Hand and Wrist Injuries in Baseball

Hand and Wrist Injuries in Baseball
Author: Gary M. Lourie
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 287
Release: 2021-09-29
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 3030816591

This book comprehensively reviews soft tissue, bone, ligament, and nerve injury of the hand and wrist unique to baseball. Organized into three sections, the book begins with a discussion on fractures of the hand and wrist, including the distal radius, scaphoid, and phalanges. Following this, section two examines ligament injuries from the wrist to the thumb. Section three then concludes the book with an analysis of tendon and nerve injuries. Chapters include high-quality images and tables to supplement expertly written text. Unique and thorough, Hand and Wrist Injuries in Baseball is an invaluable resource for orthopedics surgeons and sports medicine specialists, as well as primary care physicians, emergency room physicians, pediatricians, athletic trainers, and therapists.

Injuries in Baseball

Injuries in Baseball
Author: Bertram Zarins
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Total Pages: 631
Release: 1998
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780781702591

A comprehensive guide to the prevention and management of baseball injuries. Includes the medical aspects of conditioning, preseason physicals, infectious disease, and drugs in sports. Injuries are addressed by anatomical region.

Hand and Wrist Injuries In Combat Sports

Hand and Wrist Injuries In Combat Sports
Author: Riccardo Luchetti
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 309
Release: 2018-10-17
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 3319529021

This well-illustrated book describes the injuries to the hand and wrist that are commonly encountered among participants in combat sports, explaining the mechanisms of injury and offering state of the art guidance on diagnosis and treatment. It covers both injuries characteristic of individual sports, such as kendo, karate, judo, jiu-jitsu, aikido, and mixed martial arts, and pathologies encountered across the full range of combat sports, including boxing, wrestling, and taekwondo. In addition to management, careful attention is paid to rehabilitation following injury and to psychological aspects of recovery from injury. The book is the result of a collaboration with the International Society for Sport Traumatology of the Hand (ISSPORTH) and has been designed to meet the needs of all practitioners who work with combat sports athletes. While especially helpful for surgeons, physicians, therapists, and rehabilitators, it will also be of value to coaches, trainers, and players. The authors are leading international experts in the field who have been involved with international societies and in some cases have personal experience of combat sports at a high level.

Elite Athlete's Hand and Wrist Injury, An Issue of Hand Clinics

Elite Athlete's Hand and Wrist Injury, An Issue of Hand Clinics
Author: Michelle Carlson
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
Total Pages: 222
Release: 2012-08-28
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1455744050

This issue will cover many common questions and issues that doctors in sports medicine are confronted with: when to treat injuries, tips on whether treatment can be surgical or nonsurgical, how long will player be out of the game, with or without treatment.

Sports Hand and Wrist Injuries, An Issue of Clinics in Sports Medicine

Sports Hand and Wrist Injuries, An Issue of Clinics in Sports Medicine
Author: Jonathan E. Isaacs
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
Total Pages: 217
Release: 2014-12-24
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0323342035

Some common traumatic injuries in athletes include joint dislocations, sprains, muscle strains, broken bones, tendon inflammation, and ligament tears. The most common fracture injury in the athletic population occurs in the fingers. Articles included in this issue are: The challenges of treating athletes- Sport specific injuries, Wrist ligament injuries, Scaphoid fractures, Carpal fractures other than scaphoid, Thumb UCL and RCL injuries, Ulnar sided wrist pain in the athlete and many more!

The Young Tennis Player

The Young Tennis Player
Author: Alexis C. Colvin
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2016-04-08
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 3319275593

Presenting a multidisciplinary approach to the prevention and management of injuries to young tennis players, this unique book considers multiple factors contributing to the increasing numbers of such sports-related injuries, such as increased young athlete participation in tennis, the pre-professionalization of younger players and misconceptions surrounding treating children in the same manner as adults. Beginning with the essentials for developing tennis players and their physical and mental growth with the sport, the text then turns to prevention and management techniques and strategies covering the upper and lower extremities, shoulder and elbow, hip and knee, and spine, as well as other acute medical conditions. Further consideration is given to proper nutrition, strength and conditioning, and rehabilitation and return to play. Edited by clinicians directly involved in the care of young tennis players and including contributions from physical therapists, nutritionists, sports psychologists, and physicians, it is an invaluable and comprehensive resource for any professional seeing and treating young tennis players.

Musculoskeletal Physical Examination

Musculoskeletal Physical Examination
Author: Gerard A. Malanga
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2006
Genre: DVD-ROMs
ISBN: 1560535911

"Evidence based throughout, this unique text analyzes the cumulative results of all of today's musculoskeletal tests to give you guidance on which approach to use in any situation."--Résumé de l'éditeur.

Imaging of Orthopedic Sports Injuries

Imaging of Orthopedic Sports Injuries
Author: Filip M. Vanhoenacker
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 530
Release: 2007-01-17
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 3540682015

This volume provides an updated review of imaging abnormalities in orthopedic sports injuries. The first part of the book contains background information on relevant basic science and general imaging principles in sports traumatology. The second part comprises a topographic discussion of sports injuries. Each chapter highlights the merits of different imaging techniques, focused on a specific clinical problem. In the third part, natural history, monitoring and follow-up imaging are discussed.

Tennis Medicine

Tennis Medicine
Author: Giovanni Di Giacomo
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 671
Release: 2019-01-08
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 3319714988

This book will serve as a key resource for all clinicians working in orthopedics, sports medicine, and rehabilitation for the sport of tennis. It provides clinically useful information on evaluation and treatment of the tennis player, covering the entire body and both general medical and orthopedic musculoskeletal topics. Individual sections focus on tennis-related injuries to the shoulder, the elbow, wrist, and hand, the lower extremities, and the core/spine, explaining treatment and rehabilitation approaches in detail. Furthermore, sufficient sport science information is presented to provide the clinical reader with extensive knowledge of tennis biomechanics and the physiological aspects of training and rehabilitation. Medical issues in tennis players, such as nutrition and hydration, are also discussed, and a closing section focuses on other key topics, including movement dysfunction, periodization, core training, and strength and conditioning specifics. The expansive list of worldwide contributors and experts coupled with the comprehensive and far-reaching chapter provision make this the highest-level tennis medicine book ever published.

Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation

Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation
Author: Ralph M. Buschbacher
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Total Pages: 310
Release: 2008-10-01
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780781777452

Geared to physiatrists and sports medicine physicians, this book is a practical guide to the rehabilitation of sport injuries. It focuses on specific sports and describes a variety of popular sports in sufficient depth so that physicians can confidently diagnose and treat patients injured during each sport. The authors focus on conservative management of injuries, so that physicians can maximize nonsurgical options before resorting to surgery. The book explains the mechanism of each injury and offers strategies for evaluating patients and preparing them to return to play. Numerous illustrations complement the text.