Sports Medicine: Just the Facts

symptoms. Additionally the drugs have different times to onset of action. Ibuprofen reaches maxi- mum efficacy in a matter of da ...

CHAPTER 75 • COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE 459 Andersson, Gunnar GJ, Lucente T et al: A comparison of osteo- pathic spi ...

Tulder MW, van Cherkin DC, Berman B, et al: Acupuncture for low back pain. The Cochrane Library: vol. 4, 2002. Tveiten D, Bruset ...

Section 6 SPORTS-SPECIFIC CONSIDERATIONS 76 BASEBALL James R Morales, MD Dennis A Cardone, DO OVERVIEW America’s pastime is one ...

overhead pain, and pain with acceleration. Exam- ination findings include positive clunktest, positive grind test, and positive ...

CHAPTER 76 • BASEBALL 463 on reducing pain and swelling and improving strength. During the recovery phase treatment is focused o ...

Ishitobi K, Moteki K, Nara S et al: Extra-anatomic bypass graft for management of axillary artery occlusion in pitchers. J Vasc ...

CHAPTER 77 • BASKETBALL 465 collegiate level (NCAA, 1998) and 47–56% at the high school level. (Messina and DeLee, 1999) •Follow ...

expiratory flow rate, and an increase in both residual lung volume and total lung capacity (Kobayashi, 2002). Diagnosis can be ...

CHAPTER 77 • BASKETBALL 467 and help prevent tooth fracture, jaw injury, and even neck injury. Custom molded guards are inexpens ...

There is a gender difference with 56–64% of male injuries occurring to the lower extremity and 65–69% in females (Messina and D ...

CHAPTER 77 • BASKETBALL 469 (Sitler et al, 1994). Players do not like wearing ankle braces but if given a week long break-in per ...

Sitler M, Wheeler B, McBride J et al: The efficacy of a semirigid ankle stabilizer to reduce acute ankle injuries in basketball. ...

CHAPTER 78 • BOXING: MEDICAL CONSIDERATIONS 471 2.Oxygen tank with appropriate adaptors and tubing 3.A physician’s emergency bag ...

and mouth-breathing making the boxer susceptible to significant head trauma. This arena is where a ref- eree’s level of experien ...

CHAPTER 79 • CREW 473 REFERENCES Caine D, Caine C, Linder K: Epidemiology of Sport Injuries. Champaign, IL, Human Kinetics, 1996 ...

with modification of equipment as needed to decrease load per stroke, adjust oar/foot height, or even switch side rowed (for swe ...

CHAPTER 80 • CROSS-COUNTRY SKI INJURIES 475 Perron, Brady, and Keats, 2001). Prevention with slow progression of load and durati ...

COMPETITION Elite Level Competition The International Ski Federation (FIS) governs inter- national competition. The FIS establi ...

CHAPTER 80 • CROSS-COUNTRY SKI INJURIES 477 Stiffer bindings and rigid boot construction with heel-ski fixation devices in skat ...