Sports Flashcards
What is most common complication seen after posterior labral repair in shoulder?
Stiffness
What is next step in workup for a female teenage runner w/ low BMI and amenorrhea presenting with a few weeks of thigh pain?
MRI to look for femoral bone stress injury
What are outcomes of IMN or tension band plating for tibial stress fractures?
very good symptomatic relief
What adaptive change in the heart do you see in the heart with athletic heart syndrome?
increase in left ventricular cavity size
What is treatment of an ACL tear with a distal MCL avulsion?
ACL recon and MCL repair
What is workup in a first time patellar dislocation in skeletally immature patient?
MRI to look for loose osteochondral fragments
What is a common concomitant injury you see with subluxated biceps tendon?
Subscapularis tear
What nerve/muslce pair is involved in medial scapula winging? What about lateral scapular winging?
medial - long thoracic nerve and serratus anterior
lateral - spinal accessory nerve and trapezius
What degrees of flexion do the MPFL and trochlea act as primary restraint to patellar instability?
MPFL - 0-30
Trochlear groove - greater than 30
How do you measure alpha angle in FAI? What value is considered significant?
On frog lateral, draw first line from center of head to center of neck, draw second line from center of head to the start of the anterolateral head where the prominence starts.
over 42 is considered abnormal
over 50 is considered CAM
What is treatment for osteochondritis dissecans in skeletally immature patient?
partial weightbearing with crutches for 6 weeks
What is highest predictor of recurrent instability after isolated MPFL reconstruction?
trochlear dysplasia
For joint injections, what factor is higher in bone marrow aspirate compared to PRP?
IL-1ra
What is management of football player who has bilateral UE weakness after tackle but it resolves?
MRI c- spine
since it is bilateral you know it’s not a stinger. If it was a stinger he could return to play once symptoms resolve
Which extensor tendon is implicated in lateral epicondylitis?
ECRB