Sports Medicine: The School Age Athlete

Sports Medicine: The School Age Athlete
ISBN-10
0721656730
ISBN-13
9780721656731
Series
Sports Medicine
Category
Medical / Sports Medicine
Pages
774
Language
English
Published
1996
Publisher
Saunders
Author
Bruce Reider

Description

Written by national experts, the 2nd Edition of this well-received book presents a multidisciplinary approach to the care of the school-age competitive athlete. Provides comprehensive coverage of training and rehabilitation techniques, common sports injuries, and sport-specific medicine--with an emphasis on aggressive mobilization and thorough rehabilitation throughout the text. Other chapters discuss nutrition for sports and muscle and tendon injuries.

  • Features more than 55 contributors - predominantly orthopaedic surgeons who are also team physicians.
    • Provides practical advice on history taking and differential diagnosis, physical examination, treatment planning and decision making, rehabilitation following surgery, and more!
  • Offers nearly 500 illustrations that clearly depict physical findings, how-to's for different clinical tests, and characteristic radiographs and MR images.
  • New chapter on nutrition.
    • Updated and expanded coverage of rehabilitation, head and neck injuries, shoulder instability, meniscus injuries, patellar instability and pain, football, tennis, and more!
  • New photos, the latest references, more MR images, and additional algorithms.
    • A more consistent organization that makes information easier to find and follow.

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