Literature Review Details: 
Topic: Understanding what the literature says about knee pain and squatting.

Goal: To dissect and understand the quality and interpretation of recent literature surrounding knee pain and squatting. This will provide coaches and clinicians with language to confidently help their clients continue to get stronger and modify training even if they are experiencing knee pain.

Articles

1. Influence of Varying Squat Exposure on Knee Pain and Function among People with Knee Osteoarthritis

2. Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome Risk Associated with Squats: A Systematic Review

3. Patellofemoral Joint Kinetics in Females when using Different Depths and Loads During the Barbell Back Squat

4. Deep Squat – Should We Be Afraid?

5. Analysis of the Load on the Knee Joint and Vertebral Column with Changes in Squatting Depth and Weight Load

6. Technical Aspects and Applications of the Low-Bar Back Squat

This literature review covers articles relating to nonoperative vs. surgical treatment of acute achilles’ tendon rupture.

Articles Associated with Literature Review:

• Nonoperative or Surgical Treatment of Acute Achilles’ Tendon Rupture

• Operative Treatment Versus Nonoperative Treatment of Achilles Tendon Ruptures: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Literature Review Details: 
The focus of this month’s literature review is to explore recent peer reviewed studies, systematic reviews, and meta analyses to understand the prevalence of LBP in the general and active populations, short and long term outcomes from different treatment options, and what this means for barbell training and powerlifting athletes. 

The articles for this month’s review include:

• High prevalence of spinal magnetic resonance imaging findings in asymptomatic young adults (18-22 yrs) candidate to Air Force Flight

• A pilot study of the prevalence of lumbar disc degeneration in elite athletes with lower back pain at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games

• Meta-analysis of randomized trials comparing fusion surgery to non-surgical treatment for discogenic chronic low back pain

• Low Back Pain Among Weightlifting Adolescents and Young Adults

• Clinical classification in low back pain: best-evidence diagnostic rules based on systematic reviews

This literature review covers articles relating to nonsurgical vs. surgical treatment of cervical radiculopathy.

Articles Associated with Literature Review:

• A randomised controlled trial comparing the effectiveness of surgical and nonsurgical treatment for cervical radiculopathy

• Cervical radiculopathy

• Epidural Steroids Injection: A Mini Review

• Physiotherapists’ knowledge, attitude and practice behavior to prevent chronification in patients with non-specific, non-traumatic, acute- and subacute neck pain: A qualitative study

• ROLE OF HIGH SENSITIVE C-REACTIVE PROTEIN AS A PROGNOSTIC MARKER IN DETERMINING FUNCTIONAL OUTCOME AFTER INTERLAMINAR EPIDURAL STEROID INJECTION IN CERVICAL RADICULOPATHY

• Timing of Evidence-Based Nonsurgical Interventions as Part of Multimodal Treatment Guidelines for the Management of Cervical Radiculopathy: A Delphi Study