Anatomic endoscopic anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with patella tendon autograftE Lyle Cain
American Sports Medicine Institute, 1313 13th Street South, Birmingham, AL 35205, USA
Orthop Clin North Am 33:717-25. 2002
..The long-term benefits of a more physiologic single incision endoscopic ACL reconstruction are not yet determined; however, short-term results are encouraging...
- History and examination of the thrower's elbow
E Lyle Cain
American Sports Medicine Institute, 1313 13th Street South, Birmingham, AL 35205, USA
Clin Sports Med 23:553-66, viii. 2004
..A detailed history and physical examination often lead the astute clinician to the proper diagnosis and treatment without reliance on ancillary testing...
Outcome of ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction of the elbow in 1281 athletes: Results in 743 athletes with minimum 2-year follow-upE Lyle Cain
American Sports Medicine Institute, Birmingham, AL 35205, USA
Am J Sports Med 38:2426-34. 2010
..Injury to the UCL in overhead athletes often leads to symptomatic valgus instability that requires surgical treatment...
- Ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction with gracilis tendon in athletes with intraligamentous bony excision: technique and results
Jeffrey R Dugas
American Sports Medicine Institute, 833 St Vincent s Drive, Suite 100, Birmingham, AL 35205, USA
Am J Sports Med 40:1578-82. 2012
..Ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) reconstruction is frequently performed in throwing athletes, but outcomes of UCL reconstruction requiring excision of bone, either within the substance of or replacing the UCL, have not been studied...
- Elbow injuries in throwing athletes: a current concepts review
E Lyle Cain
American Sports Medicine Institute, Birmingham, Alabama 25255, USA
Am J Sports Med 31:621-35. 2003
..However, continued overhead throwing often results in subsequent injury and symptom recurrence in the competitive athlete...
Débridement of small partial-thickness rotator cuff tears in elite overhead throwersScott B Reynolds
American Sports Medicine Institute, Birmingham, AL, USA
Clin Orthop Relat Res 466:614-21. 2008
..Level of Evidence: Level IV, therapeutic study. See the Guidelines for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence...
- Avulsion of the medial epicondyle after ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction: imaging of a rare throwing injury
Martin L Schwartz
Radiology Associates of Birmingham, 2090 Columbiana Rd, Ste 4400, Birmingham, AL 35216, USA
AJR Am J Roentgenol 190:595-8. 2008
..CONCLUSION: Avulsion fracture of the medial epicondyle is a rare complication of UCL reconstruction with distinct radiographic and MRI findings...
- Diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of the thrower's elbow
Brian R McCall
American Sports Medicine Institute, 1313 13th Street South, Birmingham, AL 35205, USA
Curr Sports Med Rep 4:249-54. 2005
..Treatment and rehabilitation of these injuries must be tailored to the pathology present and focused towards a return to the athlete's activity...
- Recent advances in the rehabilitation of anterior cruciate ligament injuries
Kevin E Wilk
Champion Sports Medicine Physiotherapy Associates, Birmingham, AL, USA
J Orthop Sports Phys Ther 42:153-71. 2012
..The purpose of this article is to provide the reader with a thorough scientific basis for anterior cruciate ligament rehabilitation based on graft selection, patient population, and concomitant injuries...
- Posterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: two-bundle technique
E Lyle Cain
American Sports Medicine Institute, Birmingham, Ala, USA
J Knee Surg 15:108-13. 2002
- Posterior olecranon resection and ulnar collateral ligament strain
Jared S Levin
American Sports Medicine Institute, Birmingham, AL 35205, USA
J Shoulder Elbow Surg 13:66-71. 2004
..This study suggests that at moderate quasistatic valgus loads, ulnar collateral ligament strain is not significantly increased with posterior olecranon resection...
- Ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction in high school baseball players: clinical results and injury risk factors
Damon H Petty
American Sports Medicine Institute, 1313 13th Street South, Birmingham, AL 35205, USA
Am J Sports Med 32:1158-64. 2004
..Overuse of the throwing arm and throwing breaking pitches at an early age may be related to their injuries. Special attention should be paid to elite-level teenage pitchers who throw with high velocity...
- Cannulated screw fixation of refractory olecranon stress fractures with and without associated injuries allows a return to baseball
James M Paci
American Sports Medicine Institute, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Am J Sports Med 41:306-12. 2013
..No long-term outcomes studies have been published documenting the results of surgical fixation of olecranon stress fractures with or without concomitant injuries in baseball players...
- Management of intraoperative complications associated with autogenous patellar tendon graft anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
E Lyle Cain
American Sports Medicine Institute, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Instr Course Lect 52:359-67. 2003
..An array of options should be available for fixation of a patellar tendon graft, as well as alternative graft sources and graft preparation techniques...
- Posterior lateral corner reconstruction
William G Clancy
American Sports Medicine Institute, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Am J Orthop 32:171-6. 2003
- Thromboembolic phenomena after arthroscopic shoulder surgery
Marshall A Kuremsky
Alabama Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Arthroscopy 27:1614-9. 2011
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- SLAP lesions, 2007
James R Lebolt
Alabama Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center, American Sports Medicine Institute, Birmingham 35205, USA
Am J Orthop 35:554-7. 2006
- The ulnar collateral ligament procedure revisited: the procedure we use
James R Andrews
American Sports Medicine Institute, Birmingham, Alabama
Sports Health 4:438-41. 2012
..The ulnar collateral ligament of the elbow (UCL) is frequently injured in throwing athletes, most commonly baseball pitchers. The ligament is reconstructed through bone tunnels using palmaris longus or gracilis autograft...
- Correlation of interference screw insertion torque with depth of placement in the tibial tunnel using a quadrupled semitendinosus-gracilis graft in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
Barry B Phillips
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Tennessee Campbell Clinic, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Arthroscopy 20:1026-9. 2004
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- Current concepts in the rehabilitation following articular cartilage repair procedures in the knee
Michael M Reinold
Massachusettes General Hospital Sports Center, Boston, MA, USA
J Orthop Sports Phys Ther 36:774-94. 2006
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- Effect of fibular plate fixation on rotational stability of simulated distal tibial fractures treated with intramedullary nailing
Anant Kumar
University of Tennessee-Campbell Clinic, Memphis, Tennessee 38104, USA
J Bone Joint Surg Am 85:604-8. 2003
..However, there was no difference in rotational structural stiffness between the specimens treated with and without plate fixation as applied torque was increased...
- Effect of tibial tunnel dilation on pullout strength of semitendinosus-gracilis graft in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
E Lyle Cain
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Tennessee-Campbell Clinic, Memphis, TN, USA
Orthopedics 28:779-83. 2005
..All grafts failed by graft pullout from the tibial tunnel. However, mean peak load was significantly higher for the dilated tibial specimens (616 +/- 263 N) than for the reamed specimens (453 +/- 197 N) (P = .0025)...
