pediatric sports and recreation injuries terry a. adirim, md, mph washington, dc
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Pediatric Sports and Pediatric Sports and Recreation InjuriesRecreation Injuries
Terry A. Adirim, MD, MPHWashington, DC
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Pediatric Sports InjuriesPediatric Sports Injuries
The Score– The epidemiology of sports injuries in children
Children are Not Little Adults– Differences in physiology and development
Sports Concussions– The latest in assessment and management of
mTBI Pop Warner is Hurt--Sport Specific Injuries
– Evaluation and management of the child athlete– Return to play
Learning Objectives
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Pediatric Sports InjuriesPediatric Sports Injuries
Benefits– Physical Fitness– Motor development
Learn New Skills Improve Skills
– To Make Friends– Build Self-Esteem– Have Fun
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EpidemiologyEpidemiology
Injury Surveillance– Reliable data lacking
40 million people > age 6 participate in organized sports
2.6 million ED visits related to sports– Ages 5-24– 5x ED visits is estimated to be # injuries
related to sports Under age 10, most injuries are
secondary to recreational activities rather than organized sports
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High School Sports with Highest Injury Rates– Football--boys– Cross Country--girls
Body Part Most Likely Injured– Ankle– Knee – Wrist, hand, elbow– Shin, calf– Thigh, Groin– Head, Neck, Clavicle
EpidemiologyEpidemiology
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EpidemiologyEpidemiology
Catastrophic Injuries– Most common non-traumatic death in
sports is cardiovascular (e.g. hypertrophic cardiomyopathy)
– Among H.S. athletes, 90% of traumatic deaths involved head, neck
Football historically the sport with the most fatal traumatic deaths
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Developmental and Developmental and Physiological Differences Physiological Differences Between Child and Adult Between Child and Adult
AthletesAthletes
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DevelopmentDevelopmentDifferences in musculoskeletal
system– Pediatric bone has a higher water
content and lower mineral content less brittle than adult bone Thick periosteum in children Rich blood supply in pediatric bone
– The physis (growth plate) cartilaginous structure that is weaker than
bone predisposed to injury
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DevelopmentDevelopment
Ligaments in children are functionally stronger than bone; therefore children are more likely to sustain fractures rather than sprains
Pearl
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DevelopmentDevelopment
Most commonly fractured bone in children:– Clavicle
Younger children fracture upper extremities
As children get older, more risk for lower extremity fractures
Closed reductions of fractures more common in children
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DevelopmentDevelopment
Greenstick fracture
Torus fracture
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DevelopmentDevelopment
The Physis
Salter-Harris Classification of Fractures
High risk for growth arrest
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DevelopmentDevelopment
PearlIf a child is tender over her physis,
but x-ray appears “negative” for fracture, splint and have child follow-up with sports medicine physician or orthopedist.
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DevelopmentDevelopment
CRIMeTOLCRIMeTOLEE•Capitellum •Radius Internal (medial) epicondyle •Trochlea •Olecranon •External (lateral) epicondyle
Ossification Centers of the Elbow
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DevelopmentDevelopment
Supracondylar fractures of the Humerus– Most common mechanism--fall onto
outstretched hand 98% are extension type
– Seen in 3-11 year olds– Gartland Classification
Type I—non-displaced Type II—displaced with intact posterior cortex Type III—complete displacement; usually
posteromedial or posterolateral
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DevelopmentDevelopment
pearl
Check for posterior fat pad in child with swollen elbow
Type II Supracondylar fracture
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DevelopmentDevelopment
Type III Supracondylar Fracture
Pitfall
Children with type II and III need immediate referral/transfer to pediatric orthopedist
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DevelopmentDevelopment
Apophyses– Are growth plates that add shape and
contour rather than length to a bone. – Are often sites of muscle attachment– Avulsions at the apophysis are not
uncommon in older children and adolescents
Diagnosis by x-ray Conservative management
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Development Development
Common Overuse Injuries in Children– Traction Apophysitis
Sever’s Disease (age 8-12)– Osteochondrosis of the heel
Osgood-Schlatters (age 11-15)– Apophysitis of the tibial tubericle
Sinding-Larsen Johansson (age 10-15)– Apophysitis of the inferior pole of the patella
Little League Elbow (age 10-15)– Apophysitis of the medial epicondyle of the
elbow
Treatment = relative rest & strengthening
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Sever’s DiseaseSever’s Disease
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Osgood Schlatter’sOsgood Schlatter’s
Avulsion of tibial tubericle
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Sinding-Larsen-JohanssonSinding-Larsen-Johansson
Distal pole of patella
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Little League ElbowLittle League Elbow
Medial epicondyle
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Specific Sports and Their Specific Sports and Their InjuriesInjuries
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SoccerSoccer
Ankle sprainsBruisesACL InjuriesACL Injuries
– Mechanism of injury is plant and twist Mechanism of injury is plant and twist of kneeof knee
– Usually non-contactUsually non-contact– Higher incidence in girlsHigher incidence in girls– Knee effusion commonKnee effusion common
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SoccerSoccer
ACL Injuries– Diagnosis can be made clinically on
examination with Lachman’s test
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SoccerSoccer
ACL Injuries– Anterior Drawer
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SoccerSoccer
ACL injuries– Radiography in the ED
AP/Lateral x-rays Look for tibial plateau
fractures ACL is soft tissue so
may not have radiologic findings
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SoccerSoccer
ACL Injuries– Best to allow sports medicine
consultant or orthopedist to order MRIs
– MRIs are performed to rule out associated injuries
such as meniscal tears
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FootballFootball
Head and NeckAcromioclavicular SprainsStingers, BurnersFinger injuries
– Jersey finger– Mallet finger
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Mechanism of C-Spine Injury
C-Spine straight with axial loading on top of head
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FootballFootball
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FootballFootball
Acromioclavicular Sprains (“AC Sprains”)– Mechanism is direct hit to top of
shoulder– Point tenderness at AC joint Clavicle
Acromion
Rx: Ice, Anti-inflammatories, active rest
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FootballFootball
Burners, Stingers– Stretch or compression of
the brachial plexus– Sudden pain, tingling
radiating from neck to fingers
– Typically transient– Tx = ROM, strengthening,
protective gear (e.g. neck roll, cowboy collar)
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FootballFootball
Finger Injuries– “Jersey finger”—injury to flexor digitalis
profundus (FDP) FDP causes flexion of the DIP joints
– Occurs during tackling in football History of failure to grab an object (e.g.,
football jersey or car door handle) Painful, swollen finger, especially at the
volar DIPJ Ring finger commonly involved
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FootballFootball
Finger Injuries—”Jersey Finger”– Inability to flex at the DIPJ– PIPJ and MCPJ flexion preserved– Radiographs (AP, lateral, oblique) to
assess for tendinous rupture or bony avulsion fracture
– Splint finger in comfortable position; refer to hand surgeon as soon as possible.
