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<strong>Thursday</strong>, May 30, 2013<br />
S264 Vol. 45 No. 5 Supplement<br />
•lumbar bracing<br />
•follow-up evaluations<br />
•physical therapy<br />
3.surgical outcomes<br />
•back pain 6-months post-surgery: a short course of NSAIDs resolved all symptoms<br />
•patient is free from back pain, uses no pain medications, and playing in the LPGA tour<br />
1390 May 30, 2:00 PM - 2:20 PM<br />
Tingling and Weakness - Gymnastics<br />
Nailah Coleman, FACSM. Children’s National Medical Center,<br />
Washington, DC.<br />
(No relationships reported)<br />
hIsTOry: 16 y/o gymnast presented with sharp right patellar tendon pain and midlower<br />
back pain after two separate vault injuries within the prior two weeks. Her pain<br />
was exacerbated by movement and use of her knee and back. She denied sedentary<br />
pain, sleep disturbance, or bowel-bladder insufficiency. She noted atraumatic “pins and<br />
needles” on her right dorsal hand over the past five days but denied neck, elbow, or jaw<br />
pain or injury.<br />
Her past medical and surgical histories were unremarkable.<br />
Her only medicine was Aleve. She had no known allergies.<br />
Exam: she was WDWN in NAD. She had symmetric appearance of her extremities<br />
and a minimal curvature of her spine. She had a normal gait and was able to heel, toe,<br />
and duck walk. She was nontender to palpation. She had full motion of her trunk and<br />
extremities but pain with lumbar extension. Strength, sensation, and neurovascular<br />
status were intact and symmetric, except for 4+/5 strength in the right upper extremity.<br />
She had right hand cramping with elevated arm stress test and right shoulder pain with<br />
empty can, O’Brien’s test, and Speed’s test.<br />
PhysICaL EXaMINaTION:<br />
•Spinal cord lesion<br />
•Nerve root compression<br />
•Peripheral nerve disease<br />
•Patellar tendinitis<br />
•Spondylolysis<br />
•Back strain<br />
TEsTs aNd rEsuLTs<br />
X-rays<br />
•Cervical spine with oblique views: increased transverse processes<br />
•Scoliosis views: minimal curvature<br />
•Lumbar spine with oblique views: normal<br />
•Shoulder: normal<br />
•Knee: normal<br />
MRI<br />
•Spine: a lesion at C4-C5 measuring 5 mm (width) x 15 mm (cranial-caudal) with mild<br />
enhancement, which could signal a demyelinating process, tumor, or trauma.<br />
•Brain: findings suggestive of volume loss without evidence of gliosis or<br />
demyelination process.<br />
Final Working Diagnosis: transverse myelitis<br />
TrEaTMENT aNd OuTCOMEs<br />
•Urgently seen by Neurology and admitted from clinic with a progressively<br />
symptomatic exam, including hyperreflexia and clonus.<br />
•CSF and serum studies for infectious and rheumatologic diseases were normal, except<br />
for an elevated ANA. A definitive etiology has not been found.<br />
•She was given a three-day course of methylprednisolone and responded well.<br />
•She was discharged home with plans for Neuro-Ophthalmology, PM&R, and repeat<br />
imaging.<br />
•New studies are pending.<br />
1391 May 30, 2:20 PM - 2:40 PM<br />
acute Back Pain-Football<br />
Tom W. Bartsokas, FACSM. Summa Orthopaedics & Sports<br />
Medicine, Streetsboro, OH.<br />
(No relationships reported)<br />
hIsTOry: 13-yo male sustained direct blow to right lumbar area from helmet.<br />
Pain progressed over next 2 days, was constant, rated 9/10 at worst and 6/10 at least,<br />
radiated from right LB to right knee, and was associated with severe loss of spinal<br />
motion. Denied changes in bowel/bladder control, hematuria, weakness, previous<br />
episodes of LBP.<br />
PhysICaL EXaMINaTION: Standing exam revealed neutral spinal alignment.<br />
AROM: moderate restriction to flexion; severe restriction to extension (caused<br />
severe right LBP); severe restriction to right sidebending; moderate restriction to left<br />
sidebending; moderate restrictions to rotation bilateral. Gait was slightly antalgic<br />
secondary to back pain. 4+ TTP over right lumbar paraspinals, which had moderately<br />
increased tonus. No TTP at midline, SI joints, sciatic notches bilateral. DTR’s 2/4.<br />
