Apophysitis describes a chronic traction injury at the insertion site of a tendon. There is a gradual onset of pain with no clear history of injury. Without adequate preventive methods, an avulsion ...

The cause is a sudden and forceful pull on the sartorial and tensor fascia lata muscles to the anterior superior iliac spine—for example, in sprinters on the starting line 3, 6– 8, 10 —which ...

Typically, the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve exits the abdomen medial to the anterior superior iliac spine, deep to the inguinal ligament and in a groove between the sartorius and iliacus muscles.

Anterior pelvic tilt. ... The clinician will draw an imaginary line between the anterior superior iliac spine and the posterior superior iliac spine to determine the degree of pelvic tilt.

This maneuver allows a second Hohmann retractor to be placed under the iliopectineal fascia (Figure 8) toward the anterior inferior iliac spine (step 7). This step is not without risk of injury to ...

Six weeks after surgery her myeloradiculopathic symptoms had improved, but she was experiencing acute pain at her graft-harvest site despite no history of trauma. Plain film radiographs revealed an ...

Due to a car accident, I have an avulsion fracture of my right anterior inferior illiac spine. I have been told that I may not do any running or other impact exercise for six weeks. I understand that ...

Dr. Nunley commented, "As a spine surgeon, our focus is all about how to create a proper fusion with proper biomechanics. Unlike other devices, BowTie is doing everything we know about fusing joints.