Sports Medicine: Just the Facts

patellar tendonitis or jumper’s knee. The tenderness is more pronounced with the patellar tendon relaxed with the knee in the ex ...

CHAPTER 61 • SOFT TISSUE KNEE INJURIES (TENDON AND BURSAE) 359 medially or anteromedially to correct tubercle malalignment, as d ...

properties contribute to tendon rupture commonly occurring at their insertion sites rather than at their midsubstance (Zernicke, ...

CHAPTER 61 • SOFT TISSUE KNEE INJURIES (TENDON AND BURSAE) 361 The quadriceps tendon receives its vascular supply from an anast ...

PATELLAR TENDINITIS Caused by activities involving repeated extension of the knee. •Termed jumper’s knee, as it’s most common i ...

CHAPTER 61 • SOFT TISSUE KNEE INJURIES (TENDON AND BURSAE) 363 POPLITEUS TENDINITIS Popliteus tendon travels from its origin on ...

but is painless. There is no associated effusion. Crepitation and thickening of the tissue involving the bursal tissue are often ...

CHAPTER 61 • SOFT TISSUE KNEE INJURIES (TENDON AND BURSAE) 365 Coleman BD, Khan KM, Kiss ZS, et al: Open and arthroscopic patell ...

62 ANKLE INSTABILITY Todd R Hockenbury, MD DEFINITION OF ANKLE SPRAIN An ankle sprain is a tear of the ligaments supporting the ...

CHAPTER 62 • ANKLE INSTABILITY 367 Early mobilization of joints following ligamentous injury actually stimulates collagen bundl ...

Anteroposterior, lateral, and oblique radiographs should be obtained if any of the below criteria are present: Lateral or media ...

CHAPTER 62 • ANKLE INSTABILITY 369 GRADING Grading of ankle sprains helps to guide treatment, rehabilitation, and prognosis. Th ...

Heterotopic ossification of the distal syndesmosis has been reported in up to 25% of patients, although no correlation to ossif ...

CHAPTER 62 • ANKLE INSTABILITY 371 CHRONIC ANKLE PAIN AND INSTABILITY PAIN VERSUS INSTABILITY •For residual symptoms following a ...

imbricated (Brostrom, 1966). Some authors advance the shortened ligaments into the distal fibula. This procedure is sometimes mo ...

CHAPTER 63 • SURGICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN THE LEG 373 Safran MR, Benedetti RS, Bartolozzi AR, III, et al: Lateral ankle sprains: A ...

There are important aspects of the patient’s history that can guide one to consider the diagnosis of exer- tional compartment s ...

CHAPTER 63 • SURGICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN THE LEG 375 Indications for surgery Appropriate history for chronic exertional compart- ...

376 SECTION 4 • MUSCULOSKELETAL PROBLEMS IN THE ATHLETE •Tension sided stress fractures(mid shaft anterior) 1.These require more ...

CHAPTER 64 • TIBIAL AND ANKLE FRACTURES 377 Postoperative management Synovectomy: Immobilization for 10 days to allow wound hea ...