Focus areas and methodological characteristics of North American-based health disparity research in sports medicine: a scoping review.

Objective: Health disparities are widely prevalent; however, little has been done to examine and address their causes and effects in sports and exercise medicine (SEM). We aimed to summarise the focus areas and methodology used for existing North American health disparity research in SEM and to identify gaps in the evidence base.

Design: Scoping review.

Health disparities in the management of ACL injuries: How socioeconomic status, insurance, and race influence care.

Health care disparities and racial health inequities significantly influence health care delivery and patient outcomes, including for people with injuries of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). This narrative review explores factors that may influence the management of ACL injuries. Studies that have discussed potential social barriers to treatment such as socioeconomic status (SES), insurance status, educational level, and cost of treatment were identified by searching databases such as EBSCO Host, PubMed, and Galileo for the index years from 2008 to 2020.

Orthobiologics in Elbow Injuries.

Orthobiologics are exciting tools providing promising results for difficult orthopedic conditions. In the elbow there is high-level evidence for their use in lateral epicondylopathy and encouraging evidence for other elbow pathologies. This article provides an in-depth review of the current literature for the use of orthobiologics in elbow injuries.

Chronic ischial tuberosity avulsion nonunion fracture treated with a platelet-rich plasma injection as a bone graft.

We present a case of an 18-year-old with a 2-year history of buttock pain who failed extensive treatment for a perceived hamstring strain. Upon evaluation, he was diagnosed with an ischial tuberosity nonunion avulsion fracture. The patient underwent bone grafting via an ultrasound guided leukocyte rich platelet-rich plasma injection followed by the use of a bone stimulator to enhance the bone healing.

Ultrasound-Guided Distal Bicep Tendon Injection Using a Posterior Approach.

Distal biceps tendinopathy is an uncommon but increasingly diagnosed condition in persons with elbow pain. When traditional treatments are unsuccessful, practitioners have performed ultrasound (US)-guided tendon injections in this region using an anterior approach. Although success has been reported with this technique, this approach may lead to neurovascular injury.