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Netter's Sports Medicine

  • 1st Edition - August 7, 2009
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Margot Putukian, Eric McCarty, Craig Young
  • Language: English

Netter’s Sports Medicine, by Christopher C. Madden, MD, Margot Putukian, MD, FACSM, Craig C. Young, MD, and Eric C. McCarty, MD, is a reference designed to help you meet the… Read more

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Netter’s Sports Medicine, by Christopher C. Madden, MD, Margot Putukian, MD, FACSM, Craig C. Young, MD, and Eric C. McCarty, MD, is a reference designed to help you meet the challenges presented by your patients in this growing interdisciplinary field. More than 1,000 Netter images, along with photos of physical examination techniques and imaging examples, provide a rich visual understanding, while a bulleted text format, combined with a user-friendly organization by specific types of injuries as well as different types of sports, makes reference quick and easy. Discussions of a full range of sports—traditional as well as less common—ensure that the coverage is comprehensive and up to date. From pre-participation exams, musculoskeletal injuries, sports nutrition, and sports psychology...to general medical problems in athletes...this reference equips you with the guidance you need to keep your patients at the top of their game.

Key features

  • Presents more than 1,000 Netter illustrations accompanied by photos of physical examination techniques, radiographs, and other imaging techniques—including CT and MRI—that equip you with a rich visual understanding of sports medicine.
  • Features a bulleted text format for quick-read guidance.
  • Organizes information by specific types of injuries as well as different types of sports for an easy-to-access reference.
  • Discusses traditional along with less common sports for comprehensive coverage that is up to date.
  • Includes a section that examines considerations for specific athlete populations, including children, women, the senior athlete and the physically challenged, to help you meet their special needs.
  • Presents the cross-disciplinary contributions of primary care physicians, athletic trainers, physical therapists, dentists, orthopaedic surgeons, and others, who provide a well-rounded perspective on the subject.
  • Combines current, evidence-based information with expert clinical guidance for a high-yield reference.

Readership

Team Physician, Athletic Trainer, Physical Therapist, Orthopedics, Pediatrician, Internal Medicine, Family Practitioner, Primary Care, or any health professional with patients who are athletes or in physically active or training.

Table of contents

SECTION I: MEDICAL CARE AND SUPERVISION OF THE ATHLETE


1 The Team Physician

2 The Certified Athletic Trainer and the Training room

3 The Preparticipation Physical Examination

4 Sideline Preparedness and Emergencies on the Field

5 Sports Nutrition

6 Sports Supplements

7 Sports Pharmacology of Pain and Inflammation Control in Athletes

SECTION II: CONDITIONING


8 The Pediatric Athlete

9 The High School Athlete: Setting up a High School Sports Medicine Program

10 The Female Athlete

11 The Senior Athlete

12 The Physically Challenged Athlete

SECTION III: SPECIAL CONSIDERATION FOR ATHLETEPOPULATIONS


13 Exercise Prescription and Physiology

14 Aerobic Training

15 Resistance Training

16 Flexibility

SECTION IV: ENVIRONMENT


17 Exercise in the Heat and Heat Illness

18 Exercise in the Cold and Cold Injuries

19 High Altitude Training and Competition

SECTION V: SPORTS PSYCHOLOGY AND BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS


