Sports Medicine

Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Athletes with Disabilities. 3. Athlete preparticipation evaluation. 4. Exercise physiology. 5. Exercise prescription. 6. Compartment syndromes. 7. Muscle contusion. 8. Facial fractures. 9. Myofascial pain in athletes. 10. Foot and ankle fractures. 11. Metatarsalgia. 12. Lumbar disk problems. 13. Hip dislocation. Bibliography. Index.

“Sports medicine specializes in preventing, diagnosing and treating injuries related to participating in sports and /or exercise, specifically the rotation or deformation of joints or muscles caused by engaging in such physical activities. The sports medicine team includes speciality physicians and surgeons, athletic trainers, physical therapists, coaches, other personnel as well as the athlete himself/herself. Because of the competitive nature of sports, a primary focus of sports medicine is the rapid recovery of patients, which drives many innovations in the field.

Sports medicine is not a single speciality, but an area that involves health care professionals, researchers and educators from a wide variety of disciplines. Its function is not only curative and rehabilitative, but especially preventive. Illness or injury in sport can be caused by many factors-from environmental to physiological and psychological. Consequently, sports medicine can encompass an array of specialities, including cardiology, pulmonology, dermatology, ophthalmology, rehabilitation medicine, orthopaedic surgery, arthroscopy, exercise physiology, biomechanics and traumatology. The book takes a multi-disciplinary approach and is organized into sports-specific injuries. It also covers the physician’s role, acute management, drugs for sport injuries and rehabilitation techniques.”