Sports injuries in athletes are commonly associated with injury to soft tissues, specifically tendons, ligaments, menisci, and cartilage. Common tendon and ligament injuries in the physically active population include rotator…
Graft tissue is widely used in sports medicine for soft tissue reconstruction and augmentation of ligaments and tendons. Understanding the physiology of fixation and incorporation of tendon and/or bone within…
Biomechanics is an interdisciplinary field that uses the principles of mechanics to improve the human body through design, development, and analysis of equipment, systems, and therapies. This biomechanical knowledge can…
Tendon Structure Tendons and ligaments are both dense, regularly arranged connective tissues, but the collagen fibers in a tendon are more parallel to the longitudinal axis than is the case…
Head Trauma Print Section Listen Epidemiology Participation in sports carries an inherent risk of head and neck injury. A relatively larger ratio of head to body places children at further…
Definitions and Epidemiology Print Section Listen Oral injuries account for 30% of sports injuries and each athlete participating in a contact/collision sport has a 10% chance of such an injury.1…
Chest Trauma Print Section Listen Acute Rib Fractures Definitions and Epidemiology Acute chest trauma to the rib cage can result in rib fractures. Because in children the bones of the…
Heat-Realted Illness Print Section Listen Definitions and Epidemiology Heat illnesses exist on a spectrum of seriousness. An athlete need not experience symptoms of mild then moderate then severe heat illness…
Eye Injuries Print Section Listen Of the 100,000 eye injuries that occur annually, 40% occur during sports or recreational activities.1 Foreign bodies and lacerations are the most common and generally…
Definitions Print Section Listen Athletes with neuromotor and sensory disorders (Table 35-1) have a wide range of abilities.1–7 The World Health Organization International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF)…
