Mike and Pat talk about an article that is hot off the press: "Early Surgery Versus Exercise Therapy and Patient Education for Traumatic and Nontraumatic Meniscal Tears in Young Adults—An Exploratory Analysis From the DREAM Trial." This was published in the Journal of Sports and Orthopedic Physical Therapy by Damsted et al.

The article abstract can be found here: https://www.jospt.org/doi/10.2519/jospt.2024.12245

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This week we discuss "Effects of blood flow restriction training on muscular strength and hypertrophy in older individuals: a systematic review and meta-analysis" by Centner et al. This was published in 2019 in Sports Medicine.

The article abstract can be found here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30306467/

The safety consideration article can be found here: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/293767736_SAFETY_CONSIDERATIONS_WITH_BLOOD_FLOW_RESTRICTED_RESISTANCE_TRAINING

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Mike and Pat quickly sat down to record a bonus episode because the squad was unable to meet this past week. Our bonus episode is on an area that both Mike and Pat are passionate about, but we still haven't really talked about on the podcast: running! This article is "Spatiotemporal and ground-reaction force characteristics as risk factors for running-related injury" by Malisoux et al 2022 (this group has a lot of good running-related research).

The abstract can be found here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35049407/