Radiological Imaging of Sports Injuries

Sports medicine is acquiring an important role owing to the increasing number of sports-active people and professional athletes. Accurate diagnosis of the different pathological conditions is therefore of fundamental importance. This book provides an overview of the most frequently observed conditions and correlates them with sports activities, as well as documenting relatively unknown lesions of increasing significance. Diagnostic techniques are described and compared, and their roles defined; interpretative pitfalls are highlighted. All of the contributing authors have distinguished themselves in the field and have a deep knowledge of the problem involved in the diagnosis and classification of sports injuries.
TOC: S. DRAGONI: Epidemiological Aspects of Sport Injuries; C. FABBICIANI et al.: Clinical Problems in Injured Athletes; M.T. McNAMARA/A. GRECO: The Role of MRI in Sport Injuries ofthe Muscle; H. IMHOF et al.: Tendinous Disease; K. BOHNDORF: Acute Injuries of the Articular Surfaces; A.M. DAVIES/P.N.M. TYRRELL: The Radiological Imaging of Shoulder Instability; E.R. TJIN A TON et al.: Instability - Elbow and Wrist; M. STEINBORN/M. REISER: Instability of the Knee; R. PASSARIELLO/M. MASTANTUONO: Instability: Tibio-Talar Joint; C. MASCIOCCHI/M.V. MAFFEY: Subtalar Instability in Sports Active People; S. SZINTOFF: Impingement Syndrome Upper Limb; C. FALETTI/N. DE STEFANO: Impingement Syndrome Lower Limb; F. ROSSI/A. BARILE: Nervous Diseases (Spine and Peripheral Nerve Entrapments); A. CHEVROT et al.: Stress Fractures; Subject Index; List of Contributors.'