Orthopaedic sports medicine
Orthopaedics is a large part of sports medicine, and knee injuries a common theme. Here a subject is having the anterior-posterior laxity of his knee tested. | |
| System | Musculoskeletal |
|---|---|
| Focus | |
| Significant diseases | |
| Significant tests | Musculoskeletal tests |
| Specialist | Orthopaedic sports physician |
| Glossary | Glossary of medicine |
Orthopaedic sports medicine is a combined subspecialty of orthopaedic medicine and sports medicine. The word orthopaedic derives from "ortho" which is the Greek root for "straight" and "pais" which is the Greek root for child. During the early history of orthopaedic medicine, orthopaedists used braces, among other things, to make a child "straight."