Clinical Sports Medicine,Revised

Peter Brukner, MB BS, DRCOG, FACSM, FACSP, FASMF is a sports physician and Associate Professor in Sports Medicine at the Centre for Health, Exercise and Sports Medicine, University of Melbourne, Australia. He is the founding partner of the Olympic Park Sports Medicine Centre, a past president of the Australasian College of Sports Physicians, and an Olympic Team Physician. Karim Khan, MD, PhD, FACSP, FACSM, Dip Sport Med (CASM) is Professor, Department of Family Practice, and Associate Member, Departments of Physical Therapy and Orthopaedics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. Karim combines an active clinical sports medicine practice with a prolific research program related to tendinopathies, bone health, and exercise prescription for health.

Foreword to the first editionPreface

Acknowledgments

The authors

The contributors


Part A Fundamental principles


1.Sports medicine: the team approach

2.Sports injuries

3.Pain: where is it coming from

4.Beware: conditions masquerading as sports injuries

5.Biomechanics of common sporting injuries

6.Principles of injury prevention

7.Principles of diagnosis

8.Principles of treatment

9.Principles of rehabilitation


Part B Regional problems


10.Concussion in sport

11.Headache

12.Facial injuries

13.Neck pain

14.Shoulder pain

15.Elbow and forearm pain

16.Wrist and hand pain

17.Thoracic and chest pain

18.Low back pain

19.Buttock pain

20.Hip and groin pain

21.Anterior thigh pain

22.Posterior thigh pain

23.Acute knee injuries

24.Anterior knee pain

25.Lateral, medial and posterior knee pain

26.Shin pain

27.Calf pain

28.Pain in the Achilles region

29.Acute ankle injuries

30.Ankle pain

31.Foot pain

32.The patient with longstanding symptoms

>BR>Part C Enhancing sport performance


33.Maximizing performance: nutrition

34.Maximizing performance: psychology


Part D Special groups of participants


35.The younger athlete

36.The female athlete

37.The older athlete

38.The disabled athlete


Part E Management of medical problems

39.Sporting emergencies

40.Cardiovascular symptoms during exercise

41.Respiratory symptoms during exercise

42.Gastrointestinal symptoms during exercise

43.Diabetes mellitus

44.The athlete with epilepsy


Conclusion