Sportverletzung Sportschaden : Organ der Gesellschaft für Orthopädisch-Traumatologische Sportmedizin
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Sportverletz Sportschaden · Dec 1990
[Results of follow-up of untreated anterior cruciate ligament rupture].
A series of 90 patients, 85 males and 5 females, all with ACL-ruptures had a follow up between 5 and 12 years. All of them had a primary arthrotomy with or without meniscectomy but in no case an operative repair of the ACL-rupture was done. ⋯ Nearly 60% of the patients could resume their former sports activities in some cases on a lower level, whereas 33% had to change their sport or even had to give up any sport. 75%-80% of the patients with partial or total meniscectomy and 90% of those without meniscectomy estimated the outcome as good or fair. In contrast to this 61% rsp. 86% of the patients with partial or total meniscectomy had an osteoarthritis of grade III and IV, patients without meniscectomy in only 23%.
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Sportverletz Sportschaden · Mar 1988
[International sports medicine--current responsibilities and goals].
A brief historical outline of the development of sports medicine is followed by an explanation of the structure of the World Federation of Sports Medicine (FIMS), and by a description of international tasks of sports medicine. Finally, topical aspects in research and practice are outlined.