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Medscape General Medicine 2(4), 2000 Posted 07/19/2000 Mark R Hutchinson, MD, and Rima Nasser, MD
This article reviews the injury risk and patterns of childhood athletic injuries, including types of injuries, anatomic location of injuries, variations of injuries between the sexes, and sports-specific injuries, compared with adult sports. It is hoped that increased...

Iliotibial band friction syndrome (ITBFS) is a common cause of lateral knee pain, particularly among runners, military personnel, and cyclists. It is considered an overuse syndrome that usually is treated successfully with a conservative approach. Biomechanical and training factors play a large role in the development of ITBFS, but its...

Blazina et al first used the term jumper's knee in 1973 to describe an insertional tendinopathy seen in skeletally mature athletes. Jumper's knee usually affects the attachment of the patellar tendon to the inferior patellar pole. The definition was subsequently widened to include tendinopathy of the attachment of the quadriceps...

Swimmer's shoulder is the term used to describe the problem of shoulder pain in the competitive swimmer. Swimming is an unusual sport in that the shoulders and upper extremities are used for locomotion, while at the same time requiring above average shoulder flexibility and range of motion (ROM) for maximal...

Athletic foot injuries can be difficult to properly diagnose and treat. Bearing the weight of the entire body, the foot is under tremendous stress. In many sports, the foot absorbs tremendous shearing and loading forces, sometimes reaching over 20 times the person's body weight. Physicians who treat these disorders must...

Intra-articular temperatures of the knee in sports - An in-vivo study of jogging and alpine skiing Christoph Becher , Jan Springer , Sven Feil , Giuliano Cerulli and Hans H Paessler BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2008, 9:46 Abstract with link to full text
Conclusion This study demonstrates different changes of intra-articular and skin...

Various neurovascular causes of shoulder pain have been described in the overhead athlete, including quadrilateral space syndrome, thoracic outlet syndrome, effort thrombosis, and suprascapular nerve entrapment. All of these syndromes are uncommon and frequently are missed as a result of their rarity and the need for specialized tests to confirm...

New Zealand researchers found that nearly half of all community soccer players sustained injuries at least once over the course of a season. Many were on the receiving end of a slide tackle.
Report of article in Am J Sports Med. Posted September 16, 2010

Topical NSAIDs May Be Safe, Effective for Acute Musculoskeletal Conditions A Cochrane review suggests that topical NSAIDs can provide good pain relief for acute musculoskeletal conditions without the systemic adverse events of oral NSAIDs.
The goal of the study was to evaluate the evidence from randomized, double-blind, controlled trials of the efficacy...

High-impact physical activity in adolescent girls, especially basketball, running, and gymnastics/cheerleading, may increase the risk for stress fractures, according to the results of a prospective cohort study reported online April 4 and will appear in the August print issue of the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.
High-Impact Sports May Increase...

The application of HBO for the treatment of sports injuries has recently been suggested in the scientific literature as a modality of therapy either as a primary or an adjunct treatment. Although results have proven to be promising in terms of using HBO as a treatment modality in sports-related injuries,...

OrthoBullets section on Sports Injuries. Topics displayed in left hand panel. Initial topic Ligaments of the knee.

This page contains an overview of the main points relating to alpine skiing and injuries - as you will see there are several offshoots from this subject with dedicated pages of their own.

Information is provided to help you understand some of the more common injuries seen in the dancer population.
Foot/Ankle
Knee and Thigh
Hip
Spine
Shoulder
Elbow/Wrist/Hand

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