Musculoskeletal Radiology: Page 179

Scenes from the Polyclinic: a case study
SALT LAKE CITY - A wide variety of injuries have been imaged at the Olympic Polyclinic, located in the Olympic Village on the University of Utah campus. Injuries seen during the Salt Lake 2002 Olympic Winter Games have most commonly involved the knee and ankle. The most common single injury is the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear.
February 18, 2002
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Snowboarding is harder on wrists than knees
By Tracie L. Thompson
Snowboarders have high rates of wrist injuries, but then they break other things too. How dangerous is the sport? Orthopedics specialist and snowboarder Dr. Kristen Geiger reviews the literature.
February 18, 2002
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Olympic skiers tear up slopes -- and knees
By Shalmali Pal
SALT LAKE CITY - Anterior cruciate ligament tears have made up the majority of injuries seen by radiologists at the Polyclinic during the first week of the 2002 Olympic Winter Games. It’s not so surprising, given the tenuous construction of the knee joint and the tendency of skiers and ice skaters to land hard on them.
February 17, 2002
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Ultrasound treatment helps Olympians recover quickly
By Kate Madden Yee
Olympic athletes train their bodies to do things most of us will never do, and they fascinate us in their achievement of extraordinary physical prowess. But performing high-stress physical activities means encountering more opportunities for injury, particularly stress fractures, which can be devastating for an Olympic hopeful.
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Intervention can help or harm in athletic injuries
By Leanne McKnoulty
Ultrasound can diagnose and treat a wide range of athletic injuries, including tendinopathy, post-traumatic synovitis, impingement syndromes, and back pain. With intervention, however, extreme care must be taken to avoid exacerbating the problem.
February 16, 2002
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Cross-country skiing: very safe, until the fall
By Tracie L. Thompson
As one might assume, cross-country skiers generally sustain fewer traumatic injuries than downhill skiers. And when Nordic skiers get hurt, it’s usually when they're going downhill, using navigational moves that may come more naturally to Alpine skiers.
February 15, 2002
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Indiana MRI pro double-reads for worried athletes
By Shalmali Pal
SALT LAKE CITY - Consulting with oncology patients in his daily practice, Dr. Ken Buckwalter has learned to steel himself to deliver bad news when he wished matters were otherwise. But experience can't always make it easier. Here at the Polyclinic, the emotional response of a figure skater to her competition-ending MRI results moved him deeply.
February 14, 2002
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The twisted tale of skier’s thumb: A case study
By Douglas P. Beall
Skier’s thumb is an injury to the ulnar collateral ligament at the first metacarpophalangeal joint of the thumb. Second only to knee injuries, skier's thumb is the most common type of injury in downhill skiing.
February 14, 2002
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UCSF imager values personal interactions
By Shalmali Pal
SALT LAKE CITY - When it comes to interacting with Olympic athletes and their entourages, it’s been a mixed bag for Dr. Lynne Steinbach. Hands-on medicine it's not.
February 13, 2002
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CompuMed revenues dip
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Bone densitometry firm CompuMed reported first-quarter revenues of $452,000, down 2% compared with the $461,000 reported in the same period last year.
February 13, 2002
Figure skating and stress fractures: A case study
By Douglas P. Beall
Dr. Douglas Beall discusses the case of a 22-year-old competitive figure skater. The athlete reported a significant increase in knee pain recently, and was unable to continue her training activities. Radiography and MRI were used to diagnose the injuries.
February 13, 2002
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Agfa releases Impax for Orthopedics
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PACS vendor Agfa HealthCare has released Impax for Orthopedics at the annual meeting of the American Association of Orthopedic Surgeons, being held this week in Dallas.
February 13, 2002
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