Shoulder injuries account for a large number of hospital admissions, due to their wide variety pathologies and injuries, generally produced by use or trauma. Among them are chondrolabral which have historically been categorized into three groups (GLAD, GARDS y GLAT);however, new category has recently proposed named glenoid labral articular teardrop lesion (GLAT) because its characteristic image...

CONTEXT Despite rising awareness of the risks associated with sports participation, overuse injuries continue to increase in youth athlete populations. Physeal injuries are one type of overuse injury exclusive to pediatric populations that are often sustained during athletic practice or competition. Overuse physeal injuries are, in theory, preventable; however, little consensus has been reached...

Description: This course is specifically designed for healthcare professionals who have an interest in sports medicine. The course will encompass presentations on diagnosis, treatment, research, education and prevention of athletic injuries presented by experts from many different areas of Running Medicine. The format consists of lectures and breakout sessions, and will include ample time for p...

Description: This course is specifically designed for healthcare professionals who have an interest in sports medicine. The course will encompass presentations on diagnosis, treatment, research, education and prevention of athletic injuries presented by experts from many different areas of Running Medicine. The format consists of lectures and breakout sessions, and will include ample time for p...

Hip and groin pain are a common complaint among athletes of all ages, and may result from an acute injury or from chronic, repetitive trauma. Hip injuries can be intraarticular, extraarticular, or both. Labral abnormalities may occur in asymptomatic patients as well as in those with incapacitating symptoms and signs. Athletic hip injury leading to disabling intraarticular hip pain most commonly...

Non-contact anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury rates are 3-8 times greater for female athletes when compared to their male counterparts. To better understand the biomechanical and neuromuscular risk factors associated with ACL injuries in females, numerous studies have examined sex differences in lower extremity biomechanics during athletic tasks. Studies in this area consistently have rep...

UNLABELLED Avulsion of the tibial tuberosity is uncommon. It is usually an athletic injury, accounting for less than 3% of all epiphyseal injuries. We report the case of an avulsion fracture of the tibial tuberosity with unusual articular involvement of the lateral tibial plateau treated with open reduction and internal fixation using cancellous screws. The result was excellent, with complete u...

Foot and ankle problems are common in child and adolescent athletes. These problems may include congenital variants and the osteochondroses, acute and chronic bone and soft-tissue injuries, and infections. In this article, the diagnosis and treatment of these foot and ankle conditions are discussed.

The primary aims of this study were to establish a client injury baseline for the New Zealand adventure tourism and adventure sport sector, and to examine patterns and trends in claims for injury during participation in adventure activities. Content analysis of narrative text data for compensated injuries occurring in a place for recreation and sport over a 12-month period produced over 15,000 ...

BACKGROUND Tarsometatarsal (TMT) dislocations are uncommon yet debilitating athletic injuries, particularly in American football. To date, the mechanisms of athletic TMT dislocation have been described only anecdotally. This lack of information confounds the development of preventative countermeasures. PURPOSE To use video analysis to provide direct, independent identification of the etiologi...