20 The Role of Sports Psychology and Psychiatry

21 Drugs and Doping in Athletes

22 Eating Disorders in Athletes

23 Overtraining

SECTION VI: GENERAL MEDICAL PROBLEMS IN ATHLETES


24 Infections in Athletes

25 Gastrointestinal Problems

26 Hematologic Problems in Athletes

27 Renal and Genitourinary Problems

28 The Athlete with Diabetes

29 The Athlete's Heart and Sudden Cardiac Death

30 The Hypertensive Athlete

31 Exercise Induced Bronchospasm, Anaphylaxis, and Urticaria

32 Neurologic Problems in the Athlete

33 Headache in the Athlete

34 Skin Problems in the Athlete

35 Connective Tissue and Rheumatologic Conditions in Sports

SECTION VII: INJURY PREVENTION, DIAGNOSIS, AND TREATMENT


36 Musculoskeletal Injuries in Sports

37 Comprehensive Rehabilitation of the Athlete

38 Physical Modalities in Sports Medicine

40 Neck Injuries

41 Eye Injuries in Sports

42 Maxillofacial Injuries

43 Shoulder Injuries

44 Elbow Injuries

45 Hand and Wrist Injuries

46 Thorax and Abdominal Injuries

47 Thoracic and Lumbosacral Spine Injuries

48 Pelvis, Hip and Thigh Injuries

49 Knee Injuries

50 Ankle and Leg Injuries

51 Cartilage Problems in Sports

52 Acute Fractures and Dislocations in Athletes

53 Stress Fractures

54 Foot Problems

55 Taping and Bracing

56 Injections in the Athlete

SECTION VIII: SPECIFIC SPORTS


57 Football

58 Volleyball

59 Soccer

60 Basketball.

61 Wrestling

62 Swimming and Diving

63 Scuba Diving

64 Baseball and Softball

65 Track and Field

66 Gymnastics

67 Road Biking,

68 Mountain Bikink

69 Tennis

70 Alpine Skiing

71 Cross-country Skiing

72 Snowboarding

73 Ice Hockey

74 Ice Skating

75 Sailing

76 Rock Climbing

77 Martial Arts

78 Boxing

79 Dance

80 Mass Participation Endurance Events

81 Field Hockey

82 LaCrosse

83 Rowing

84 In-line Skating and Skateboarding

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: August 17, 2009
  • Language: English

About the authors

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Margot Putukian

Affiliations and expertise
Director of Athletic Medicine, Head Team Physician, Assistant Director of Medical Services, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey; Associate Clinical Professor, Rutgers - Robert Wood Johnson, New Brunswick, New Jersey; Team Physician, US Men's Lacrosse Team; Team Physician, US Soccer; Past President American Medical Society for Sports Medicine, USA

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Eric McCarty

Eric C. McCarty, MD, is a board-certified and fellowship-trained orthopaedic surgeon with a longtime interest in sports medicine and athletics. He attended college at the University of Colorado, where he excelled and received numerous honors for his exploits in the classroom, as well as on the football field, where he was an All Big-Eight linebacker and also was an Academic All-American. After medical school at the University of Colorado, he completed his training in orthopaedic surgery at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. From there he completed an intensive year of fellowship training in sports medicine and shoulder surgery at the internationally renowned Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City. He subsequently returned to Vanderbilt as a faculty member in the department of orthopaedics. In 2003, Dr. McCarty was recruited from Vanderbilt University to take over the sports medicine and shoulder program and to serve as the head team physician for the University of Colorado and University of Denver athletic programs. His specialized practice involves the care of these collegiate athletes, as well as recreational and highly competitive athletes from the community. In addition to his busy clinical practice, Dr. McCarty is very active in research, teaching, and writing articles in the field of sports medicine and knee and shoulder surgery. He has received grants for his research and frequently gives talks at both the national and international level. Since his playing days, Dr. McCarty continues to maintain a very active lifestyle with his family. He enjoys the activities he grew up with in Colorado, including hiking, cycling, climbing, and skiing. This carries over into his unbridled dedication to returning his patients to their desired activity/sport.
Affiliations and expertise
Chief, Sports Medicine and Shoulder Surgery, Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado; Director of Sports Medicine, Department of Athletics, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA

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Craig Young

Craig C. Young, MD, is a professor and the Medical Director of Sports Medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin. He received a BS degree (cum laude) in Biological Sciences from the University of California, Irvine. He is a graduate of the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine. He completed a residency in family medicine at UCLA and a sports medicine fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Dr. Young has served as a team physician for the Milwaukee Brewers since 1994 and company physician for the Milwaukee Ballet since 1992. He has also served as a team physician at the U.S. Olympic Training Center (Chula Vista) and is a team physician for the U.S. National Snowboard Team. In 2007, he was appointed by the U.S. Olympic Committee as a team physician for the 23rd World Winter University Games in Torino, Italy. Dr. Young is board certified in both family practice and sports medicine. He was the President of the American Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM) from 2007 to 2008. His clinical interests include dance medicine, wilderness medicine, female athletes, adolescent athletes, and endurance athletes. His research interests include dance medicine, in-line skating, and injury prevention.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor and Medical Director of Sports Medicine, Orthopaedic Surgery & Community and Family Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Team Physician, Milwaukee Ballet, Milwaukee Brewers, US National Snowboard Team, President 2007-2008, American Medical Society for Sports Medicine, USA