Disc Herniation in Athletes
Fig. 11.1 This is a case presentation of a 21-year-old elite baseball player who presented to our clinic with 8 weeks of left C6 radiculopathy. He had no weakness on examination….
Assessment and Management of Spine Injuries
Score Eye Verbal Motor 1 No response No response No response 2 Eyes open to pain Incomprehensible/moaning Extension response to pain 3 Eyes open to voice Inappropriate Flexion response to…
of Athletes with Neck or Arm Pain
Nerve root Myotome C5 Shoulder abduction/elbow flexion C6 Elbow flexion/wrist extension C7 Elbow extension/wrist flexion C8 Finger flexion T1 Finger abduction L2 Hip flexion L3 Knee extension L4 Ankle dorsiflexion/Hip…
and On-Field Management of Sports-Related Concussion
Test Response Score Eye opening Spontaneous 4 To speech 3 To pain 2 None 1 Verbal response Oriented 5 Confused 4 Inappropriate 3 Incomprehensible 2 None 1 Motor response Obeying…
Brachial Plexopathy (Stingers/Burners)
Fig. 8.1 Pavlov-Torg ratio : A/B <0.8 indicative of congenital stenosis Presentation and Evaluation The diagnosis of a stinger is a clinical diagnosis that is made by history and physical…
for Spinal Cord Injury in the Athlete
A – Complete No sensory or motor function is preserved in the sacral segments S4–5 B – Sensory incomplete Sensory but not motor function is preserved below the neurologic level and includes…
Post-concussion Symptoms and Long-Term Sequelae
!DOCTYPE html> © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020W. K. Hsu, T. J. Jenkins (eds.)Spinal Conditions in the Athletehttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26207-5_6 6. Persistent Post-concussion Symptoms and Long-Term Sequelae Jacqueline Turner1 and Cynthia R. LaBella2 (1) Department of Orthopaedic Surgery…
to Play After Sports Concussion
Physical Cognitive Emotional Sleep Headache Feeling like “in a fog” Irritability Drowsiness Nausea or vomiting Difficulty concentrating “Don’t feel right” Sleep more than usual Dizziness Difficulty remembering Sadness Sleep less…
4 Cardiovascular Emergencies
4 Cardiovascular Emergencies Jason Ferderber, MD and Vincent Mosesso Jr, MD CHAPTER KEY WORDS Commotio cordis Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy Supraventricular tachycardia Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome CHAPTER SCENARIO A 20-year-old male college basketball player…
13 Emergencies Related to Conditioning and Exercise
13 Emergencies Related to Conditioning and Exercise Sarah Manspeaker, PhD, LAT, ATC and Kelley Henderson, EdD, LAT, ATC CHAPTER KEY WORDS Creatine kinase Exercise-associated hyponatremia Exertional rhabdomyolysis Hypohydration Myoglobinuria Sickle…
