Cricket Sports Medicine / edited by Benita Olivier, John W. Orchard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Olivier, Benita.

Contributor:

Orchard, John W.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sports medicine.

Physical therapy.

Orthopedic surgery.

Sports Medicine.

Physiotherapy.

Surgical Orthopedics.

Local Subjects:

Sports Medicine.

Physiotherapy.

Surgical Orthopedics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (702 pages)

Edition:

1st ed. 2025.

Place of Publication:

Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2025.

Summary:

Cricket Sports Medicine amalgamates insights from leading experts in various healthcare fields into a cohesive, evidence-based guide that reflects the collaborative spirit essential for optimal cricket care. The book takes a comprehensive, holistic approach to injury prevention, management, and rehabilitation in cricket. It covers epidemiological data on cricket injuries, biomechanical analysis of key skills like bowling, fielding and wicketkeeping, equipment considerations, pre-participation screening methods, and important conditioning aspects like warm-up and load management strategies. It delves into return-to-play protocols and nutritional guidance for performance and recovery. A dedicated section explains the assessment and management of lumbar stress fractures, with other common cricket injuries and illnesses covered as well. The text encompasses the latest research, case studies, and practical applications compiled by experts worldwide, empowering healthcare providers with the much-needed tools to deliver superior care to cricketers at every level. This book caters to the needs of healthcare providers navigating the nuances of cricket-related injuries. It fosters a deeper understanding of the sport's physical demands and the holistic care required for athletes. Cricket Sports Medicine recognises the range of healthcare professionals involved in cricketers' well-being and serves as an essential resource for doctors, physiotherapists, podiatrists, nutritionists, chiropractors, psychologists, exercise physiologists and all healthcare providers working with cricketers across diverse competitive and recreational levels.

Contents:

Part I Foundations of Cricket Sports Medicine and Performance Science

1. Injury Epidemiology in cricket

2. Injury Surveillance in cricket: Imperatives and Challenges

3. Injury risks associated with various match conditions in cricket

4. Fast bowling biomechanics and associated injury in cricket

5. Throwing and fielding biomechanics and associated injury in cricket

6. Wicketkeeping biomechanics and associated injury in cricket

7. Personal Protective Equipment in Cricket: The past, present and future

8. Pre-participatory musculoskeletal screening in cricket

9. Physical performance, psychological and safety considerations in cricket warm ups

10. Strength and Conditioning for Injury Reduction and Rehabilitation

11. A comprehensive guide to fieldside physiotherapy in cricket - the game within the game

12. Load management in cricket – theory and practicalities

13. Return to play and return to performance in cricket

14. Nutrition for cricket performance, recovery and injury/illness prevention

15. Recovery in cricket: practical approaches for optimising performance and preventing injury

16. Communication in cricket: The roles and responsibilities of science and medicine staff

17. A psychological perspective on injury rehabilitation in cricket

18. Injury prevention and rehabilitation of female cricketers

19. The youth cricketer – special considerations for a period characterised by rapid growth and maturation

20. Injury prevention and rehabilitation in para-cricketers

21. The lived experience of injury in cricket

Part II Specific medical considerations in cricket

22. Pre-participation cardiac screening in professional cricket

23. Environmental safety considerations in cricket

24. Visual performance, eye diseases, and eye protection in cricket

25. Management of skin conditions in cricketers including screening for skin cancer

26. Optimising health and performance during international cricket travel

Part III Lumbar stress fractures - the signature injury of bowlers in cricket

27. Lumbar stress fractures prevention

28. Lumbar stress fractures imaging

29. Lumbar stress fractures clinical management

30. Lumbar stress fractures surgery

31. Personal reflections on the emergence of Cricket Sports Medicine and lumbar stress fracture management in Australia

Part IV Management of common cricket injuries

32. Concussion in cricket: risk, mechanism, identification and return to play

33. Shoulder injuries in cricket

34. Elbow injuries in cricket

35. Wrist and hand injuries in cricket

36. Side and abdominal strains in cricket

37. Lower limb muscle strains in cricket

38. Knee injuries and pain related to cricket

39. Foot and ankle injuries in cricket.

ISBN:

981-9663-21-0

OCLC:

1530355523