1) Sports Medicine of the Lower Extremity Flashcards
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Sports medicine definition
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- A multifaceted, multidisciplinary approach to the diagnosis and management of athletic injuries which employs relative rest, alternative activity and rehabilitation with emphasis on the preservation of form and function
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Relative rest
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- Reduce the duration and/or frequency and/or a particular facet of the athletes athletic activity
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Alternative activity
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- When cessation of the athletes activity is necessary, an alternative activity must be suggested
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Sports medicine team
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- Athletic Trainer
- Physicians
- Massage / neuromuscular therapist
- Adjuncts
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Sports medicine adjuncts
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- Chiropractic
- Physical therapy
- Prosthetics
- Accupuncture
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Injury protocol
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- Phys therapy / rehab.
- Emergency room
- Team physician
- Specialist
- Health center
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History of previous sports injury
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- Ankle sprain – complete rehabilitation ?
- Stress fracture – appropriate immobilization ?
- Recurrent stress fracture – bone density ?
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Training regimen / equipment and changes
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- Training regimen
- Increase in mileage
- Speed work
- Hill running
- Increased frequency
- Timing change
- Inc. / dec. stretching
- Slow running ?
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Alternative activities
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- Aerobic dance
- Stairmaster
- Cycling
- Swimming
- Weight training
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Sport compatibility
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- Running: swim / cycle / weight training
- Aerobic dance: swim / cycle
- Cycling: run / aerobic dance / swim
- Rollerblade: run /aerobic dance / swim
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Nutrition
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- Hydration
- Electrolytes
- Vitamins
- Carbohydrates / fats / proteins: three meals a day !
- Timing (meals – workout schedule)
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Factors influencing bone density
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- Nutrition
- Hormones
- Genetics
- Body weight
- Exercise
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Female athlete triad
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- Eating disorder
- Dysmenorrhea
- Osteopenia
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Shoes
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- Sport specific
- High quality (> $ 75.00)
- Mileage (replace every 200 – 400 miles)
- Biomechanical correctiveness
- Racing flats / training gear
- Changes
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Training surface
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- Changes
- Firmness / shock absorption
- Terrain
- Adhesiveness
- Which side of the road
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Acute injury
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- Mechanism ?
- Ability to bear weight initially ?
- Audible “pop”/ resulting deformity ?
- Initial treatment ?
- History of similar injury ?
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Athletic injury types (%)
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- 60 % Overuse
- 40 % traumatic
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Physical examination of the athlete
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- Vascular
- Neurological
- Dermatologic
- Orthopaedic
- Biomechanical
- Gait analysis
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Athletic injury etiologies
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- Traumatic
- Inflammatory
- Vascular
- Neuromuscular
- Congenital
- Neoplastic
- Biomechanical
- Psychosomatic
- Infectious
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Non-weight bearing biomechanical evaluation components
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- Hip range of motion
- Hamstring flexibility
- Knee position
- Tibial torsion (malleolar position)
- Ankle joint range of motion
- Midtarsal joint evaluation
- First ray range of motion
- First metatarsal phalangeal joint motion
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Weight-bearing biomechanical evaluation components
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- Resting calcaneal stance position (RCSP)
- Neutral calcaneal stance position (NCSP)
- Frontal plane tibial position
- Limb – length evaluation
- In – sport motion (gait) analysis
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Increased external hip rotation correlates with
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- Femoral / tibial stress fractures
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Equinus correlates with
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- Achilles tendinopathy
- Tibial stress fractures / shin splints
- Pronatory symptoms
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Cavus foot correlates with
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- Stress fractures
- Lateral ankle instability
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Increased subtalar joint range of motion correlates with
- Pronatory symptoms
| - Lateral ankle instability
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Muscular weakness correlates with
- Lateral ankle instability
- Tendinopathy
- Tibial shin splints / stress fractures
