Health Reference Series: Sports Injuries Sourcebook

Editor: Larsen, Laura
Publication Year: 2017
Publisher: Omnigraphics, Inc.

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Unlimited-User Purchase Price: $127.50
ISBN: 978-0-7808-1528-5
Category: Health & Medicine - Rehabilitation & Therapy
Image Count: 7
Book Status: Available
Table of Contents

Provides basic consumer health information about sports injuries in various parts of the body, protective equipment and preventive measures, treatment options, and a special section on sports injuries in children and teens.

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Rehabilitation and Therapy Essentials Collection

Preface
Part I: Health and Sports
Chapter 1— An Introduction to Sports Injuries and Exercise
Chapter 2— Sprains and Strains
Chapter 3— Bursitis and Tendinitis
Chapter 4— Repetitive Motion Disorders
Chapter 5— Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) in Athletes
Chapter 6— Athletes and Skin Disorders
Section 6.1— Preventing Skin Diseases in Athlete
Section 6.2— Athletes and Skin Cancer Risk
Chapter 7— Exercise-Induced Asthma in Athletes
Chapter 8— Sports Nutrition, Weight Maintenance, and Hydration
Section 8.1— Basic Facts about Sports Nutrition
Section 8.2— Female Athlete Triad
Section 8.3— Healthy Hydration for Athletes
Chapter 9— Drug Use among Athletes
Section 9.1— Impact of Drugs on Athletes
Section 9.2— Steroids as Performance- Enhancing Substances
Part II: Preventing Sports Injuries
Chapter 10— Sports Injury Prevention and First Aid Treatment
Chapter 11— Protective Equipment for Athletes
Section 11.1— Athletic Shoes
Section 11.2— Helmets
Section 11.3— Eye Protection
Chapter 12— Sports Safety Tips
Section 12.1— Baseball
Section 12.2— Hockey
Section 12.3— Football
Section 12.4— Soccer
Section 12.5— Skateboarding
Section 12.6— Bicycle Safety
Section 12.7— Golf
Section 12.8— Tennis
Section 12.9— Running
Chapter 13— Winter Sports Safety
Chapter 14— Resistance Training Safety
Chapter 15— Outdoor Sports Safety in Weather Conditions
Section 15.1— Safety in the Heat
Section 15.2— Cold Weather Safety
Section 15.3— Lightning Safety
Part III: Head and Facial Injuries
Chapter 16— Sports-Related Head Injuries
Section 16.1— Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI)
Section 16.2— Concussions
Chapter 17— Sports Injuries to the Face
Section 17.1— Jaw Injuries
Section 17.2— Eye Injuries
Section 17.3— Cauliflower Ear
Part IV: Back, Neck, and Spine Injuries
Chapter 18— Lower Back Pain
Chapter 19— Spondylolysis and Spondylolisthesis
Chapter 20— Cervical Fractures (Broken Neck)
Chapter 21— Spinal Cord Injuries
Chapter 22— Disc Disorders
Chapter 23— Spinal Nerve Injuries
Section 23.1— Stingers
Section 23.2— Sciatica
Part V: Shoulder and Upper Arm Injuries
Chapter 24— Common Shoulder Problems
Chapter 25— Frozen Shoulder
Chapter 26— Rotator Cuff Disease
Chapter 27— Shoulder Impingement
Chapter 28— Shoulder Dislocation
Chapter 29— Muscle Tears and Tendon Injuries
Section 29.1— Rotator Cuff Tears
Section 29.2— Biceps Tendon Injuries
Chapter 30— Collarbone Injuries
Part VI: Injuries to the Elbows, Wrists, and Hands
Chapter 31— Arm and Wrist Injuries
Section 31.1— Arm Fractures
Section 31.2— Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Section 31.3— Scaphoid Fractures
Section 31.4— Wrist Fractures
