Concise Guide to Sports Injuries, 2nd Edition
CONCISE GUIDE TO SPORTS INJURIES covers a wide range of sports injuries from head to toe, looking at cause, diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation. Ordered by pain site, this accessible reference book allows professionals to reach a quick working diagnosis and provides a guide to managing the problem.
ISBN :
9780443068737
Publication Date :
12-08-2008
CONCISE GUIDE TO SPORTS INJURIES covers a wide range of sports injuries from head to toe, looking at cause, diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation. Ordered by pain site, this accessible reference book allows professionals to reach a quick working diagnosis and provides a guide to managing the problem.
New to this edition
Fully updated with completely updated line drawings
Key Features
- A practical, easy accessible reference guide to allow professionals to reach quick working diagnosis
- Chapters divided by anatomical regions for easy reference
- Discusses techniques of sports that produce injuries and details causes as well as the injury itself
- Highly illustrated, includes MRIs, CTs and X-rays
- Covers rehabilitation and training with an injury
- Extensive glossary defines terms and provides full explanation of diagnostic tests
Author Information
By Malcolm T. F. Read, MA, MB, BChir, MRCGP, DRCOG, DM-SMed, FISM, Consultant in Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine, London, UK
