Two Novel Clinical Tests for the Diagnosis of Hip Labral Tears.

Background: There are few well-studied clinical tests for the diagnosis of hip labral tears. As the differential diagnosis for hip pain is broad, accurate clinical examination is important in guiding advanced imaging and identifying patients who may benefit from surgical management.

Purpose: To determine the diagnostic accuracy of 2 novel clinical tests for the diagnosis of hip labral tears.

The impact of modifications in cadaver dissection time on student learning outcomes in a doctor of physical therapy program.

Human anatomy is a foundational component of medical and allied health professional education. Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) programs are required to teach anatomy, however the pedagogies used are at the discretion of faculty and institutions. Cadaver dissection may have been the predominant instruction methodology in DPT programs in the past; new technology provides alternative interactive teaching methods.

Intraoperative intra-articular injection of gentamicin: will it decrease the risk of infection in total shoulder arthroplasty?

Background: Deep infection is a debilitating complication after shoulder arthroplasty. Intra-articular injection of antibiotic can give a higher concentration compared with intravenous administration. We hypothesized that a group of patients given an intra-articular, intraoperative injection of gentamicin would report a lower infection rate than a group without local antibiotics.

Nirschl surgical technique for concomitant lateral and medial elbow tendinosis: a retrospective review of 53 elbows with a mean follow-up of 11.7 years.

Background: Combined lateral elbow tendinosis (tennis elbow) and medial elbow tendinosis (golfer's elbow) can be a disabling condition that, if unresponsive to nonoperative treatments, may be effectively treated surgically. The authors are not aware of any study that reports the outcome of a combined operation for lateral and medial elbow tendinosis (country club elbow) performed in the same operative setting.

Hypothesis: Combined surgical treatment of country club elbow in the same operative setting has similar outcomes to those seen in the literature for single operative procedures.

Development of spontaneous intracranial hypotension concurrent with grade IV mobilization of the cervical and thoracic spine: a case report.

Spontaneous intracranial hypotension (SIH) has been clinically defined as the development of severe orthostatic headaches caused by an acute cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak. Typically, intracranial hypotension occurs as a complication of lumbar puncture, but recent reports have identified cases caused by minor trauma. We report a case of SIH secondary to a dural tear caused by a cervical and thoracic spine mobilization.