Oxford Handbook of Sports Medicine

by Sherry, Eugene; Wilson, Stephen

• ISBN13: 9780192628909
• ISBN10: 0192628909
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1998-09-10
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This pocket-sized handbook is didactic and practical, providing guidance to the area of sports science and the treatment of sports injuries. Written for students in sports science and medicine, trainees and specialists in sports medicine and related disciplines such as rehabilitation, orthopaedics and other physicians working with athletes in the field, it complements theOxford Textbook of Sports Medicine 2/e. The book presents the clinical management of both acute and chronic sports injuries and medical problems alongside the background and basic science of sports medicine. As well as giving systematic guidance about emergency treatment of injuries on and off the field, this book includes sections on sports injuries in specific groups of athletes: women, children, old people and people with disabilities. There are also sections on nutrition, dermatology, rehabilitation, drugs in sport, psychology and sport, and organizational issues.

Author Biography

Dr Eugene Sherry, Senior Lecturer in Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Sydney, Australia. Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Nepean Hospital, Sydney & Chief Editor, World Orthoweb www.worldortho.com Dr Stephen Wilson, Director of Rehabilitation at Greenwich Hospital University of Sydney, Australia

Table of Contents

List of abbreviations and symbols	ix	(2)
List of contributors	xi
1 Sport and medicine: a philosophical aside	1	(14)
Part I: Fundamentals	15	(136)
2 Epidemiology of sporting injuries	16	(18)
3 Basic sports medicine science	34	(46)
4 Medical problems of athletes	80	(71)
Part II Injuries	151	(362)
5 Head	152	(28)
6 Eye and face	180	(30)
7 Spine	210	(32)
8 Shoulder	242	(38)
9 Elbow	280	(34)
10 Hand and wrist	314	(40)
11 Hip, thigh, and pelvis	354	(48)
12 Knee	402	(30)
13 Foot and ankle	432	(64)
14 Gastrointestinal and genitourinary problems	496	(17)
Part III: Special Problems	513	(160)
15 Drugs and the athlete	514	(34)
16 Nutrition	548	(40)
17 Dermatology	588	(22)
18 Psychology and the athlete	610	(32)
19 Rehabilitation of sports injuries	642	(31)
Part IV: Special groups	673	(144)
20 The Athlete with a disability	674	(26)
21 The child athlete	700	(46)
22 The older athlete	746	(38)
23 The female athlete	784	(33)
Part V: Organization	817	(97)
24 Protective equipment in sport	818	(28)
25 Organization of sporting events	846	(34)
26 Diving medicine	880	(34)
Recommended and Further reading	914	(2)
Further contacts	916	(1)
Index	917