Sports Medicine
Case Reports
Arthroscopic Excision of Bipartite Patella With Preservation of Lateral Retinaculum in an Adolescent Ice Hockey Player
Bipartite patella usually is an asymptomatic anatomical variant. However, in some adolescent athletes, it causes anterior knee pain, resulting in...
Case Reports
Internal Carotid Artery Dissection After Indirect Blunt Cervical Trauma in an Ice Hockey Goaltender
Internal carotid artery dissections are rare injuries that can result from both direct cervical trauma and indirect trauma causing sudden cervical...
Case Reports
Encapsulated Fat Necrosis Lesion Caused by Morel-Lavallée Lesion in a Professional Ice Hockey Player
Morel-Lavallée (ML) lesions occur when subcutaneous tissue is stripped from fascia and replaced with hematoma or necrotic fat. Encapsulated fat...
Case Reports
Systemic Hypothermia as Treatment for an Acute Cervical Spinal Cord Injury in a Professional Football Player: 9-Year Follow-Up
The following report provides clinical follow-up on a National Football League player who sustained a complete cervical spinal cord injury (SCI)...
Case Reports
Pronator Teres Myotendinous Tear
Pronator teres muscle strain is a rare sporting injury reported thus far only in cricket and golf players. The injury appears to occur when the...
Clinical Review
Management of Proximal Biceps Pathology in Overhead Athletes: What Is the Role of Biceps Tenodesis?
Overhead throwing is a common causative factor in disorders of the proximal biceps in athletes. In recent years, arthroscopic repair of unstable...
Clinical Review
Mastering the Physical Examination of the Athlete’s Hip
Perform a comprehensive examination to determine intra-articular pathology as well as potential extra-articular sources of hip and pelvic pain....
Original Research
Historical Patterns and Variation in Treatment of Injuries in NFL (National Football League) Players and NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) Division I Football Players
Among National Football League (NFL) and National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) team physicians, there is no consensus on the management...
Clinical Review
Thigh Injuries in American Football
American football has the highest injury rate of any team sport in the United States at the high school, collegiate, and professional levels....
Clinical Review
Knee Injuries in American Football: An Epidemiological Review
Football is one of the most popular sports in the United States. Every year more than 1 million high school males and over 60,000 collegiate males...
Clinical Review
Medical Issues in American Football: Eyes, Teeth, and Skin
Orthopedic conditions are only one of the many medical issues football team physicians may face. In this review, we cover the management of a few...