Essential Sports Medicine

Essential Sports Medicine is a brand new core text for medical and
physiotherapy students and General Practitioners who want a
comprehensive yet concise practical guide to the biomechanics and
physiology of sporting injuries and treatment.

The book takes a multi-disciplinary approach and is organised into a
regional and sports-specific injuries. The book also covers the team
physiciana€™s role, acute management, drugs in sport, and
rehabilitation techniques. High quality functional anatomical
diagrams and photographs are included as well as Key Points boxes to
highlight diagnosis and rehabilitation protocol.

The content is completely up-to-date and is aimed at students and GPs
interested in this increasingly important and popular subject, rather
than specialists in the field. The contributing authors are
recognised worldwide experts in their areas.

Essential Sports Medicine is ideal for medical students and
physiotherapy students and General Practitioners undertaking further
postgraduate training in this area.






Chapter 1 Medical issues and the role of the sports physician
Chapter 2 Acute care
Chapter 3 Sport and exercise science
Chapter 4 Sports injuries of the shoulder
Chapter 5 Sports injuries to the upper limb, hand and wrist
Chapter 6 Sports injuries of the pelvis, groin and thigh
Chapter 7 Sports injuries of the knee and lower leg
Chapter 8 Sports injuries of the ankle and foot
Chapter 9 Acute and chronic injuries of the spine and sacro-iliac
joint
Chapter 10 Radiological investigations in sport
Chapter 11 The athlete’s heart
Chapter 12 Children and sport
Chapter 13 Women in sport
Chapter 14 The veteran athlete
Chapter 15 Disability sport
Chapter 16 Sports-specific injuries
Soccer
Track and field
Cricket
Tennis
Skiing and snowboarding
Chapter 17 Drugs in sport
Chapter 18 Concepts in rehabilitation