Sports Medicine Reports 2002-12-01

Preventing Soccer Injuries

The purpose of this prospective, controlled, intervention study was to evaluate the effects of an injury prevention program on the incidence of soccer injuries in male, youth amateur players.

Successful Arthroscopy for Arthritis

This study by Fond and colleagues looks at the mechanical effects of tibial osteophytes and notch impingement leading to decreased range of motion, and the results of arthroscopic treatment of the same.

Reharvested Patellar Tendon Grafts

This study evaluates knee stability and quadriceps strength following ACL reconstruction using a reharvested bone-patellar tendon-bone graft.

Partial Tears of the ACL in Children and Adolescents

The purpose of this study was to report the functional outcome of partial tears of the ACL in the pediatric population and determine risk factors for the failure of conservative treatment.

Open Growth Plates and ACL Surgery

There is lack of consensus regarding the optimal method to treat the occasional skeletally immature patient with an ACL tear and significant remaining growth. Fuchs and colleagues retrospectively reviewed their experience over a 4-year period, identifying 10 patients surgically treated.

Proximal Ulna Stress Injuries

Dr. Schickendantz and associates report the clinical, radiographic, and MRI findings of a series of 7 professional baseball players (6 pitchers, 1 catcher) with posteromedial elbow pain attributed to stress reaction of the proximal ulna and their treatment regimen.

Shoulder Instability — The First Time is the Best Time

This study compares nonoperative treatment of patients with first-time, traumatic shoulder dislocations with early arthroscopic Bankart repair with a bioabsorbable tack.

Heterotopic Ossification Associated with Knee Dislocation

Stannard and colleagues reviewed 56 knee dislocations treated at their institution over a 2½ year period to determine the prevalence of heterotopic ossification following knee dislocation

Clinical Briefs in Primary Care Supplement

Vitamin-Mineral Supplementation and Acute RTI in Elderly; B-Type Natriuretic Peptide Levels and Outcome in Heart Failure; Companion Influence During Primary Care Encounters; Handrubbing with Alcohol-Based Solution vs. Standard Handwashing; Program To Prevent Functional Decline in Frail Elderly Who Live at Home; Treatment of Diabetic Neuropathy with Isosorbide Dinitrate Spray

Pharmacology Watch: FDA Approves Generic Version of AstraZeneca’s Prilosec

FDA Approves Generic Version of AstraZenecas Prilosec; Pegasys Approved To Treat Hepatitis C; HRT Reduces Alzheimers Risk, Study Says; Heparin Plus Alteplase More Effective; Digoxin Effects Differ By Sex; McClellan Named FDA Commissioner; FDA Actions

Sports Medicine Reports Archives – December 1, 2002

December 1, 2002