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1/137. Fracture of the sternum--an unusual case.

    Stress fracture of the sternum is a rare injury and can occur in young athletes due to repeated stress and in elderly with osteoporotic bones or other pathological conditions under normal stress. A case of a 14-year-old boy is reported who sustained fracture of the sternum without any history of significant trauma when he simply tried to lift his whole body over his arms and felt pain in front of the chest.
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2/137. Posterior sternoclavicular dislocations--a diagnosis easily missed.

    Posterior dislocation of the sternoclavicular joint is a relatively rare injury and can be difficult to diagnose acutely. We report 3 cases of posterior dislocation of the sternoclavicular joint who presented to the Accident & Emergency Department within a 3 month period. All 3 patients had sustained a significant injury to the shoulder region and complained of pain around the medial clavicle. Two patients had also complained of dysphagia following the injury. Plain x-rays of the shoulder and chest were reported as normal by junior and senior medical staff. The diagnosis was delayed until CT scans were performed, and once this was established, open reduction and stabilisation was performed.
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3/137. Medical check of competitive canoeists.

    We gave a sports injury questionnaire survey to 821 active canoeists, members of the japan Canoe association (JCA), and performed a medical check of 63 top competitive JCA canoeists, including physical and laboratory tests and radiographic examinations of the chest, spine, shoulder, elbow, and wrist joints. Completed questionnaires were returned by 417 canoeists, whose reported racing styles were: kayak, 324; Canadian canoe, 71; slalom, 13; and not specified, 9. Of the 417 respondents, 94 canoeists (22. 5%) reported that they experienced lumbago; 20.9% experienced shoulder pain; 3.8%, elbow pain; and 10.8%, wrist pain. On medical examinations, lumbago was found to be mainly of myofascial origin or due to spondylolysis. Impingement syndrome was also observed in 4 canoeists with shoulder problems. The competitive canoeists had low blood pressure, and some had bradycardia. On laboratory examinations, serum hemoglobulin, hematocrit, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-CHO), creatine phosphokinase (CK), and creatine (CRTN) in the top competitive canoeists showed high values in comparison with those of an age-matched control group. However, low serum total cholesterol (TP) values were observed in the top competitive canoeists.
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4/137. Reconstruction plate fixation with bone graft for mid-shaft clavicular non-union in semi-professional athletes.

    From 1993 to 1997, 22 semi-professional athletes (14 men and 8 women), aged 18-33 years (mountain bike racers, soccer players, handball players, swimmers, and short distance runners) with a non-union of the middle third of the clavicle were treated operatively by reconstruction plating and bone grafting. Fourteen clavicular non-unions were caused by falls. Eight non-unions were the result of a car, motorcycle, or bicycle accident. There were 19 atrophic and 3 hypertrophic non-unions. In all patients, initially a figure-of-eight strap or a sling was used for immobilization and no radiographic union was documented within 5 months. None of the athletes had gone back to their sports and all had pain and limitation of shoulder function. For open reduction and internal fixation, an AO 3.5-mm seven-hole reconstruction plate was used. The sclerotic bone ends were freshened and a cortical bone transplant or cancellous bone from the iliac crest (depending on the shortening of the clavicle) was packed around the fracture or between the reduced fracture ends. In all athletes, radiographic consolidation was achieved after an average of 14 weeks (range, 11-16 weeks) and the average increase in the Constant and Murley Score was from 79 points preoperatively to 97 points after surgery. No operative or postoperative complications occurred and all athletes returned to their sports.
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5/137. magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnosis of sacral stress fracture.

    Low back and buttock pain in athletes can be a source of frustration for the athlete and a diagnostic dilemma for the doctor. Sacral stress fractures have been increasingly recognised as a potential cause of these symptoms. As plain radiographs are often normal and the radiation load of an isotope bone scan is substantial, the alternative use of magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnosis of a sacral stress fracture is highlighted in this case report.
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6/137. Tricuspid insufficiency after blunt chest trauma in a nine-year-old child.

    The case of a traumatic tricuspid insufficiency in a child, due to an anterior and septal leaflet rupture at the annulus level is reported for the first time. The early diagnosis 2 months after the trauma enabled a rapid and simple tricuspid valvuloplasty by laeflet reinsertion on the annulus associated with annuloplasty with a good result 6 months after the repair.
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7/137. Henoch-Schonlein purpura with thoraco-lumbar spine involvement precipitated by trampoline jumping.

