Introduction Sports-related knee injuries are common, with contact sports and sports involving twisting movements being the most frequent causes. Sports injuries may affect any of the knee structures, including ligaments, menisci, bones, cartilage and periarticular soft tissues. However, relatively few injuries involve isolated structures, with complex injuries affecting multiple structures bei...

Contact sports have long been a part of human existence. The two earliest recorded organized contact games, both of which still exist, include Royal Shrovetide Football played since the 12(th) century in England and Caid played since 1308 AD in Ireland. Rugby is the premier contact sport played throughout the world with the very popular derivative American football being the premier contact spo...

Sports-related maxillofacial fractures were analysed in 80 patients, accounting for 5.6% of all patients with facial bone fractures, treated during the 5-year period 1981-1985. 55% of the patients had 1 or more mandibular fractures and 45% had midface fractures. 6% of the patients had multiple injuries. The most common causes of injury were collision and fall. Soccer and ice hockey turned out t...

F physicians, particularly those who work in emergency rooms or act as physicians for sports teams, are often confronted with concussion. Although concussion can result from a variety of everyday activities, this article will focus on sports-related concussion. When the injury happens, physicians must consider whether a player can resume play. If a player cannot resume play immediately, the iss...

background trauma is an inescapable part of sports competitions. it occurs more frequently in contact sports such as wrestling. objectives the purpose of this study was to determine the frequency of injury in greco-roman style wrestling competitions at national level. patients and methods this descriptive epidemiological research included 50 greco-roman style wrestlers who participated in natio...

Participation in contact sports exposes the athlete to a risk of cervical spine injury. Temporary neurological injuries manifesting as radiating arm pain or paresthesias, such as transient quadriparesis and stingers, present unique challenges for the sports medicine physician and will be reviewed in detail. The initial management of these conditions must recognize signs and symptoms of spinal c...