Ace The Sports Medicine Exam

The fascial system consists of solid (muscles, bone, cartilage, and adipose tissue) and liquid (blood, lymph) components.

Evaluation of a patient for participation in sporting activities has a traditional role in ensuring their health before enduring the effects and st ...

Lunotriquetral (LT) joint instability is an often missed diagnosis and can result in LT dissociation. The reasons for undiagnosed LT joint instabil ...

Myofascial pain syndrome (MPS) is common among patients with musculoskeletal pain problems. MPS is a pain condition originating from muscle and sur ...

Jersey finger (also known as rugby finger) is an avulsion of the flexor digitorium profundus tendon (FDP) from its distal insertion on the distal p ...

Adductor strain or injury to the adductor muscle group is a common cause of medial leg and groin pain, especially among athletes. The adductor comp ...

Psoas syndrome is a rare injury to the iliopsoas muscle, typically seen in athletes, often runners, dancers, and high jumpers. It usually results f ...

The term “turf toe” was initially described by Bowers in 1976 as a sprain of the plantar capsule–ligament of the great toe metata ...

Multidirectional instability (MDI) of the shoulder was first described in 1980 as a complex condition of the shoulder defined by instability in 2 o ...

The radial nerve is a peripheral nerve that provides motor and sensory function to the arm. The motor function innervates the posterior compartment ...

Limb amputation is not uncommon in orthopedic practice. As of 2005, nearly 2 million people ...

Sodium is a dominant cation in extracellular fluid and necessary for the maintenance of intravascular volume. The human body maintains sodium ...

The carpal bones are bones of the wrist that connect the distal aspects of the radial and ulnar bones of the forearm to the bases of the five metac ...

The maxillary artery is a branch of the external carotid artery and supplies many structures on the face. The maxillary artery arises posterior to ...

There is increasing interest in the literature regarding the clinical delineation of suprascapular nerve (SSN) injuries. While the underlying etiol ...

Injuries to the rotator cuff (RC) range from simple contusions and tendonitis to chronic tendinopathy, partial tears, and full-thickness tears (PTT ...

The medial collateral ligament (MCL) is a flat band of connective tissue that runs from the medial epicondyle of the femur to the medial condyle of ...

Advanced magnetic resonance (MR) neuroimaging modalities are becoming more available and useful as their value in the diagnosis and prognosis of ce ...