PhysICaL EXaMINaTION: Lumbar contusion, Spondylolysis, Facet syndrome,<br />
Fracture (spinous process, transverse process, pedicle, vertebral body), Lumbar disc<br />
displacement<br />
TEsT aNd rEsuLTs: X-rays of lumbar spine: 5 lumbar vertebrae in normal<br />
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alignment. Slerotic line at right L5 pars interarticularis. No other suggestive evidence<br />
for fractures. Lumbar MRI scan: nondisplaced right L2 transverse process fracture,<br />
bone marrow edema at right L3 & L4 transverse processes.<br />
FINaL WOrKING dIaGNOsIs: Right L2 transverse process fracture<br />
TrEaTMENT aNd OuTCOMEs: First visit: TLSO brace 23 hours/day and<br />
withheld from sports/PE. Second visit: Feeling better, walking normally, throwing<br />
football without pain; continue brace use when up and rest for another 3 weeks. Third<br />
visit: Released to full activity 4.5 weeks after injury.<br />
D-19 Clinical Case Slide - Football I<br />
May 30, 2013, 1:00 PM - 2:40 PM<br />
Room: 117<br />
1392 Chair: Jeffrey M. Anderson, FACSM. Univ. of Connecticut,<br />
Storrs, CT.<br />
(No relationships reported)<br />
1393 discussant: Bryan Wiley. Rancho Cucamonga, CA.<br />
(No relationships reported)<br />
1394 discussant: Aaron Rubin, FACSM. Kaiser Permanente Sports<br />
Medicine Program, Fontana, CA.<br />
(No relationships reported)<br />
1395 May 30, 1:00 PM - 1:20 PM<br />
recurrent deep Vein Thrombosis - Football<br />
Dale C. Gold. University of Colorado, Littleton, CO. (Sponsor:<br />
Tod Sweeney, FACSM)<br />
(No relationships reported)<br />
hIsTOry: 18 year old high school football player presented with right upper<br />
extremity pain and swelling. He reported no injury to the area other than normal hits<br />
playing football. He reported recent heavy weight lifting. Ultrasound showed a right<br />
axillary DVT. Hypercoagulable workup was negative. He was treated with 6 months<br />
of warfarin therapy then cleared for athletic participation. In May 2010 the patient<br />
resumed weight lifting after a four month break and presented with pain and swelling<br />
of the right arm. Ultrasound showed a right subclavian DVT. He was restarted on<br />
warfarin and evaluated by vascular surgery in February 2011. A venogram performed<br />
April 2011 showed no acute clots. He was determined a non-surgical candidate due to<br />
the chronic nature of the occlusion. In June 2011, Warfarin was discontinued and low<br />
dose aspirin was started. In October 2011, patient presented with right arm swelling<br />
and pain after 2 weeks of lifting. Ultrasound showed an axillary vein DVT. Patient<br />
restarted on warfarin. Between acute episodes the patient had stable mild edema of the<br />
right arm after lifting, occasional bluish discoloration of the right upper extremity, and<br />
occasional pain in his right shoulder and neck.<br />
PysICaL EXaMINaTION: Examination when presenting with acute complaints<br />
reveal:<br />
5/10: Right arm notably swollen compared to left, 2+ radial pulses bilaterally<br />
10/11: subtle swelling of the right dorsal hand<br />
PhysICaL EXaMINaTION:<br />
1. Paget-Schroetter Syndrome:<br />
- Increased muscle mass/impingement of vein by musculature of dominant arm<br />
- Cervical rib<br />
2. Hypercoagulable state<br />
3. Cervical Radiculopathy<br />
TEsT aNd rEsuLTs:<br />
Hypercoagulable workup:<br />
- Negative Factor V, Factor II DNA mutation, anticardiolipin antibodies, homocysteine<br />
level, protein C & S<br />
IMaGING:<br />
4/08: US: thrombus right axillary vein<br />
8/08: CTPE negative<br />
11/08: US: no thrombus<br />
5/10: US: thrombus right subclavian vein<br />
2/11: US: no thrombus<br />
4/11: Venogram: chronic occlusion of right subclavian vein at level of thoracic inlet<br />
with mature appearing collaterals.<br />
10/11: US: thrombus right axillary vein<br />
FINaL/WOrKING dIaGNOsIs:<br />
Paget-Schroetter Syndrome due to venous impingement by musculature of dominant<br />
arm.<br />
TrEaTMENT aNd rECCOMEdaTIONs:<br />
1. Chronic Warfarin therapy<br />
2. Modified activity while on warfarin<br />
3. Repeat Surgical Evaluation<br />
ACSM May 28 - June 1, 2013 Indianapolis, Indiana