James Patrick Macdonald
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Physician and specialist in sports medicine. His contributions to SAGE Publications’s Encyclopedia of Sports Medicine (2011) formed the basis of his contributions to Britannica.
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Iliotibial band syndrome (ITBS), inflammation of the band of fibrous tissue known as the iliotibial band (or tract), which extends from the ilium of the hip to the tibia (shinbone). Typically, iliotibial band syndrome (ITBS) results from overuse injury, seen most commonly in distance runners and…
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