Connor; Douglas J Casa; Michael F Bergeron; Carter; Robert III; Patricia Deuster; Yuval Heled; John Kark; Lisa Leon; Brendon McDermott; Karen O'Brien; UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIV OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES BETHESDA MD DEPT OF MILITARY AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE
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 | American college of sports medicine roundtable on exertional heat stroke V return to duty/return to play: conference proceedings. Curr. Sports Med. Rep., Vol. 9, No. 5, pp. 314Y321, 2010. On October 22Y23, 2008, an ACSM Roundtable was convened at the Uniformed Services University (Bethesda, MD) to discuss return-to-play or return-to-duty for people who have experienced exertional heat illness (EHI) and to develop consensus-based recommendations. The conference assembled experts from the ... |
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| Creatine Kinase Clinical Considerations: Ethnicity, Gender and Genetics |
Oct 2009 |
14 pages |
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Patricia A Deuster; Francis G O'Connor; Kimbra Kenney; Yuval Heled; Sheila Muldoon; Carmen Contreras-Sesvold; William W Campbell; UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIV OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES BETHESDA MD DEPT OF MILITARY AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE
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| Exertional rhabdomyolysis (ER), or breakdown of skeletal muscle during exercise, is a potentially life-threatening event. ER can affect Warfighters in multiple settings, yet approaches for identifying persons susceptible to or at risk for ER have not been identified. Despite marked variability in baseline serum creatine kinase (CK), individual CK values are typically used to both diagnose and manage ER. Factors that may affect CD include ethnicity, gender, and genetics. One ... |
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| Musculoskeletal Health and Injury Prevention |
01-Jul-2008 |
29 pages |
| Authors:
Patricia A Deuster; Francis G O'Connor; UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIV OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES BETHESDA MD DEPT OF MILITARY AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE
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| The objectives of this briefing are: *Describe common training-related musculoskeletal injuries. *Identify musculoskeletal injury prevention strategies. *Discuss strategies for optimizing musculoskeletal health. |
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| Human Performance Optimization: An Evolving Charge to the Department of Defense |
01-Jun-2007 |
7 pages |
| Authors:
Karl Friedl; Patricia A Deuster; Francis G O'Connor; Kurt A Henry; Valerie E Martindale; Laura Talbot; Wayne Jonas; UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIV OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES BETHESDA MD DEPT OF MILITARY AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE
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| Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences hosted a conference in June 2006 entitled Human Performance Optimization in the Department of Defense: Charting a Course for the Future with the goal of developing a strategic plan for human performance optimization (HPO) within the Department of Defense (DoD). The conference identified key issues; (1) advocating for HPO at all DoD levels, (2) defining HPO specific to DoD requirements, (3) developing valid ... |
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