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A M McBryde

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Ultrasonography in the management of painful hips in children.

The decision to aspirate a painful hip joint is often based on history, physical, and laboratory findings. The purpose of this study is to determine whether ultrasound is helpful in making decisions to aspirate a painful hip joint in children. The anterior capsular distance was determined in 10 children with painful or irritable hips. This anterior capsular distance is 2 to 4 mm in most hips. A side difference of 2 mm or more is considered a significant capsular distension. Based on these criteria and clinical parameters, 3 hips were aspirated, and 7 were observed without aspiration. None of the 7 hips subsequently required further diagnostic workup or treatment and all have had a satisfactory outcome. Ultrasound is a reliable method to detect capsular distension or joint effusion. It helps significantly in making the decision as to "when to aspirate" a painful or irritable hip joint.

Adolescent

Posterior ankle impingement.

Thirty cases of posterior ankle impingement in 28 patients were treated over a 10-year period (1982-1992). All conditions were caused by forced plantar flexion. An os trigonum or posterior process fracture was demonstrated radiographically in 63% of these cases, and an intact posterior process was demonstrated in 33%. Ten cases were lost to follow-up. Of the remaining 20 cases, in 18 patients 12 (60%) improved with nonoperative treatment; 8 (40%) required operative excision. The results were good to excellent in 7 patients and fair in 1 patient. Operative excision for the treatment of recalcitrant posterior ankle impingement can relieve symptoms and allow a return to full preinjury activities.

Adolescent

Sport psychology.

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Adolescent

Sesamoid foot problems in the athlete.

Problems of the sesamoid bones of the metatarsophalangeal joint of the great toe are critical in maintaining full ability to compete or to engage in recreation--in athletes of any age. The sesamoids are subject to the same post-traumatic, acute, and chronic changes as any other bone. These unique and deceptively important injuries demand a high index of suspicion, a thorough diagnostic effort, and a guided long-range treatment program, including follow-up to normalized athletics, particularly in the running-based sports.

Athletic Injuries

Stress fractures in runners.

As the running community as well as the primary care medical community become more sophisticated in their knowledge of and treatment of repetitive stress injuries, only the more difficult problems will arrive at the orthopedist's office. As a result, injuries such as stress fracture will constitute a larger percentage of running and other repetitive stress injuries. The universal occurrence of stress fracture and its possible at-risk nature for serious injury if undertreated underscores the need to observe good treatment principles. With these principles in mind, the physician can usually treat stress fracture without major interruption of the recreational or competitive athlete's sport style.

Athletic Injuries

Plantar fasciitis.

Plantar fasciitis is a typical repetitive-stress running injury and a difficult problem to treat. A full, nonoperative treatment program requires unusual patient cooperation and motivation. Surgical treatment is necessary in a small number of intractable cases.

Adolescent