Sports Injuries of the Hand and Wrist / edited by Mike Hayton, Chye Yew Ng, Lennard Funk, Adam Watts, Mike Walton.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hayton, Michael, editor.

Ng, Chye Yew, editor.

Funk, Lennard, editor.

Watts, Adam (Consultant Hand and Upper Limb Surgeon), editor.

Walton, Mike (Consultant Shoulder and Trauma Surgeon), editor.

SpringerLink (Online service)

Series:

Medicine (Springer-11650)

In Clinical Practice,. 2199-6652

In Clinical Practice, 2199-6652

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Orthopedics.

Sports medicine.

Surgery.

Sports Medicine.

Local Subjects:

Orthopedics.

Sports Medicine.

Surgery.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XV, 295 pages) : 125 illustrations, 83 illustrations in color.

Edition:

First edition 2019.

Contained In:

Springer eBooks

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.

System Details:

text file PDF

Summary:

This book provides insights into sports medicine addressing trauma of the hand and wrist. This collection of injuries invites readers to trace aetiology, diagnosis, relevant pathology, management principles, and outcomes of numerous injuries in elite and non-elite athletes. The authors present management principles and outcomes. It is an ideal reference for postgraduate musculoskeletal doctors and therapists for Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine postgraduate degrees. Each approach to deal with an injury is underlined by case reports. Readers will also find valuable questions and answers fro self-assessment purpose. Sports Injuries of the Hand and Wrist is aimed at sports doctors, musculoskeletal doctors, senior orthopedic trainees with an interest in upper limb, orthopedic trainees preparing for the FRCSOrth exam and similar international exams, as well as upper hand and wrist surgeons in the earlier years of their practice.

Contents:

Mallet finger injuries

Flexor digitorum profundus avulsion injuries

Fractures and dislocations of the proximal interphalangeal joint

Phalangeal fractures in the athlete

Climber's pulley injuries

Metacarpal fractures in the athlete

Thumb fractures

Hand injuries in the elite boxer

Scaphoid fractures

Carpal fractures (excluding scaphoid)

Scapholunate ligament injuries

Injuries to the triangular fibrocartilage complex

Injuries to the extensor carpi ulnaris and its investments in the athlete

Chronic exertional compartment syndrome of the forearm.

Other Format:

Printed edition:

ISBN:

978-3-030-02134-4

9783030021344

Access Restriction:

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