Sports Medicine: Just the Facts

apophyses that are more susceptible to failure than the tendonous insertion. These are usually the result of a sudden, forceful ...

CHAPTER 57 • PELVIS, HIP, AND THIGH 339 primary and secondary osteitis is usually made on physical examination. Initial treatmen ...

possible presence and extent of muscular hemorrhage because an increase in muscular hemorrhage often results in more severe symp ...

CHAPTER 57 • PELVIS, HIP, AND THIGH 341 arthroscopy become more refined we are able to better differentiate these entities (Meye ...

in Detection and Minimally Invasive Treatment. New York, NY, Springer-Verlag, 2003. Metzmaker JN, Pappas AM: Avulsion fractures ...

CHAPTER 58 • KNEE MENISCAL INJURIES 343 plateau (Arnoczky and McDevitt, 2000; Rath and Richmond, 2000). The lateral meniscus is ...

Free nerve endings and specialized end-receptors are present within the menisci. The most densely inner- vated regions are the ...

CHAPTER 58 • KNEE MENISCAL INJURIES 345 Removal of a portion of the meniscus results in a decreased contact area between the fe ...

2002 a). More commonly the test elicits pain (Richmond, 1996). Cysts at or below the joint line may be palpable, and are highly ...

CHAPTER 58 • KNEE MENISCAL INJURIES 347 repair versus resection, tolerance for risk of failure, expectations, age, and underlyin ...

PARTIAL MENISCECTOMY Meniscal injury leads to partial meniscectomy in the majority of cases, as a result of the anatomy of the ...

CHAPTER 58 • KNEE MENISCAL INJURIES 349 The technique of allograft transplantation has proved to be reproducible in terms of he ...

Fairbank TJ: Knee joint changes after meniscectomy. J Bone Joint Surg [Br]30:664–670, 1948. Greis PE, Bardana DD, Holmstrom MC, ...

CHAPTER 59 • KNEE INSTABILITY 351 The primary function of the PCL is to resist posterior translation of the tibia on the femur. ...

flexed to 90°. Both thumbs are placed on the joint line, and the tibia is drawn gently forward. The degree of laxity and the qua ...

CHAPTER 59 • KNEE INSTABILITY 353 •Hamstring tendon grafts have received attention because of the potential for lower donor site ...

MANAGEMENT Overall patient selection for operative versus nonop- erative treatment is still somewhat ill-defined in part becaus ...

CHAPTER 59 • KNEE INSTABILITY 355 ligament (LaPrade and Wentorf, 2002). Most often, these are injured in combination with either ...

Gross ML, Grover JS, Bassett LW, et al: Magnetic resonance imag- ine of the posterior cruciate ligament: Clinical use to improve ...

CHAPTER 60 • THE PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT 357 of the patella moves proximally and medially with the most extensive contact being mad ...