Sports Medicine: Just the Facts

In the United States 47.5% of all rugby cervical spine injuries occurred in hookers versus 18.6% outside of the United States ( ...

CHAPTER 88 • RUNNING 519 coaches with techniques to provide proper instruction on some of the more complex skills and techniques ...

Lysholm and Wiklander, 1987). The lower rate of 2.5 per 1000 h is seen in long-distance and marathon run- ners. Sprinters have t ...

CHAPTER 88 • RUNNING 521 amount of extension actually decreases slightly. Overall ROM was determined to be 43°with max- imum fle ...

During walking the hamstringsare active at the end of swing phase and into stance phase until the foot is in full contact with ...

CHAPTER 88 • RUNNING 523 Diagnosis Lateral pain and crepitus at lateral femoral condyle (or insertion at Gerdy’s tubercle) Tigh ...

b.The lateral compartment contains the peroneus longus and brevis as well as the superficial per- oneal nerve. c. The superficia ...

CHAPTER 88 • RUNNING 525 Diagnosis Tenderness at myotendinous junction or insertion Contributing Factors Pronation Lower extr ...

e. Proximal 5th metatarsal i. Jones fracture (Fx) of proximal diaphysis: Cast, non weight-bearing(NWB) 6–10 weeks ii. Nonunion: ...

CHAPTER 89 • SOCCER 527 PHYSICAL DEMANDS OF SOCCER The American Academy of Pediatrics classifies Soccer as a contact sport. The ...

on grass, where males had six times higher total injuries and female injuries were 4.3 times higher (Soderman, 2001). SOCCER INJ ...

CHAPTER 89 • SOCCER 529 occurs coupled with maximal eccentric quadriceps con- traction to supply the force in the noncontact rup ...

HEAD INJURY Soccer is unique among sports in the role the head functions to purposely assist the player in the sport. One study ...

CHAPTER 90 • SWIMMING 531 Boden BP, Dean GS, Feagin JA et al: Mechanisms of anterior cruciate ligament injury. Orthopaedics23(6) ...

torso rotates as the shoulder exits the water in an abducted and externally rotated position. The elbow should remain above the ...

CHAPTER 90 • SWIMMING 533 LOWER EXTREMITY INJURIES BREASTSTROKER’S KNEE Commonly seen in athletes who do the whip kick in the b ...

by the pool chlorine so transmission via pool is rare. Goggle wear will help prevent chemical conjunctivi- tis, which is a self- ...

CHAPTER 91 • TENNIS 535 Pain with exercise activity that alters the exercise. Pain caused by heavy activities of daily living. ...

tennis, exercises to eliminate these weaknesses must also be addressed. Rotator cuff rehabilitation includes all shoulder arcs ...

CHAPTER 91 • TENNIS 537 shape, a curved design is necessary for proper fit and dual tension straps to control tension completely ...