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Spinal Injuries in the Athlete, An Issue of Clinics in Sports Medicine - E-Book

Spinal Injuries in the Athlete, An Issue of Clinics in Sports Medicine - E-Book

Pierre A. d'Hemecourt | Lyle J. Micheli

(2012)

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Abstract

This issue of Clinics in Sports Medicine, Guest Edited by Drs. Lyle Micheli and Pierre d'Hemecourt, focuses on Spinal Injuries in the Athlete.  Articles in this outstanding issue include: Sport Specific Biomechanics of Spinal Injuries in the Athlete (Throwing Athletes, Rotational Sports and Contact-collision); Sport Specific Biomechanics of Spinal Injuries in the Athlete (Dance, Figure Skating and Gymnastics); Back Pain in the Pediatric and Adolescent Athlete; Spinal Deformity and Congenital Abnormalities; The Young Adult Spine; The Aging Spine; Thoraco-lumbar Spine: Trauma and spinal deformity: Indications for Surgical Fusion and Return to Play Criteria; Overview of spinal interventions; Congenital and Acute Cervical Spine injuries with Return to Play Criteria; Degenerative Cervical Spine Disease; Spinal cord abnormalities; Infectious, Inflammatory, and Metabolic Diseases of the Spine; and Spinal tumors.

Table of Contents

Section Title Page Action Price
Front Cover Cover
Clinics in Sports Medicine: Spinal Injuries in the Athlete i
Copyright Page ii
Table of Contents vii
Contributors iii
CLINICS IN SPORTS MEDICINE xi
Foreword xiii
Preface xv
Chapter 1. Sport-Specific Biomechanics of Spinal Injuries in the Athlete (Throwing Athletes, Rotational Sports, and Contact-Collision Sports) 381
SPINAL KINEMATICS 382
CREWING 386
GOLF 387
FOOTBALL 389
SOCCER 391
OVERHEAD ATHLETE: BASEBALL AND TENNIS 391
SUMMARY 392
REFERENCES 392
Chapter 2. Sport-Specific Biomechanics of Spinal Injuries in Aesthetic Athletes (Dancers, Gymnasts, and Figure Skaters) 397
SPINAL MOTION IN ARTISTIC ATHLETES 398
INJURY PATTERNS 401
REHABILITATION CONCERNS 403
NUTRITIONAL CONCERNS 404
SUMMARY 405
REFERENCES 406
Chapter 3. Overview of Spinal Interventions 409
LUMBAR EPIDURAL STEROID INJECTION 410
ZYGAPOPHYSIAL JOINT INJECTIONS, MEDIAL BRANCH BLOCKS, AND RADIOFREQUENCY NEUROTOMY 415
SUMMARY 419
REFERENCES 420
Chapter 4. Back Pain in the Pediatric and Adolescent Athlete 423
ANATOMY AND BIOMECHANICS 424
RISK FACTORS 425
CLINICAL EXAMINATION 426
ACUTE INJURIES 428
OVERUSE INJURIES 432
SUMMARY 435
REFERENCES 436
Chapter 5. Spinal Deformity in Young Athletes 441
INTRODUCTION 441
NORMAL SPINAL MATURATION 442
SCOLIOSIS 442
SAGITTAL PLANE DEFORMITY 444
SUMMARY 448
REFERENCES 448
Chapter 6. The Young Adult Spine in Sports 453
ANATOMY 454
EVALUATION 457
IMAGING 458
DISCOGENIC PAIN 459
RADICULAR PAIN 462
SACROILIAC JOINT PAIN 464
SUMMARY 465
REFERENCES 466
Chapter 7. The Aging Spine in Sports 473
EPIDEMIOLOGY/ETIOLOGY OF LOW BACK PAIN AND THE MASTERS ATHLETE 473
DEGENERATIVE DISC DISEASE IN THE MASTERS ATHLETE 474
LUMBAR FACET OSTEOARTHROPATHY 475
LUMBAR STENOSIS 477
OSTEOPOROSIS AND COMPRESSION FRACTURE 479
SUMMARY 484
REFERENCES 484
Chapter 8. Lumbar Spine Surgery in Athletes: Outcomes and Return-to-Play Criteria 487
OUTCOMES OF SURGICAL TREATMENT OF LUMBAR DISC HERNIATION 488
RTP CRITERIA AFTER SURGICAL TREATMENT OF LUMBAR DISC HERNIATION 490
OUTCOMES OF SURGICAL TREATMENT OF SPONDYLOLYSIS AND SPONDYLOLISTHESIS 491
RTP CRITERIA AFTER SURGICAL TREATMENT OF SPONDYLOLYSIS AND SPONDYLOLISTHESIS 492
OUTCOMES OF SURGICAL TREATMENT OF DEGENERATIVE DISC DISEASE 493
RTP CRITERIA AFTER SURGICAL TREATMENT OF DEGENERATIVE DISC DISEASE 494
RTP CRITERIA AFTER SURGICAL TREATMENT OF SPINAL STENOSIS AND SCOLIOSIS 494
SUMMARY 496
REFERENCES 496
Chapter 9. Injuries and Abnormalities of the Cervical Spine and Return to Play Criteria 499
INJURY PATHOPHYSIOLOGY AND MECHANISM OF INJURY 500
RETURN TO PLAY CRITERIA 501
ROLE OF SIDELINE PHYSICIAN 504
HOW LIKELY IS RETURN TO PLAY AFTER CERVICAL INJURY IN ATHLETES? 505
SUMMARY 506
REFERENCES 506
Chapter 10. Degenerative Disease of the Cervical Spine and Its Relationship to Athletes 509
EPIDEMIOLOGY 511
NATURAL HISTORY 514
CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS AND ACUTE NEUROLOGIC INJURY 514
CLINICAL APPLICATION 515
SUMMARY 517
REFERENCES 518
Chapter 11. Spinal Cord Abnormalities in Sports 521
CHIARI MALFORMATION 521
SYRINGOMYELIA 524
SPINAL CYSTS 527
TETHERED SPINAL CORD 527
PRIOR SPINAL CORD INJURY 529
SPINAL CORD TUMORS 530
SUMMARY 530
REFERENCES 532
Chapter 12. Infectious, Inflammatory, and Metabolic Diseases Affecting the Athlete’s Spine 535
INTRODUCTION 535
SPINE INFECTIONS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR ATHLETES 536
INFLAMMATORY AND AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES OF THE SPINE 546
METABOLIC BONE DISEASE AND SPINE DISORDERS IN SPORTS 556
SUMMARY 563
REFERENCES 563
Chapter 13. Spinal Tumors Found in the Athlete 569
PRESENTATION 569
IMAGING 570
SPECIFIC TUMORS AND TUMORLIKE CONDITIONS 571
SUMMARY 578
REFERENCES 580
Index 581