Description
Imaging of Orthopedic Sports Injuries, 2007
Diagnostic Imaging Series
Coordinators: Vanhoenacker Filip M., Maas Mario, Gielen Jan L.M.A.
Prefaced by: Baert A.L.
Language: EnglishSubjects for Imaging of Orthopedic Sports Injuries:
Keywords
Tumor; abdominal wall; ankle; bone; cartilage; foot; fracture; hip; imaging; imaging techniques; instability; knee; shoulder instability; sports injury; trauma
532 p. · 19.3x26 cm · Hardback
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This volume provides an updated review of imaging abnormalities in orthopedic sports injuries. The first part of the book contains background information on relevant basic science and general imaging principles in sports traumatology. The second part comprises a topographic discussion of sports injuries. Each chapter highlights the merits of different imaging techniques, focused on a specific clinical problem. In the third part, natural history, monitoring and follow-up imaging are discussed.
Vanhoenacker F.M., president of the musculoskeletal section of the Royal Belgian Society of Radiology, section editor musculoskeletal European Radiology, reviewer of different journals, incl. Skeletal Radiology, authors or co-author of more than 112 scientific papers.
Gielen J. president VVS (Flemish society of sports medicine)
Maas M., Vice president of the subcommittee on Sports Imaging of the European Society of Musculoskeletal radiology. Chair of the musculoskeletal section of the Dutch Society of Radiology. Vice-chair of the board of medical education University of Amsterdam. Radiology consultant for various national Sports societies. Reviewer of various journals
Provides an up-to-date overview of basic science, indications and semiology in orthopedic sports imaging
Emphasizes the merit of each imaging technique in the diagnostic setting of sports injuries
Includes topographic discussion of imaging features of sports injuries
Contains many high-quality radiological images and schematic drawings
Includes a special part dedicated to the natural history, monitoring and follow-up of sports injuries
Documents the relative frequency of sports injuries in an addendum, based on the experience derived from the summer Olympics in Athens 2004