August 2002 Table of Contents
THE PHYSICIAN AND SPORTSMEDICINE - VOL 30 - NO. 8 - AUGUST 2002
NEWS AND ANALYSIS
Editor's Notes
Musculoskeletal Knowledge: How Do You Stack Up?
Gordon O. Matheson, MD, PhD
News Briefs
New ACOG Recommendations Encourage Exercise in Pregnancy
A Timely Report on Repellents
Golf's Cardiac Component
Best of the Literature
Lifestyle Change Tops Drugs for Type 2 Diabetes
Do the Ottawa Knee Rules Rule?
Physical Activity Reduces Breast Cancer Risk
CASE REPORT
Popliteal Artery Entrapment Masquerading as Asthma
This patient's report of 'tired legs' led to the correct diagnosis, which required surgical intervention.
David Wang, MD, MS
REVIEW ARTICLES
Popliteus Tendinitis
Tips for Diagnosis and Management
The posterolateral joint line tenderness typical of popliteus tendinitis can mimic other conditions. Pain with resisted external rotation is the key to pinpointing the diagnosis.
Timothy S. Petsche, MD; F. Harlan Selesnick, MD
Exercise for Breast Cancer Survivors
Research Evidence and Clinical Guidelines
Is exercise truly helpful for breast cancer patients? The authors review the literature and suggest optimal exercise prescriptions and precautions.
Kerry S. Courneya, PhD; John R. Mackey, MD; Donald C. McKenzie, MD, PhD
Acute Clinical Symptoms of Concussion
Assessing Prognostic Significance
Though there is some agreement on a concussion definition, several questions remain relating to postconcussion symptoms, symptom tracking, neuroimaging, and postconcussion risks. In the absence of a widely accepted injury grading scale, this literature review updates physicians on the status of all these issues and highlights the importance of sidelining athletes who are experiencing postconcussive symptoms.
Paul R. McCrory, MBBS, PhD; Karen M. Johnston, MD, PhD
CLINICAL PRACTICE
Pearls
External Rotation Stress Test
Shoulder Landmarks
Clinical Techniques
Rehabilitating Ankle Sprains
Richard Sandor, MD; Scott Brone, PT, CSCS
READER SERVICE
CME Self Test
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