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Original Articles

Contraindications to Athletic Participation

Spinal, Systemic, Dermatologie, Paired-Organ, and Other Issues

Pages 56-75 | Published online: 18 Dec 2017
 

In brief

Physicians perform a delicate balancing act when they weigh a patient's medical condition against the safety of sports participation. This article, the second of a two-part series on contraindications to activity, examines the sensory, spinal, gastrointestinal, systemic, hematologic, and dermatologie conditions that warrant activity disqualification and provides guidelines about when it's safe to participate. Also discussed are activity considerations for patients who have lost a paired organ.

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Notes on contributors

James L. Moeller

Dr Moeller is director of Primary Care Sports Medicine and an assistant professor in the departments of family medicine and orthopaedic surgery at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in Pittsburgh. He is a member of the American College of Sports Medicine and the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine.

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