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Learning objectives To review some common sports injuries • To understand the basics of history, ...

Rowing The common injuries that are encountered in rowing but that are rare in other athletics in...

Rugby This is a high-intensity contact sport. Patients present with neck injuries including fract...

INJURIES ASSOCIATED WITH INDIVIDUAL SPORTS Golf The shoulder and the back are the common sites of...

INTRODUCTION In addition to a clinical assessment, an understanding of the biomechanics of inju...

Javelin Javelin throwers experience various injuries to the kinetic chain given the violent and a...

COMMONL Y ENCOUNTERED REGIONAL INJURIES Shoulder Shoulder instability and rotator cuff tear Backg...

DIAGNOSIS OF SPORTS INJURIES Within the history , there are some additional questions that need t...

FURTHER READING 1 Goldenberg BT , Lacheta L, Rosenberg SI et al . Comprehensive review of the ph...

Ankle Low ankle sprains Background Ankle sprains are a common injury that can prevent athletes fr...

Ballet dancing Ballet dancers have problems with posterior impingement of the ankle and tendinop...

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The authors are grateful for and wish to acknowledge the contribution of Dylan R...

American football This contact sport produces a variety of unique injuries, the main ones of wh...

Tibialis anterior Ask the patient to walk on their heels with their feet inverted; the tibialis a...

Tarsometatarsal joint Hold the midfoot and manipulate each metatarsal up and down to estimate the...

Thoracic spine Pathology commonly presents with pain and deformity . The thoracic spine is normal...

Thumb and thenar eminence /uni25CF Abductor pollicis brevis, opponens pollicis and flexor pollicis...

Subtalar joint flexibility Ask the patient to stand on their toes and observe the heel from behind...

Take a history /uni25CF Presenting complaint . Start with an open-ended question. Ask the patient...

Tarsometatarsal joint stability Stability can be assessed by pushing each joint up and down. Stan...