Sports Medicine: Just the Facts

a. The World Health Organization has established diagnostic criteria for osteoporosis based on bone density measurements. b. Ost ...

CHAPTER 98 • THE FEMALE ATHLETE 579 In a study of estrogen administration in young women with anorexia nervosa, overall there w ...

d. Multiple gestation at risk for premature labor e. Persistent second- or third-trimester bleeding f. Placenta previa after 26 ...

CHAPTER 99 • SPECIAL OLYMPICS ATHLETES 581 Nygaard IE: Does prolonged high-impact activity contribute to later urinary incontine ...

PREPARTICIPATION EXAMINATION Goals of the preparticipation examination: •To identify medical and orthopedic conditions that may ...

CHAPTER 99 • SPECIAL OLYMPICS ATHLETES 583 clumsiness, and changes in bowel and bladder control. Paraplegia, hemiplegia, quadrip ...

•Winter sports Surveillance data: Limited published data is avail- able on injury and illness patterns in Special Olympic Winte ...

CHAPTER 99 • SPECIAL OLYMPICS ATHLETES 585 (ATLS) and ACLS, though rarely needed, should only be provided if resources and train ...

On-site event affiliated programs involve dentistry, optometry, audiology, nutrition, podiatry, physical therapy, and health ed ...

CHAPTER 100 • THE DISABLED ATHLETE 587 different. The goal of the Special Olympics is partici- pation and typically involves ind ...

medicine. Together, however, they can jointly assess an individual and clear them safely for participation. Practitioners shoul ...

CHAPTER 100 • THE DISABLED ATHLETE 589 (13.3%), followed by the shoulder (12.8%), the lower leg/ankle and toes (12.0%), and the ...

of the radial nerve typically occurs as it pierces the supinator muscle (Archade of Frohse). Neuroma: Neuroma formation may occ ...

CHAPTER 100 • THE DISABLED ATHLETE 591 the level of the SCI injury causing a sympathetic reflex that perpetuates uncontrolled by ...

Management involves prevention. Conservative meas- ures such as local mechanical support (supportive pressure gradient stocking ...

CHAPTER 100 • THE DISABLED ATHLETE 593 U.S. Cerebral Palsy Athletic Association [email protected] http://www.uscpaa.org U.S ...

Ferrara MS, Buckley WE, McCann BC: The injury experience of the competitive athlete with a disability: Prevention implica- tions ...

TABLE 101-1 Activity After Total Hip Arthroplasty—1999 Hip Society Survey RECOMMENDED/ ALLOWED WITH NOT NO ALLOWED EXPERIENCE RE ...

JOINTLOADANDMOMENTSDURING SPORTACTIVITIES •Tables 101-4 and 101-5 summarize published data regarding hip and knee joint loads du ...

CHAPTER 101 • THE ATHLETE WITH A TOTAL JOINT REPLACEMENT 597 •Patients who have achieved high levels of skill in ath- letics hav ...