Sports Medicine: Just the Facts

the T 1 -weighting; areas of contrast enhancement will be bright against an overall low signal intensity back- ground. Contrast- ...

CHAPTER 43 • MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING: TECHNICAL CONSIDERATIONS AND UPPER EXTREMITY 259 communicate with the cyst (Tung et al, ...

•AC joint sprains are generally classified into three types: •Type I: Partial disruption of the AC joint (capsular hyperintensit ...

CHAPTER 43 • MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING: TECHNICAL CONSIDERATIONS AND UPPER EXTREMITY 261 for imaging the elbow vary, but most a ...

In addition to osseous and articular injuries, MR imag- ing of the finger can be used to evaluate the integrity of the extensor ...

CHAPTER 44 • SHOULDER INSTABILITY 263 Potter HG, Weiland AJ, Schatz JA, et al: Posterolateral rotatory instability of the elbow: ...

PATHOLOGY OF INSTABILITY The primary pathologic entity for traumatic instability is disruption of the anterior inferior labrum ...

CHAPTER 44 • SHOULDER INSTABILITY 265 Computed tomography arthography: This study allows axial cuts to evaluate glenoid morphol ...

of pathology. Eighty percent of MDI diagnosed patients respond favorably to nonoperative treatment (Burkhead and Rockwood, Jr, 1 ...

CHAPTER 44 • SHOULDER INSTABILITY 267 3.Lesser tuberosity transfer with subscap tendon Rotational osteotomy of the humerus Re ...

45 ROTATOR CUFF PATHOLOGY Patrick St Pierre, MD HISTORY John Gregory Smith published the first detailed series of rotator cuff ...

CHAPTER 45 • ROTATOR CUFF PATHOLOGY 269 Posterosuperior glenoid impingement: This condi- tion, as described by Walch (Walch et ...

Hawkins’ test forward flexes the arm to 90°and applies maximum internal rotation to the flexed elbow. If one supplies downward ...

CHAPTER 45 • ROTATOR CUFF PATHOLOGY 271 ROM is restored and lower cuff strength is sufficient to allow overhead motion without p ...

(barring over retraction and iatrogenic deltoid detachment); however, large tears are difficult to address with this approach. 3 ...

CHAPTER 46 • STERNOCLAVICULAR, CLAVICULAR, AND ACROMIOCLAVICULAR INJURIES 273 Gerber C, Krushell RJ: Isolated rupture of the ten ...

STERNOCLAVICULAR ANATOMY The medial physis of the clavicle is the last to form and the last to stop growing. The medial physis ...

CHAPTER 46 • STERNOCLAVICULAR, CLAVICULAR, AND ACROMIOCLAVICULAR INJURIES 275 STERNOCLAVICULAR JOINT TREATMENT Anterior and pos ...

Earlier literature suggested that the rate of healing with nonoperative treatment was quite high—approxi- mately 99% were repor ...

CHAPTER 46 • STERNOCLAVICULAR, CLAVICULAR, AND ACROMIOCLAVICULAR INJURIES 277 remain in the position they present with on first ...