Key Topics in Sports Medicine

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ISBN: 9781841844411 | 1841844411
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Copyright: 7/17/2008

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Students have often commented on the need for a concise textbook on sports medicine that presents the essential information otherwise scattered across several much larger medical textbooks on other topics. Addressing this need, Key Topics in Sports Medicine makes effective use of the successful Key Topics format to provide extensive relevant information in an accessible and easy-to-follow manner. Practical and clearly presented, this is an invaluable resource for those students and practioners of sports medicine and rehabilitation, athletic training, physiotherapy and orthopedic surgery.

List of contributors	p. x
Preface	p. xii
Abdominal injuries in sport	p. 1
Achilles tendon rupture	p. 4
Ageing and sport	p. 6
Ankle - acute sprains	p. 11
Ankle - persistent problems following sprains: overview	p. 14
Ankle - persistent problems following sprains: lateral ankle instability	p. 15
Ankle - persistent problems following sprains: other injuries	p. 17
Back pain - overview	p. 25
Back pain - lumbar strains and sprains	p. 27
Back pain - discogenic	p. 29
Back pain - spondylolysis	p. 30
Biomechanics	p. 32
Calf pain	p. 35
Cervical spine injuries - overview	p. 36
Cervical spine - cervical ligament and muscle injuries	p. 38
Cervical spine - cervical disc injuries and herniations	p. 39
Cervical spine - fracture/dislocation	p. 40
Cervical spine - cervical cord neuropraxia	p. 46
Cervical spine - nerve root/brachial plexus injuries	p. 47
Chest injuries	p. 50
Compartment pressure syndromes	p. 53
Diabetes and exercise	p. 54
Disability and sport - overview	p. 59
Disability and sport - classification	p. 60
Disability and sport - medical problems	p. 62
Disability and sport - equipment	p. 65
Drugs in sport - overview	p. 68
Drugs in sport - the administrative framework: doping control procedures	p. 72
Drugs in sport - anabolic steroid abuse	p. 75
Drugs in sport - blood doping, erythropoietin and altitude training	p. 78
Diving - hyperbaric medicine	p. 82
Ear, nose, throat conditions in athletes	p. 86
Elbow - lateral epicondylitis (tennis elbow)	p. 89
Elbow - medial epicondylitis (golfer's elbow)	p. 92
Elbow - throwing injuries	p. 95
Epilepsy and exercise	p. 102
Exercise physiology - circulatory and respiratory systems	p. 106
Exercise promotion	p. 109
Eye injuries in sports	p. 111
Female athlete - the triad	p. 116
Female athlete - exercise during pregnancy	p. 119
Fitness testing	p. 120
Forearm and wrist conditions	p. 121
Gender verification	p. 124
Groin pain	p. 125
Hand injuries	p. 129
Head injury	p. 131
Heel pain	p. 134
Imaging of sports injuries - plain radiograph (plain X-ray)	p. 141
Imaging of sports injuries - ultrasound (USS)	p. 143
Imaging of sports injuries - isotope bone scan	p. 145
Imaging of sports injuries - magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)	p. 148
Imaging of sports injuries - computed tomography (CT)	p. 151
Infection and sport	p. 153
Knee - acute injuries	p. 156
Knee - overuse injuries	p. 161
Knee - anterior knee pain	p. 162
Lumbar intervertebral disc herniation	p. 164
Maxillofacial injuries in sport	p. 168
Muscle properties relevant to sports and exercise (including fatigue)	p. 172
Nerve injury - overview of peripheral nerve injuries	p. 178
Nerve entrapment syndromes - upper limb	p. 182
Nerve entrapment syndromes - lower limb	p. 183
Orthoses in sport	p. 186
Osteoarthritis and sport	p. 194
Osteoarthritis - treatment	p. 196
Paediatrics - sports medicine	p. 200
Paediatrics - sports injuries	p. 202
Paediatrics - osteochondrosis (osteochondritis)	p. 206
Physiotherapy - general principles	p. 209
Physiotherapy - acute injury management	p. 213
Physiotherapy - rehabilitation	p. 218
Physiotherapy - the team physiotherapist	p. 221
Prevention of sports injuries	p. 225
Psychology - performance enhancement	p. 229
Psychology - sports injuries	p. 231
Pulmonary disorders and exercise	p. 232
Risk of sudden death in athletes	p. 235
Shin pain	p. 244
Shoulder - acute dislocation	p. 245
Shoulder - instability	p. 248
Shoulder - impingement syndrome/rotator cuff disease	p. 253
Shoulder - acromioclavicular joint injuries	p. 259
Skin infections in athletes	p. 263
Sport and exercise at altitude	p. 268
Sport and exercise in the cold - hypothermia	p. 270
Sport and exercise in the heat - thermoregulation and fluid balance	p. 272
Sport and travelling	p. 275
Sports footwear	p. 277
Stress fractures in sports	p. 281
Team physician	p. 285
Thigh pain (anterior) - quadriceps muscle injuries	p. 287
Thigh pain (posterior) - hamstring strains	p. 291
Thigh - muscular contusions and myositis ossificans	p. 295
Thoracolumbar spine fractures	p. 299
Training	p. 304
Unexplained underperformance syndrome	p. 306
Urinary tract injuries	p. 308
Index	p. 310
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