Guidelines call for selective use in uncomplicated cases, but that's not happening at the ...

Overuse injuries -- found most often in low-contact sports that involve long training sessions or where the same movement is repeated numerous times -- make up nearly 30 percent of all injuries ...

January 26, 2012 — Overuse of therapeutic procedures, diagnostic tests, and medications is an understudied problem that may account for as much as 30% of healthcare spending in the United States and ...

Launched today by The Lancet, the 'Right Care Series' features major commentaries by Vikas Saini (Lown Institute, Boston), Adam Elshaug (University of Sydney), Paul Glasziou (Bond University), Don ...

A new study from Aarhus University turns our understanding of how running injuries occur upside down. The research project, which is the largest of its kind ever conducted, shows that running-related ...

Electronic health records data can accurately quantify overuse of clinical services and the risk factors that may trigger low-value testing and screening. Objectives: To measure overuse of low-value ...

Thinking of starting a new physical activity program or ramping up your current training routine? If so, you may be at risk of an overuse injury—which could ultimately prevent you from being active.

BARCELONA, Spain — Around half of all patients with chronic headache or migraine overuse their medication, leading to aggravated or new types of headaches. "Medication overuse headache" is the third ...

The objectives of this current analysis were to investigate the incidence of delay in obtaining medical review at different levels of excessive beta-agonist use throughout the 24 weeks of the RCT, and ...

As runners, we’re lucky that we don’t have to worry too much about blowing out an ACL or breaking an arm. Most of our ailments are classified as overuse injuries: gradual breakdowns or flare-ups that ...