Clinical Assessment of the Posterior Leg
Fig. 6.1 Differential diagnosis of posterior leg pain, weakness, or swelling The goal of this chapter is to provide a functional and practical guide to the physical examination of the…
Imaging and Tests for Posterior Lower Leg
Fig. 7.1 A 27-year-old football player presenting with left calf pain, clinically diagnosed as grade II injury. a On ultrasound at initial presentation, a hypoechoic area measuring 1.0 × 0.4 cm was noted…
Special Population Considerations in the Treatment of Posterior Leg Injuries
© Springer Science+Business Media New York 2016J. Bryan Dixon (ed.)Muscular Injuries in the Posterior Leg10.1007/978-1-4899-7651-2_12 12. Special Population Considerations in the Treatment of Posterior Leg Injuries Ryan R. Woods1 and Jeffrey S. Brault1 (1) Department of…
Neurophysiology of Musculoskeletal Pain
Perception of pain Pain tolerance Pain referral Cutaneous and visceral pain Sharp, pricking, burning, and/or cutting sensations Easily or moderately tolerated No pain referral and no secondary hyperalgesia Musculoskeletal…
Acute Injuries in the Posterior Leg
Injury Treatment Contusion RICE, NSAIDs, and early range of motion and rehabilitation Prevention and management of myositis ossificans Consider immobilization in tension to limit hematoma formation Strain/tear RICE, NSAIDs, and…
Pathophysiology of Skeletal Muscle Injury
Factors related to an athlete’s risk of muscle injury Fatigue Conditioning Weakness Illness Age Gender Medications/drugs Nutritional status Factors related to risk of injury to a specific muscle Muscles that…
Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Hip
Fig. 1 3D volume-rendered reformation of the dome and proximal femur with rotation axis in the coronal plane obtained from the VIBE sequence Table 1 Hip MRI sequences and parameters…
Surgical Technique: Proximal Femoral Osteotomies in Residual Childhood Disease
Fig. 1 Typical deformity of severe Perthes disease with a mushroom deformity and an area of central necrosis. Frequently, the deformity in the medial to lateral plane is greater than…
Deep Gluteal Space
Fig. 1 Limits (dashed lines) of the deep gluteal space beneath the gluteus maximus muscle: lateral, linea aspera; medial, sacrotuberous ligament and falciform fascia; superior, inferior margin of the greater…
Ultrasound of the Hip
Fig. 1 (a) Representative long axis orientation obtained from a proton density acquisition of the hip showing the transducer position relative to the acetabulum and femoral head-neck junction. The femoral…
