Items tagged “sports medicine”
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Pubic ramus stress fracture
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09 Aug 2016
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Athletic pubalgia
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23 May 2017
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Finger pulley injury
Finger pulley injuries can occur at any one of the five flexor tendon pulleys of the fingers, but most commonly affects the A2 pulley.
Clinical presentation
These are overwhelmingly the result of a discrete trauma occurring with the hand in a finger grip position. They are most frequently see...
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Iliopsoas bursitis
Iliopsoas bursitis usually presents as non-specific anterior hip pain and can be due to a number of causes, the three main causes being acute trauma, overuse injuries, and rheumatoid arthritis.
Pathology
Iliopsoas bursitis can occur primarily, e.g. overuse, secondary to a snapping iliopsoas te...
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Bowler's thumb
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14 Sep 2018
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Medial tibial stress syndrome
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29 Oct 2018
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Athlete heart syndrome
Athlete heart syndrome refers to adaptations in both cardiac structure and function seen in people engaged in high-performance and endurance physical exercise.
Epidemiology
The prevalence of the condition has increased due to the increased popularity of recreational exercise, approx 3.6/100,00...
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British Athletics muscle injury classification
The British Athletics muscle injury classification (BAMIC/BAC) is a five-point MRI-based system that is based on extent and site. It has been primarily based on hamstring injuries but is used in other muscle injuries. The classification system has been shown to have moderate inter- and intra-rat...
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Hamstring injury - BAC grade 1b
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30 Dec 2018
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Quadriceps injury - grade 2a
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30 Dec 2018
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Valgus extension overload syndrome
Valgus extension overload syndrome, also known as pitcher's elbow, refers to a constellation of symptoms and pathologies commonly seen in overhead throwing athletes secondary to high repetitive tensile, shear and compressive forces generated by the overhead throwing motion.
The syndrome may cor...
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Posteromedial elbow impingement
Posteromedial elbow impingement is a throwing-induced elbow injury caused by the mechanical bony or soft tissue abutment of the posteromedial elbow joint due to repetitive micro-trauma affecting the posteromedial fossa. It can occur in isolation or as one manifestation of valgus extension overlo...
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Sports injuries: overhead elbow
Overhead elbow sports injuries are a group of pathologies seen in sports activities with overhead throwing or strokes, e.g. tennis, volleyball, baseball, javelin throwing. There has been a tremendous increase in the number of participants in these sports activities worldwide.
Pathology
During ...
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Little leaguer's elbow
The little leaguer's elbow was initially coined to describe medial epicondyle avulsion, but more recently it refers to a range of acquired elbow abnormalities in a skeletally immature patient engaged in overhead sports such as tennis, baseball, etc.
Epidemiology
It occurs in skeletally immatur...
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Pivot shift test
The pivot shift test forms part of the orthopedic examination of a post-traumatic knee. A positive test shows high specificity for injury of the anterior cruciate ligament.
Procedure
The pivot shift test is performed on a supine patient.
At the start the subject's knee is permitted to droop ...
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Cuboid syndrome
Cuboid syndrome is a cause of lateral midfoot pain, believed to result from abnormal articulation of the cuboid with the calcaneus (calcaneocuboid joint).
Clinical presentation
Cuboid syndrome presents with lateral foot pain and swelling, often diffuse and similar to an ankle (ligament) sprain...
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Extensor carpi ulnaris tendinopathy
Extensor carpi ulnaris (ECU) tendinopathy is varied and includes tendinosis, (stenosing) tenosynovitis, tendon instability, and (rarely) rupture.
Epidemiology
Athletes at increased risk of ECU tendinopathy include those who participate in 1,2:
racquet sports, e.g. tennis
club sports, e...
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Posterolateral rotatory instability of the elbow
Posterolateral rotatory instability (PLRI) of the elbow is the most common pattern of elbow instability, most commonly seen following posterior elbow dislocation 1. It is characterized by 2-4:
posterolateral subluxation/dislocation of the radial head relative to the capitellum
posterior displa...
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Osborne-Cotterill lesion
Osborne-Cotterill lesions represent a shear or depression fracture of the posteroinferior aspect of the capitellum and an avulsed fragment in posterolateral elbow most commonly seen in patients with chronic posterolateral rotatory instability.
Pathology
It is thought to be due to posterolater...
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Triceps tendinopathy
Triceps tendinopathy is the least common tendon injury of the elbow, and most commonly presents as rupture.
Epidemiology
There is a male predominance 1.
Pathology
Triceps tendinopathy can range from tendinosis through to complete triceps tendon rupture 1,2.
Rupture most commonly occurs at ...