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A medical triad is a group of three signs or symptoms, the result of injury to three organs, which characterise a specific medical condition. The appearance of all three signs conjoined together in another patient, points to that the patient has the same medical condition, or diagnosis.
Gymnastics, figure skating, ballet, diving, swimming, and long-distance running are examples of sports which emphasize low body weight. [5] The triad is seen more often in aesthetic sports such as these versus ball game sports. [5] People taking part in these sports may be at an increased risk for developing RED-S. [5]
The unhappy triad, also known as a blown knee among other names, is an injury to the anterior cruciate ligament, medial collateral ligament, and meniscus.Analysis during the 1990s indicated that this 'classic' O'Donoghue triad is actually an unusual clinical entity among athletes with knee injuries.
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O'Donoghue's triad: D. O'Donoghue: orthopaedics, sports medicine: knee injury: coincidence of anterior cruciate injury, medial collateral injury and meniscal tear Oliver's sign: William Silver Oliver: cardiology: aortic arch aneurysm: caudal movement of trachea with systole Oppenheim's sign: Hermann Oppenheim: neurology: pyramidal tract lesions
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The origin of the term "Virchow's Triad" is of historical interest, and has been subject to reinterpretation in recent years. [7] While both Virchow's and the modern triads describe thrombosis, the previous triad has been characterized as "the consequences of thrombosis", and the modern triad as "the causes of thrombosis". [8]
In mammals, triads are typically located at the A-I junction; [1] that is, the junction between the A and I bands of the sarcomere, which is the smallest unit of a muscle fiber. Triads form the anatomical basis of excitation-contraction coupling , whereby a stimulus excites the muscle and causes it to contract.