Chapter 32— Elbow Injuries
Section 32.1— Tennis Elbow
Section 32.2— Osteochondritis Dissecans of the Elbow (Little League Elbow)
Section 32.3— Ulnar Collateral Ligament Injuries (Thrower's Elbow)
Section 32.4— Ulnar Nerve Entrapment(Cubital Tunnel Syndrome)
Chapter 33— Hand Injuries
Section 33.1— Finger Sprains, Fractures, and Dislocations
Section 33.2— Thumb Strains (Skier's Thumb)
Section 33.3— Mallet Finger (Baseball Finger)
Section 33.4— Flexor Tendon Injuries
Part VII: Injuries to the Trunk, Groin, Upper Legs, and Knees
Chapter 34— Trunk and Groin Injuries
Section 34.1— Hematuria
Section 34.2— Groin and Perineal Injuries in Athletes
Chapter 35— Hip Injuries
Section 35.1— Hip Bursitis
Section 35.2— Hip Flexor Strains
Chapter 36— Upper Leg Injuries
Section 36.1— Femur Fracture
Section 36.2— Hamstring Injuries
Chapter 37— Knee Injury Basics
Chapter 38— Knee Cartilage Injuries
Section 38.1— Patellofemoral Knee Pain (Chondromalacia Patella)
Section 38.2— Osteochondritis Dissecans of the Knee
Section 38.3— Meniscal Injuries
Chapter 39— Knee Ligament Injuries
Section 39.1— Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Injury
Section 39.2— Posterior Cruciate Ligament (PCL) Injury
Chapter 40— Patellar Tendinitis and Tendinopathy
Chapter 41— Dislocated Patella
Chapter 42— Other Overuse Knee Injuries
Section 42.1— Iliotibial (IT) Band Friction Syndrome
Section 42.2— Plica Syndrome
Part VIII: Injuries to the Lower Legs, Ankles, and Feet
Chapter 43— Leg Stress Fractures
Chapter 44— Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome (Shin Splints)
Chapter 45— Achilles Tendon Injuries
Chapter 46— Ankle Injuries
Section 46.1— Ankle Sprains
Section 46.2— Ankle Instability
Section 46.3— Ankle Fractures
Chapter 47— Injuries to the Feet
Section 47.1— Plantar Fasciitis (Heel Spurs)
Section 47.2— Metatarsalgia
Section 47.3— Sesamoiditis and Sesamoid Fracture
Section 47.4— Fifth Metatarsal Fracture
Section 47.5— Stress Fractures of the Foot
Chapter 48— Toe Injuries
Section 48.1— Turf Toe
Section 48.2— Toe and Forefoot Fractures
Part IX: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Rehabilitation of Sports Injuries
Chapter 49— Imaging and Diagnostic Tests
Section 49.1— Arthrogram
Section 49.2— Bone Scan and Bone Density Test
Section 49.3— Computed Tomography (CT) Scan
Section 49.4— Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
Section 49.5— Ultrasound
Chapter 50— Medications for Sports Injuries
Chapter 51— Specialized Surgical Treatments and Therapy
Section 51.1— Arthroscopic Surgery
Section 51.2— Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Repair
Section 51.3— Cartilage Repair and Restoration
Chapter 52— Sports Physical Therapy
Part X: Sports Injuries in Children and Young Athletes
Chapter 53— Children and Sports Injuries
Section 53.1— Sport and Recreation Safety for Children
Section 53.2— Playground Injuries
Chapter 54— Sports Physicals
Chapter 55— Preventing Children's Sports Injuries
Chapter 56— Overtraining Burnout in Young Athletes
Chapter 57— Growth Plate Injuries
Chapter 58— Developmental Diseases and Sports Injuries
Section 58.1— Osgood-Schlatter Disease
Section 58.2— Sever's Disease
Chapter 59— Return to Play
Part XI: Additional Help and Information
Chapter 60— Glossary of Terms Related to Sports Injuries
Chapter 61— Directory of Resources Related to Sports Injuries