Sports Injuries: Prevention, Diagnosis, Treatment And Rehabilitation

This book offers a complete guide to the latest knowledge on the diagnosis and treatment of the full range of possible sports injuries. Individual sections are devoted to biomechanics, injury prevention, and the still emerging treatment role of growth factors, which foster more rapid tissue healing. Sports injuries of each body region are then examined in detail, with special attention to diagnostic issues and the most modern treatment techniques. In addition, pediatric sports injuries, extreme sports injuries, the role of physiotherapy, and future developments are extensively discussed. All who are involved in the care of patients with sports injuries will find this textbook to be an invaluable, comprehensive, and up-to-date reference.

This volume deals with the diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of common sport-related injuries, and will be valuable for any sports medicine physician as well as anyone interested in optimizing the performance of athletes, both elite level and recreational.

This book discusses a range of principles, methods, techniques, and tools to provide the reader with a clear knowledge of variables improving sports’ performance processes.