Friday, October 5, 2012

Research Portfolio Entry 2: Popular vs. Scholarly



It seems like this blog prompt has already been much easier than the previous one. I don’t know why I had such a hard time with that one. But back to this one, I found one article already on how to prevent ACL injuries: 1) Bing Yu, et al. "Prevention Of ACL Injury, Part II: Effects Of ACL Injury Prevention Programs On Neuromuscular Risk Factors And Injury Rate." Research In Sports Medicine 20.3/4 (2012): 198-222. SPORTDiscus. Web. 5 Oct. 2012. This article explains the many different tactics on how to reduce the risk of injuring the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). Such tactics include multicomponent training and injury education. This is similar to one of the books I cited last week in that it pretty much says athletes should get educated and condition. Unlike one of my other cited books, this article is regarding current issues of ACL injuries. I could use this article to, of course, bring attention to prevention methods of a specific injury, such as the ACL. This article is roughly 25 pages, so it should give me plenty of detail to help me in my research. Another source I found was a brief article on the latest research of sports injuries for soccer players: 2) Kirkendall, D. "The Latest News: An Overview Of Some Of The Most Recent Soccer Related Professional Research." Soccer Journal 48.3 (2003): 14-15. SPORTDiscus. Web. 5 Oct. 2012. This article goes into detail about body size, maturity of the youth, differences between gender, etc. It has studies from different countries, which gives it more of a variety. Even though it’s much shorter than the previous article and I can only get so much from it, it still gives me a better understanding of how sports can affect an athlete. In a way it’s much more specific, because it is based on injuries from soccer, not just any sport.

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