A double-blind trial of ibuprofen and aspirin in the treatment of soft-tissue injuries sustained in professional football.
Year: 1980
Type: article
Abstract: Of ten thousand patients seen in the Orthopaedic Department of the Middlesbrough General Hospital, about one thousand are sportsmen, and overall the majority suffer an injury or disease of the collagen tissues with or without bone involvement.An important factor in soft-tissue lesions is the bio-feedback neuro- logical mechanisms controlling joint movement, bone and muscle growth, and calcification of bone.The investigation of an injury may be very difficult, and a straight X-ray will only show up lesions involving 65% of bone destruction or more.They usually fail to display soft tissue trauma, and even a 10 cm gap in an Achilles tendon may not be seen.Aspiration of joints with analysis of the aspirate may be helpful imme- diately after injury, but not if several days have elapsed.
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.14.1.46
Author: D. S. Muckle
Language: English
Subfield: Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2139121378