Sports Medicine: Just the Facts

amateur versus the professional golfer (Fu and Stonem, 2001). The amateur golfer typically has a more varied stance and leans a ...

CHAPTER 84 • GOLFING INJURIES 499 a. Counterforce bracing can help provide a reac- tive force against the contractile muscle and ...

during putting. It is believed that performance anxiety contributes to the cause of this disorder. No medica- tions have been pr ...

CHAPTER 85 • GYMNASTICS 501 is a missed move, followed by falls from an apparatus and dismounts (Lindner and Caine, 1990). The m ...

and Requa, 1978; Caine, 2003b; Dixon and Fricker, 1993). The majority of studies have been performed with female gymnasts. The m ...

CHAPTER 85 • GYMNASTICS 503 Sever’s disease (calcaneal apophysitis):This was the most common overuse injury in one survey (Mack ...

out a calcaneal stress fracture. Management of heel pad contusions is conservative: ice, rest, anti-inflam- matory medications, ...

CHAPTER 85 • GYMNASTICS 505 may incur these injuries. This creates the potential for long-term sequelae. At the present time the ...

86 ICE HOCKEY INJURIES Peter H Seidenberg, MD Tory Woodard, MD INTRODUCTION Ice hockey is an extremely fast-paced, high-contact ...

CHAPTER 86 • ICE HOCKEY INJURIES 507 This may be at the cost of increased risk of wrist and forearm injury. b.Hockey pants have ...

Forwards have greater anaerobic activity and typ- ically skate faster than defensemen or goalies. Despite the above differences ...

CHAPTER 86 • ICE HOCKEY INJURIES 509 and Leppanen, 1988). Puck velocity may reach 120 mph at professional levels (Sim et al, 198 ...

Injury to teeth and alveolar processes represent 84.5% of injuries (Sane, Ylipaavalniemi, and Leppanen, 1988). a. Ice hockey ac ...

CHAPTER 86 • ICE HOCKEY INJURIES 511 Back:Back strain and sprain—players skate in a for- ward flexed position. This combined wi ...

eosinophilia should first be ruled out (Ayars, 2000; Bousquet et al, 2003). d. Many athletes self-medicate with decongestants fo ...

CHAPTER 87 • RUGBY INJURIES 513 Ferguson R, Marcotte G, Montpetit R: Maximal oxygen uptake test during ice skating. Med Sci Spor ...

HISTORY Rugby is a cross between soccer and football. (Dietzen and Topping, 1999) •Invented in 1932 when William Webb Ellis pic ...

CHAPTER 87 • RUGBY INJURIES 515 b.Exception: A referee may permit a substituted tight five player to return to the match to repl ...

ii. Secures the ball from the scrum, rucks, mauls, and tackles. iii. Is responsible for delivering the ball to the backs for ope ...

CHAPTER 87 • RUGBY INJURIES 517 Equipment 1.Ball: Appears similar to an oversized, over- inflated, white football. 2. Boots: Th ...