Need help in finding research on...

[jdford]

Lumbar spine hyperextension injuries in gymnasts...any suggestions, websites, etc is much appreciated.

Thanks.

[LisaS]

have you tried scholar.google.com with
"Lumbar spine hyperextension injury gymnast"
I got lots of material with that - but not sure if any of it is what you are looking for -

[jdford]

Yeah, I have. I'm hoping someone out there has a few gems their willing to share though.

[GqArtguy]

Stuart McGill talks about hyper extension in his books and tells of the risks involved in various types of spinal movements.

As far as research exclusively to gymnasts, I havent seen much. On injury rates, I believe the NSCA once put out a list of injury rates per 1000 athletes and gymnastics was pretty low. Top injury sports was shit like soccer, football, rugby, etc.

[tscm]

Hey Josh,

A little off topic but I was just wondering if you could share some info about your internship at Boyle's, I was enjoying the blog and would be intereested to hear more about it.

Thanks,

tscm