Concise Guide to Sports Injuries
- 2nd Edition - June 26, 2008
- Imprint: Churchill Livingstone
- Author: Malcolm T. F. Read
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 0 6 8 7 3 - 7
CONCISE GUIDE TO SPORTS INJURIES covers a wide range of sports injuries from head to toe, looking at cause, diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation. Ordered by pain site, this… Read more
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CONCISE GUIDE TO SPORTS INJURIES covers a wide range of sports injuries from head to toe, looking at cause, diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation. Ordered by pain site, this accessible reference book allows professionals to reach a quick working diagnosis and provides a guide to managing the problem.
- A practical, easy accessible reference guide to allow professionals to reach quick working diagnosis
- Chapters divided by anatomical regions for easy reference
- Discusses techniques of sports that produce injuries and details causes as well as the injury itself
- Highly illustrated, includes MRIs, CTs and X-rays
- Covers rehabilitation and training with an injury
- Extensive glossary defines terms and provides full explanation of diagnostic tests
Sports medicine students, GPs, orthopaedic physicians, orthopaedic surgeons, physiotherapists, rheumatologists, all clinicians dealing with musculoskeletal disorders. Suitable for all levels of practitioners of sports medicine as a reference book.
PrefaceAcknowledgementsForeword1 Head injuries2 The axial skeleton3 Neck4 Dorsal spine5 Lumbar spine6 Anterior chest pain7 Abdomen8 Groin9 Buttock and back of thigh10 Anterior thigh 11 Knee12 Lower leg13 The ankle14 Heel and arch of the foot 15 Mid foot16 Forefoot17 Shoulder 18 Elbow19 Wrist and hand20 Rehabilitation and training with an injury21 Team doctoringGlossaryIndex
- Edition: 2
- Published: June 26, 2008
- Imprint: Churchill Livingstone
- Language: English
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Malcolm T. F. Read
Affiliations and expertise
Consultant in Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine, London, UK