July 2002 Table of Contents
THE PHYSICIAN AND SPORTSMEDICINE - VOL 30 - NO. 7 - JULY 2002
NEWS AND ANALYSIS
News Briefs
Brain Injury in Soccer: New Reports Highlight Unresolved Issues
A Better Helmet for Whitewater Sports
Best of the Literature
Getting Patients Up and Exercising
Hyperthermia Impairs Maximal Aerobic Capacity
Good Long-Term Results for Childhood Humeral Fractures
Exercise Training Improves Elderly Muscle Function
Editor's Notes will resume next month.
REVIEW ARTICLES
Plantar Fasciitis
Prescribing Effective Treatments
Though running and jumping sports have a notorious role in plantar fasciitis development, most treatment studies offer little guidance for addressing return to play and other concerns of active patients. Clinical experience suggests that relative rest or at least training modification is needed to give nonsurgical treatments, such as stretching, time to work. Rehabilitation exercises are important for correcting or preventing biomechanical imbalances.
Michael Shea, MD; Karl B. Fields, MD
The Athletic Heart Syndrome
Ruling Out Cardiac Pathologies
Patients who participate in vigorous activities undergo cardiac morphologic changes that help them in their sport. However, these same changes often mimic other cardiac conditions such as hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Diagnostic studies and detraining are the best techniques for delineating.
James C. Puffer, MD
FOR YOUR PATIENTS
Patient Adviser
Healing Heel Pain: Help for Plantar Fasciitis
Michael Shea, MD; Karl B. Fields, MD
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Heat Balance Limits in Football Uniforms
How Different Uniform Ensembles Alter the Equation
Football season becomes a danger zone when warm weather collides with the need for protective gear. Researchers determined critical heat balance limits in non-heat-acclimatized men who wore various football uniform ensembles. The air temperature and humidity limits that they identified are helpful in implementing strategies to prevent heat-related illness.
Tasha J. Kulka; W. Larry Kenney, PhD
CLINICAL PRACTICE
Pearls
Laceration Care
Overuse ABCs
Put Kids at Ease
READER SERVICE
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