© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016Dennis Caine and Laura Purcell (eds.)Injury in Pediatric and Adolescent SportsContemporary Pediatric and Adolescent Sports Medicine10.1007/978-3-319-18141-7_5 5. Epidemiology of Pediatric and Adolescent Injury in Adventure and Extreme Sports Dennis Caine1 and…
Summer sports Aquatics Archery Artistic gymnastics Athletics Badminton Basketball Beach volleyball Canoeing Cycling Diving Equestrian Fencing Field hockey Football Golf Handball Judo Modern pentathlon Rhythmic gymnastics Rowing Rugby Sailing Shooting…
Fig. 1.1 The head, limbs and body grow at different rates, resulting in adults with completely different proportions to those of a fetus and newborn baby. At birth, the relative…
Fig. 3.1 A schema of the descriptive epidemiology of youth sport injuries. Reproduced with permission from [8] Injury distribution reflects person (who), place (where), time (when), and injury outcome (what)…
Ulnar collateral ligament tears Ulnar neuritis Flexor-pronator sprain, tear or tendinopathy Medial epicondyle apophysitis or avulsion (little league elbow) Lateral epicondylar tendinopathy Olecranon osteophytes Olecranon stress fractures Osteochondritis dissecans Loose…
Fig. 14.1 CT scan showing a rare injury pattern with a capitellar shear fracture and complete triceps tendon rupture from a snowboarding accident (Courtesy of MoRe Foundation) Partial ruptures are…
Fig. 20.1 (a–f) Complex elbow instability (terrible triad). Conservative treatment was attempted (due to the patient’s general status). Instability recurred after hyperflexed and well-fitted cast Surgery can consist in open…
Fractures of the capitellum Bryan et al. (1985) Coronal shear fractures McKee et al. [2] Articular fractures of the distal humerus Ring et al. [3] Predominantly articular fractures Davies et…
Fig. 19.1 Rupture of the medial collateral ligament in a basketball player Fig. 19.2 Primary repair of the medial collateral ligament. Ulnar nerve behind the retractor left at the groove…
Fig. 15.1 (a) Posterior aspect of the elbow, showing the triceps brachii muscle and a clearly represented triceps aponeurosis. The asterisk indicates the olecranon whereas the double-headed arrow shows the…
