TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Examination and Management of Acute Conditions A1 - Starkey, Chad A1 - Brown, Sara D. PY - 2015 T2 - Examination of Orthopedic & Athletic Injuries, 4e AB - The circumstances surrounding an acute orthopedic injury influences the nature and duration of the initial examination. Consider the ambulatory evaluation, characterized by the patient coming to you for care on the sidelines. In many cases, this examination process mimics that described in Chapter 1. As used in this text, an acute examination is one that occurs immediately following the onset of the injury, often on the court or field. The acute examination initially focuses on determining the absence of severe injury, progresses through a series of examination techniques designed first to identify gross pathology, establishes the patient's ability and willingness to move and bear weight, and finally, if indicated, ends with a decision regarding return to play. SN - PB - F. A. Davis Company CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/10/05 UR - fadavisat.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1188370500 ER -