    A nine-year-old boy with Henoch-Schonlein purpura (HSP) presented with an arthropathy of the thoraco-lumbar spine. The boy played on a trampoline for several days before the onset of the low-back pain. The vascultic rash of HSP is recognized to be pressure-dependent. The authors speculate that the arthropathy of HSP is also pressure-dependent and that the low back pain in this patient was consequent to the preceding trampoline jumping.
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8/137. Traumatic intracerebral venous thrombosis associated with an abnormal golf swing.

    OBJECTIVES: To describe the occurrence of cerebral venous thrombosis in a 40-year-old man whose cerebral event was induced by a poor golf swing, to review the literature on possible mechanisms producing venous thrombosis, and to compare this case with the literature. BACKGROUND: headache is the most frequent symptom in patients with cerebral venous thrombosis. However, patients presenting with a headache due to cerebral venous thrombosis are uncommon. The known risk factors for thrombosis include both acquired and genetic factors. When the interaction of these two groups occurs, the magnitude of this interaction is thought to produce a dynamic state that can favor thrombosis. Our case report illustrates that moderate levels of anticardiolipin antibodies together with the mild trauma of a golf swing can induce a cerebral venous thrombosis. This case also suggests that although headache is rarely due to cerebral venous thrombosis, it should be excluded by good medical acumen and testing. RESULTS: Minor trauma induced by a poor golf swing was chronologically related to the development of a progressive cerebral venous thrombosis. The patient had none of the risk factors associated with a predisposition to venous thrombosis: hypercoagulable state, concurrent infection, pregnancy/puerperium, collagen vascular disorder, malignancy, migraine, false-positive VDRL, previous deep vein thrombosis, renal disease, factor v Leiden, or a hematological disorder. There was no anatomical abnormality that would predispose the patient to a cerebral venous thrombosis. The only laboratory abnormality was a moderate anticardiolipin antibody level (25 GPL). The patient was placed on warfarin sodium therapy and is currently without clinical sequela from the venous thrombotic event. CONCLUSIONS: Under certain circumstances, minor trauma can induce cerebral venous thrombosis. A review of the literature indicates that cerebral venous thrombosis in the presence of anticardiolipin antibodies and in the absence of systemic lupus erythematosus is a rare event. Previously, only major traumatic events have been reported to be associated with cerebral venous thromboses. The chronological development of cerebral venous thrombosis after a faulty golf swing strongly indicates that given a background of moderate levels of anticardiolipin antibodies, even minor trauma can induce a venous thrombotic event.
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9/137. A novel approach to pain relief pre-therapeutic exercise.

    Musculoskeletal problems are often multifactorial and consequently can be challenging to treat. This paper examines management of chronic musculoskeletal conditions in the light of Panjabi's stabilisation subsystems and Dye's concept of homeostasis and critical symptom threshold. In many circumstances treatment can aggravate symptoms. Tape may be used to unload painful structures to minimise the aggravation of the symptoms so treatment can be directed at improving the patient's 'envelope of function'. This involves specific muscle training of the dynamically unstable segment/s and increasing the mobility of the less flexible surrounding soft tissues. Three case studies of chronic low back and leg pain, patellofemoral pain and shoulder impingement secondary to multidirectional instability, are presented as examples of multifactorial musculoskeletal problems requiring unloading, stabilisation and control.
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10/137. myasthenia gravis in a collegiate football player.

    A 17-yr-old Division I-AA collegiate offensive lineman developed unilateral ptosis shortly after minor head trauma during a scrimmage. The subsequent temporal profile of the ptosis, a history of a similar event lasting a short period of time 2 yr earlier, and the results of his clinical and electrophysiologic examinations established a diagnosis of very mild, generalized, antibody-negative myasthenia gravis (MG). His desire to continue playing football posed several additional management problems for which there was no published guidance. We started him on alternate-day, high-dose prednisone therapy with potassium and calcium supplementation, and allowed him to partake in conditioning but no contact. Except for residual decreased exercise tolerance, he improved symptomatically and experienced no serious adverse effects from the illness or the treatment during his first season, despite imperfect drug compliance. His MG eventually came under excellent symptomatic control, allowing initiation of a slow taper of the prednisone before his second season. Shortly thereafter, he abruptly stopped the prednisone without seeking medical advice. He continued to experience mild left ptosis and a mild decrease in intense exercise tolerance. He decided to forego his senior season of collegiate football after a bout of severe mechanical low-back pain incurred during spring football practice and limited his athletic activity thereafter to recreational sports.
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