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FootballFootball Mallet FingerMallet Finger
– Flexion deformity of the DIPJ– Painful, swollen fingertip– May have occurred when trying to catch a ball – Inability to extend the distal phalanx at the
DIPJ– Radiographs (AP, lateral, oblique)– Two forms of mallet finger:
Tendinous--extensor tendon rupture Bony--bony avulsion fracture of the distal phalanx
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FootballFootball Mallet Finger Treatment
– Continuous splinting 6 to 8 weeks DIPJ must not be allowed to drop in flexion
– Bony avulsions < 1/3 of articular surface can be reduced with dorsal pressure and dorsal splinting - 6 to 8 weeks.
– Post-reduction radiographs are essential – Refer failed non-surgical treatment, bony
avulsions that are irreducible or involve 1/3 or more of the articular surface, or volar subluxation of the distal phalanx
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Baseball/SoftballBaseball/Softball
Elbow Injuries– Little league elbow (age 10-15)
Apophysitis of the medial epicondyle Overuse injury secondary to throwing
mechanics Tender directly over the medial aspect of elbow Will often elicit a history of child pitching “too
many” innings or “too many” pitches per week (> 200)
– Need to differentiate Little league elbow from Panner’s disease and OCD
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Baseball/SoftballBaseball/Softball
Panner’s Disease (< age 12)– Avascular necrosis of the capitellum
of the humerus– Affects mostly boys– Common symptoms
Pain and stiffness restricted extension motion of the elbow local tenderness over the capitellum
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Baseball/SoftballBaseball/Softball
Panner’s Disease– Usually resolves on own– Need to differentiate between this and OCD
(MRI)
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Baseball/SoftballBaseball/Softball
Osteochondritis Dissecans (OCD)– usually affects adolescents and young
adults – involves separation of a segment of
cartilage and subchondral bone – The area most frequently affected is
the anterolateral surface of the humeral capitellum
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Baseball/SoftballBaseball/Softball
Osteochondritis Dissecans (OCD)
Dx: initial radiographs, MRI for staging, loose body
Rx: Rest, refer to sports medicine specialist
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BasketballBasketball
ACL injuriesPatellar tendonitis (“Jumper’s knee”)Ankle sprainsAnkle sprains
– very commonly injured jointvery commonly injured jointMost common is lateral ankle sprainsMost common is lateral ankle sprains
– In child with open physis, if tender In child with open physis, if tender over lateral malleolus, then splint over lateral malleolus, then splint and refer for follow-upand refer for follow-up
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BasketballBasketball
Lateral ankle sprains– Mechanism is inversion, plantar
flexed
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BasketballBasketball
”High ankle sprain”– Syndesmosis injury
ligament between tibia and fibula tears Mechanism is outward twisting of ankle
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BasketballBasketball Syndesmosis Injury
– Associated injury—maisonneuve fracture– Radiographs: AP, Lateral and Mortise views
– Treatment Most of the time surgery necessary Refer to orthopedist
Proximal tibia fracture
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GymnasticsGymnastics
Back Injuries– Spondylolysis
stress fracture or defect of the pars interarticularis in a vertebra
due to repetitive increase in shear forces in the lumbar spine
– Spondylolisthesis movements of extension and rotation leading to
slipping of all or part of one vertebra forward on another
slippage occurs as a result of repetitive hyperextension which causes a shear stress at the pars interarticularis.
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GymnasticsGymnastics
Symptoms include:– Insidious onset – Pain with hyperextension (e.g. back
walkover) – Initially pain with sports, then increases to
pain with ADLs and progressing to pain interfering with sleep
– A hyperlordotic (increased curvature, not scoliotic) lower back
– Relative tightness of the hamstring muscles.
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GymnasticsGymnastics
Spondylolysis
Spondylolisthesis
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GymnasticsGymnastics
Diagnosis– X-rays: AP, Lateral and oblique– If neg., CT, spect scan or MRI
Treatment – Rest, analgesics– Referral to orthopedist
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GymnasticsGymnastics
PearlBack pain in children less than 18 is
always pathologic until proven otherwise
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Pediatric Sports Injuries:Pediatric Sports Injuries:
General management principles for treatment of sports medicine injuries in
the ED/Office:– Ice is a sports medicine drug—use liberally– When in doubt, immobilize, consult– Best to have athlete rest until reevaluated– Refer child and adolescent athletes to sports
medicine specialists
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Pediatric Sports Injury Pediatric Sports Injury SourcesSources