December 2001 Table of Contents
THE PHYSICIAN AND SPORTSMEDICINE - VOL 29 - NO. 12 - DECEMBER 2001
NEWS AND ANALYSIS
Editor's Notes
Can Team Physicians Buy Credibility?
Gordon O. Matheson, MD, PhD
Best of the Literature
Laser Therapy Ineffective for Lateral Epicondylitis
News Briefs
NHL Group Airs Injury Issues
High Alert for Achilles Tendon Rupture?
Meningitis Outbreak in High School Football
CLINICAL QUIZ
Facial Lesions on a College Basketball Player
A 20-year-old African-American man reported to his team's training room for evaluation of recurrent facial lesions. He had tried over-the-counter products, with minimal relief from the painful, scarring condition. Close inspection of his skin revealed a symptom pattern that led to the correct diagnosis and alternate treatment strategies.
Jeff Leggit, MD
REVIEW ARTICLES
Metabolic Syndromes Associated With HIV
Mitigating the Side Effects of Drug Therapy
The evolution of HIV infection from terminal disease to chronic condition raises some new medical challenges. State-of-the-art medications and longer life spans can increase the risk of common diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, or hypercholesterolemia. Exercise, dietary changes, and other lifestyle modifications are emerging as key nondrug strategies that allow optimal health and function.
William W. Stringer, MD; Fred R. Sattler, MD
Spondylolysis in Active Adolescents
Expediting Return to Play
The diagnostic framework for adolescents who have back pain hinges on ruling out nonmusculoskeletal sources. Once spondylolysis is identified on plain radiographs, nuclear medicine scans are useful for staging the lesion, instituting pain control, and choosing rehabilitation activities.
James L. Moeller, MD; Sami F. Rifat, MD
CLINICAL PRACTICE
Pearls
What's 'Bugging' That Player?
Percussing for PCL Injuries
'Ultra' Fast Shoulder Rehab
Clinical Techniques
Identifying and Injecting Myofascial Trigger Points
Joseph J. Ruane, DO
READER SERVICE
Letters to the Editor
Hyperbaric Oxygen Reserved for Research?
CME Self Test
This test has expired, but additional CME credit available at http://www.physsportsmed.com/cme.htm
Notice of Year-End Index
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