2 results match your criteria: "University of Alabama at Birmingham Sports Medicine[Affiliation]"
King-Devick and Pre-season Visual Function in Adolescent Athletes.
Optom Vis Sci
January 2017
*OD, MBA, FAAO †OD, MSPH, FAAO ‡OD, FAAO §MPH, MD ‖MEd. ATC/L The University of Alabama at Birmingham Sports Medicine Clinic at Children's of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama (all authors).
Purpose: The King-Devick test (KD) has been studied as a remove-from-play sideline test in college-age athletes and older; however, studies in younger athletes are limited. A cross-sectional study of the KD and other vision correlates was completed on school-aged athletes during pre-season physicals for a variety of sports to determine the repeatability of the KD. The study also evaluated how convergence, alignment, or pupil function contributed to a slower King-Devick baseline reading.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDelayed presentation of a cervical spine fracture dislocation with posterior ligamentous disruption in a gymnast.
Am J Orthop (Belle Mead NJ)
June 2014
University of Alabama at Birmingham Sports Medicine, Birmingham, AL.
Cervical spine injuries are uncommon but potentially devastating athletic injuries. We report a case of a girl gymnast who presented with a cervical spine fracture dislocation with posterior ligamentous disruption several days after injury. To our knowledge, this type of presentation with such severity of injury in a gymnast has not been reported in the literature.
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