Athletic Skin Injuries

@article{Basler2004AthleticSI,
  title={Athletic Skin Injuries},
  author={Rodney S. W. Basler and Christopher M. Hunzeker and Michael A. Garcia and William W. Dexter},
  journal={The Physician and Sportsmedicine},
  year={2004},
  volume={32},
  pages={33 - 40}
}
Because the skin is the athlete's first line of defense, it is exposed to friction and pressure in nearly every athletic setting. Whether applied acutely or chronically, friction and pressure often cause skin trauma, such as abrasions, chafing, calluses, blisters, talon noir (black heel), and acne medianica. Sports medicine clinicians, who regularly see skin injuries, can speed healing by making a timely diagnosis, recommending effective treatment, and discussing prevention strategies. 
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Sideline skin and wound care for acute injuries
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The management of acute skin trauma in sports is reviewed from the perspective of the sideline medical provider and abrasions, lacerations, blisters, chafing, and sunburn are covered.
Skin tribology in sport
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The principles of skin friction and wear are described for the benefit of sports scientists, engineers and clinicians to optimise the balance of risk versus reward.
Pressure and Friction Injuries in Primary Care.
Friction foot blisters: a review of the risk factors, treatment and prevention
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Friction blisters present in people of all ages and activity levels but those at increased risk are runners, hikers, those wearing incorrect footwear or hosiery, and the military.
Skin Abrasion and Chafing Caused by Sauna Suit Clothing
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A 35-year-old female admitted to the authors' clinic with pain, and wound in the groin fold after she had been used sauna suit clothing 30 minutes a day for three day while aerobic exercising, which is the first report describing skin injury which was caused by saauna suit clothing.
Inner thigh friction as a cause of acne mechanica
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This is the first reported case of bilateral open comedones caused by inner thigh friction, and any acneiform eruption in areas of friction, pressure, stretching, rubbing, pinching, or occlusion in any individual, regardless of preexisting acne.
Understanding the Acute Skin Injury Mechanism Caused by Player-Surface Contact During Soccer
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The use of protective equipment, a skin lubricant, or wet surface conditions has a positive effect on preventing abrasion-type injuries from artificial turf surfaces and strong indications that a sliding-induced skin lesion is caused by mechanical rather than thermal injury to the skin.
Skin injury due to artificial turf. The skin as a readout system
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The use of protective equipment, a skin lubricant, or wet surface conditions has a positive effect on preventing abrasion-type injuries from artificial turf surfaces and there are strong indications that a sliding-induced skin lesion is caused by mechanical rather than thermal injury to the skin.
Foot Temperature Assessment
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This chapter is to discuss several methodological points concerning the thermal analysis of the foot using infrared thermography, as well as to discuss how it can be applied to the science of sports, both in areas already researched and those as yet uninvestigated.
Dermatosis en los deportistas
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The cutaneous manifestations of traumatic and environmental injuries, infections, and exacerbation of preexisting dermatoses are reviewed.
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