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F E Reed

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PubMed2001

Organized sports for children and preadolescents.

Participation in organized sports provides an opportunity for young people to increase their physical activity and develop physical and social skills. However, when the demands and expectations of organized sports exceed the maturation and readiness of the participant, the positive aspects of participation can be negated. The nature of parental or adult involvement can also influence the degree to which participation in organized sports is a positive experience for preadolescents. This updates a previous policy statement on athletics for preadolescents and incorporates guidelines for sports participation for preschool children. Recommendations are offered on how pediatricians can help determine a child's readiness to participate, how risks can be minimized, and how child-oriented goals can be maximized.

Age Factors↗
PubMed2001

Strength training by children and adolescents.

Pediatricians are often asked to give advice on the safety and efficacy of strength training programs for children and adolescents. This review, a revision of a previous American Academy of Pediatrics policy statement, defines relevant terminology and provides current information on risks and benefits of strength training for children and adolescents.

Adolescent↗
PubMed2001

Improving the preparticipation exam process.

The Preparticipation Exam for too long has been a mandatory yearly athletic exam and not the base from which a process of continuous athletic care took place. The purpose of this article is not only to introduce improvements in the exam itself but to also describe some extensions of the process that allow us to improve athletic care in South Carolina. It is hoped that a software scanning program will allow compiling of demographic data from individual and group examinations and thus support the method of exam preferred by all physicians in our state. Standard forms will also facilitate communication within the Athletic Care Unit and between physicians involved in athletic care.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1990

Nighttime bracing for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis with the Charleston bending brace. Preliminary report.

The authors report their preliminary experience with the Charleston bending brace for the treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. This brace holds the patient in the position of maximum side bend correction and is worn only at night. Patients in this prospective multicentered study met all the following criteria: skeletal immaturity (Risser 0, 1+, or 2+), curvature greater than 25 degrees before bracing, no prior treatment, and greater than 1-year follow-up since initiation of treatment. There were 191 structural curves in the 139 patients. One hundred fifteen patients (83%) showed improvement or less than 5 degree change in curvature. Twenty-four patients (17%) demonstrated an increase in curvature greater than 5 degrees. Based on these preliminary results, continued use of bending brace treatment at nighttime only is justified for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. Patients with double curves should be observed closely for increase in compensatory curves.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1980

Atypical nemaline myopathy with temporomandibular ankylosis.

A young girl who initially presented with jaw hypomobility at age 4 years subsequently developed signs of a slowly progressive myopathy. Rods were found in all sampled muscles, and were associated with fibrous contractures in the temporomandibular joint muscles. Rods in fibers undergoing necrosis displayed a pattern of degradation that was almost identical to the pattern induced by calcium-activated neutral protease in vitro. It appears that this patient had nemaline myopathy, atypical in both clinical presentation and pathologic lesions.

Ankylosis↗
PubMed1976

Ipsilateral fractures of the elbow and forearm.

One hundred and fifty-one patients with distal humeral fractures admitted to three major hospitals in Atlanta were studied retrospectively. Of these, 15 (10%) also had a fracture of the ipsilateral forearm. These appeared to be more severe injuries with a history of greater trauma and more displacement in the elbow fractures. The incidence of complications was the same in both groups with the exception of a higher incidence of cubitus varus among patients with combined fractures.

Adolescent↗
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Infantile dislocation of the elbow complicating obstetric palsy.

This is a report of three cases of complete dislocation of both the radius and ulna at the elbow in infants born with obstetric palsy. All three patients had painless elbow-flexion contractures. The pathologic anatomy included (a) medial and posterior displacement of the radius and ulna on the humerus, (b) laxity of the lateral capsule and collateral ligaments, (c) contracted medial capsule and collateral ligaments, (d) contracted biceps and triceps muscles, and (e) hypoplasia of the capitellum, trochlea, coronoid process, and olecranon fossa. Open reduction was attempted in all three of these patients and was successful in two.

Birth Injuries↗