Foot and ankle sports medicine /

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Imprint:Philadelphia, PA : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a Wolters Kluwer business, 2013.
Description:1 online resource (351 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Language:English
Series:Online access: Ovid Technologies LWW Doody's Core Collection 2019.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11303453
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Varying Form of Title:Sports medicine
Foot & ankle sports medicine
Other authors / contributors:Altchek, David, editor.
DiGiovanni, Christopher W., editor.
Dines, Joshua S., editor.
Positano, Rock G., editor.
ISBN:9781451182057
1451182058
1469878534
9781469878539
1469828006
9781469828008
9780781797528
0781797527
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
English.
Online resource; title from resource home page (Ovid, viewed January 10, 2017).
Summary:"With this brand new book, sports medicine practitioners will have one of the most comprehensive and practical resources for the treatment of foot and ankle sports injuries. In addition to tendon disorders, trauma, hindfoot, midfoot, forefoot, and lower leg, this books 32 chapters also cover pediatric sports injuries, sport specific injury prevention, rehabilitation, and even shoe selection. Over 40 specialists in orthopaedic surgery, podiatry, physiatry, physical therapy, and athletic training contributed to this books content. Including team physicians, physical therapists, and athletic trainers for major sports teams including the New York Giants, New York Mets, Philadelphia Flyers, Philadelphia Eagles, New York Knicks, Washington Nationals, Carolina Panthers, and the US Davis Cup Tennis team. It's the combination of all these different disciplines that makes this book a resource for treatment of foot and ankle sports injuries"--Publisher's description
Other form:Print version: Foot & ankle sports medicine. Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer / Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Health, [2013] 9780781797528
Table of Contents:
  • Anatomy of the foot and ankle
  • Structure and function of the foot
  • Plantar pressure assessment of the athlete
  • Basic science of tendon healing
  • Physical examination of the foot and ankle
  • Imaging of foot and ankle athletic injuries
  • Surgical approaches to the foot and ankle
  • Ankle arthroscopy
  • Principles of anesthesia for foot and ankle surgery
  • Acute ankle instability
  • Chronic ankle instability
  • Ankle impingement
  • Osteochondral lesions of the ankle
  • Peroneal tendon disorders
  • Posterior tibial tendon injuries in sports
  • Achilles pathology and ruptures
  • Ankle fractures and disruptions of the syndesmosis
  • Syndesmosis injuries
  • Lisfranc injury in the elite athlete
  • Stress fractures of the foot and ankle
  • Hindfoot injuries
  • Forefoot injuries
  • Forefoot trauma
  • Inter-relations between foot and hip mechanics in athletes
  • Leg pain in runners
  • Foot and ankle conditions in athletic children and adolescents
  • Sports-specific injury prevention
  • Focal nerve injuries in the foot and ankle
  • Rehabilitation of the foot and ankle
  • Sport specific prescription foot orthoses
  • Plantar fascia injuries
  • Sports dermatology of the foot and ankle.