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Image Children's Division of Sports Medicine conducts research into the causes of sports injuries, the proper techniques of treatment and rehabilitation, and the physiology of exercise and conditioning. Ongoing research activities include the study of:
  • Knee injuries
  • Running injuries
  • Injuries to pre-adolescent children
  • Psychological impact of sports and sports injuries
  • Back injuries
Current research studies include:
  • Study to Evaluate Rugby Injuries In New England Rugby Clubs
  • Study of Adolescent Spondylolysis Patients Treated with Electrical Bone Growth Stimulators
  • Study of Treatment Protocol at CHB for Spondylolysis
  • Study of Electrical Bone Growth Stimulators Used as a Treatment Modality in Spondylolysis
  • Study of OA Patients treated with Synvisc and Chodroplasty
  • Study of OCD of Elbow
  • Study of OCD of Talus
  • Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness of adjunctive Synvisc injections on patients with osteoarthritis and a micro fracturing chondroplasty for grade 4 chondromalacia.
  • Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness of MRI vs. SPECT/CT in the diagnosis and management of spondylolysis.
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