Health Reference Series: Sports Injuries Sourcebook
Health Reference Series: Sports Injuries Sourcebook
Editor: Larsen, Laura
Publication Year: 2017
Publisher: Omnigraphics, Inc.
Single-User Purchase Price:
$85.00

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.
This book is found in the following Credo Collections:
Table of Contents
- 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