The Soft Tissues
Trauma and Sports Injuries
- 1st Edition - August 2, 1993
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- Editors: G. R. McLatchie, C. M. E. Lennox
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 7 5 0 6 - 0 1 7 0 - 2
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 5 0 2 6 - 7
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 8 0 0 7 - 3
The Soft Tissues: Trauma and Sports Injuries focuses on the diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of soft tissue injuries. The publication first offers information on the… Read more
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Request a sales quoteThe Soft Tissues: Trauma and Sports Injuries focuses on the diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of soft tissue injuries. The publication first offers information on the incidence, nature, and economic effects of soft tissue injury and the anatomy of soft tissues. Discussions focus on economic effects and burden on health care service, nature of soft tissue lesions, muscles, tendons, ligaments, and the skin. The manuscript also examines skin injuries and wound healing and muscle injuries. The text takes a look at the management of the acutely injured joint, tendon injuries with special reference to the hand, and cold injuries. Topics include open flexor tendon injuries of the hand, closed extensor tendon injuries, insertional tendinitis, cold and muscle injury, prevention of cold injury, and cold and the increased risk of accidents. The manuscript also surveys the imaging of soft tissues; physiological testing in sport performance; effect of ultrasound on the biology of soft tissue repair; and injuries to the head, spine, lower and upper limbs, and the eyes. The publication is a vital reference for sports medicine specialists and readers interested in soft tissue injuries.
List of Contributors
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Part I - General Principles
1 Incidence, Nature and Economic Effects of Soft Tissue Injury
2 Anatomy of the Soft Tissues
3 Skin Injuries and Wound Healing
4 Muscle Injuries
5 Management of the Acutely Injured Joint
6 Tendon Injuries with Special Reference to the Hand
7 Cold Injuries
Part II - Diagnostic Methods and Problems in Practice
8 Imaging of the Soft Tissues
9 Physiological Testing in Sport Performance
10 Gait Analysis
11 The Effect Of Ultrasound on the Biology of Soft Tissue Repair
12 Injuries to the Head And Spine
13 Injuries to the Lower Limb
14 Injuries to the Upper Limb
15 Injuries to the Eye
16 Soft Tissue Pains in the Growing Child
17 Rehabilitation
Part III - Sports Injuries
18 Risks and Injuries in Athletics and Running
19 Risks and Injuries in Rugby Football
20 Risks and Injuries in Orienteering, Fell Running and Cross-Country Racing
21 Risks and Athletic injuries In North American Sports
22 Risks and Injuries in Water Sports
23 Risks and Injuries in Gymnastics, Ballet and Dance
24 Risks and Injuries in Combat Sports
25 Risks and Injuries in Horse Riding Sports
Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: August 2, 1993
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- No. of pages: 498
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN: 9780750601702
- Paperback ISBN: 9781483250267
- eBook ISBN: 9781483280073
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