RESUMO
Inadequate treatment of sports injuries may result in complications and disability. Sports injuries can be prevented through thorough physical conditioning, building up of muscle bulk, adequate warm up, appropriate clothing and equipment, a well balanced diet and nutrition and pre-season physical examination. In sport, most injuries involve muscles and tendons, joint and ligament damage including displacement and/or rupture and soft tissue injuries. Early therapy is referred to as the RICE therapy; rest, ice, compression and elevation
Assuntos
Humanos , Masculino , Feminino , Esportes/lesões , Dieta , Ciências da Nutrição/educação , Traumatismos em Atletas/dietoterapia , Traumatismos em Atletas/tratamento farmacológico , Traumatismos em Atletas/prevenção & controle , Traumatismos em Atletas/terapiaRESUMO
Diagnostic arthroscopy is a useful adjunct to clinical and radiological examinations in assessing internal derangements of the knee. This series of fifty cases shows an average diagnostic accuracy of approximately 90-92 percent. This accuracy varied from 85 percent in the early stages to 98 percent in the later cases. We have found this procedure to be of significant value in assessing acute sports injuries of the knee joint, allowing early treatment and full rehabilitation of the athletes. (AU)