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Clinical Sports Medicine

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ISBN-10: 0074715208

ISBN-13: 9780074715208

Edition: 3rd 2006 (Revised)

Authors: Peter Brukner, Karim Khan

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This is a complete practical guide to sports medicine, covering all aspects of diagnosis and management of sports-related injuries. It adopts an easy-to-use, symptom-oriented approach and uses multidisciplinary methods of treatment that are applicable to a variety of disciplines.
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List price: $110.00
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education (Australia) Pty Limited
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 1032
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.75" long x 1.75" tall
Weight: 4.686
Language: English

Peter Brukner OAM, MBBS, DRCOG, FACSP, FASMF, FACSM Peter Brukner is a sports physician and Associate Professor in Sports Medicine at the Centre for Health, Exercise and Sports Medicine, The University of Melbourne, Australia. He is the founding partner of the Olympic Park Sports Medicine Centre, a past president of the Australasian College of Sports Physicians, and an Olympic team physician. Peter is currently the Head of Sports Medicine and Sports Science at the Liverpool Football Club in the UK.Karim Khan BMedSci, MD, PhD, FACSP, FSMA, DipSportMed, FACSM Karim Khan is Associate Professor, Department of Family Practice and School of Human Kinetics, and Associate Member, Departments of…    

Karim Khan, MD, PhD, FACSP, FACSM, Dip Sport Med (CASM) is Professor, Department of Family Practice, and Associate Member, Departments of Physical Therapy and Orthopaedics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. Karim combines an active clinical sports medicine practice with a prolific research program related to tendinopathies, bone health, and exercise prescription for health.

Sports medicinep. 3
Sports injuriesp. 8
Pain : where is it coming from?p. 27
Beware : conditions masquerading as sports injuriesp. 34
Biomechanics of common sporting injuriesp. 40
Principles of injury preventionp. 78
Recoveryp. 102
Principles of diagnosis : clinical assessmentp. 108
Principles of diagnosis : investigations including imagingp. 120
Treatments used for musculoskeletal conditions : more choices and more evidencep. 128
Core stabilityp. 158
Principles of rehabilitationp. 174
Sports concussionp. 201
Headachep. 207
Facial injuriesp. 216
Neck painp. 229
Shoulder painp. 243
Elbow and arm painp. 289
Wrist, hand and finger injuriesp. 308
Thoracic and chest painp. 340
Low back painp. 352
Buttock painp. 381
Acute hip and groin painp. 394
Longstanding groin painp. 405
Anterior thigh painp. 427
Posterior thigh painp. 439
Acute knee injuriesp. 460
Anterior knee painp. 506
Lateral, medial and posterior knee painp. 538
Shin painp. 555
Calf painp. 578
Pain in the achilles regionp. 590
Acute ankle injuriesp. 612
Ankle painp. 632
Foot painp. 646
The patient with longstanding symptomsp. 673
Maximizing sporting performance : nutritionp. 681
Maximizing sporting performance : to use or not to use supplements?p. 708
Maximizing sporting performance : psychology principles for cliniciansp. 716
The younger athletep. 727
Women and activity-related issues across the lifespanp. 749
The older person who exercisesp. 773
The disabled athletep. 778
Sport and exercise-associated emergencies : on-site managementp. 789
Cardiovascular symptoms during exercisep. 803
Respiratory symptoms during exercisep. 819
Gastrointestinal symptoms during exercisep. 835
Diabetes mellitusp. 841
The athlete with epilepsyp. 850
Joint-related symptoms without acute injuryp. 854
Common sports-related infectionsp. 863
The tired athletep. 875
Exercise in the heatp. 888
Exercise at the extremes of cold and altitudep. 900
Exercise prescription for healthp. 912
The preparticipation physical evaluationp. 937
Screening the elite athletep. 944
Providing team carep. 954
Traveling with a teamp. 959
Medical coverage of endurance eventsp. 969
Drugs and the athletep. 976
Ethics and sports medicinep. 1006
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