Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center

Intoduction

The first print run of Clinical Guide to Sports Injuries- the new, comprehensive and lavishly illustrated text in clinical sports medicine sold out in less than 6 months when it was first published in Norwegian last year. Now this book is available in English from Human Kinetics!

Clinical Guide to Sports Injuries by sports medicine specialists Roald Bahr & Sverre Mæhlum. Illustrations by Tommy Bolic.

Superbly illustrated with over 400 full color illustrations and 120 photos, Clinical Guide to Sports Injuries is an outstanding guide to the diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of sports injuries. You will gain the knowledge required to effectively evaluate and treat a wide range of sports injuries and to confidently handle each step in the injury management process. You will also learn how to prescribe rehabilitation exercises for these injuries to your patients.

With its color photos , superb medical  illustrations created by Tommy Bolic, and useful X-rays,Clinical Guide to Sports Injuriesclearly demonstratesdifferent injury types, injury mechanisms, and treatment methods. And as a bonus, all these visual materials are included on the accompanying

CD-ROM for use in lectures and presentations.

Internationally recognized sports medicine specialists Roald Bahr, MD, PhD, professor and chair of the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center and Sverre Mæhlum, MD, PhD, use a problem-oriented approach to focus on the management of acute injuries and chronic injuries, whether they occur during competitions, exercise, play, recreation, or other forms of physical activity. The chapter authors recruited from leading Norwegian and international experts in their specific areas, includingOsloSportsTraumaResearchCenterstaff logically guide you through the injury management processbeginning with the problem presented by the patient, followed by the diagnoses, treatment options, and rehabilitation.

The books features include:

* New 4-color photographs, illustrations, and medical art

* A CD-ROM containing outstanding artwork from the book that you can print and share with patients to help them understand their injuries and treatment required

* Illustrated exercises throughout the book

Clinical Guide to Sports Injuriesis a well organized, easy-to-understand, and lavishly illustrated text for general practitioners and sports medicine specialists, coaches, athletic trainers anyone who needs to know how to diagnose and treat sports injuries of all kinds.

Download more information here:
Clinical guide.pdf  

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Contents

1 Types and Causes of Injuries

2 Treating Sports Injuries

3 Preventing Sports Injuries

4 Head and Face

Head Injuries, Facial Injuries, Rehabilitation of Head Injuries

5 Neck and Back

Acute Neck and Back Injuries, Neck Pain, Back Pain, Rehabilitation

6 Chest and Abdomen

Chest Injuries, Abdominal Injuries

7 Shoulder

Acute Shoulder Injuries, Chronic Shoulder Disorders, Rehabilitation of Shoulder Injuries

8 Elbow and Arm

Acute Elbow Injuries, Elbow Overuse Injuries, Rehabilitation of Elbow Injuries

9 Wrist, Hand, and Fingers

Hand and Wrist Injuries, Finger Injuries, Rehabilitation of Hand and Finger Injuries

10 Pelvis, Groin, and Hips

Acute Injuries to the Pelvis, Groin, and Hips; Pain in the Pelvic, Inguinal, and Hip Region; Rehabilitation of Injuries to the Pelvis, Groin, and Hips

11 Thigh

Acute Thigh Injuries, Thigh Pain, Rehabilitation of Thigh Injuries

12 Knee

Acute Knee Injuries, Knee Pain, Rehabilitation of Knee Injuries

13 Lower Leg

Acute Lower Leg Injuries, Chronic Lower Leg Pain, Rehabilitation of Lower Leg Injuries

14 Ankle

Acute Ankle Injuries, Pain in the Ankle Region, Rehabilitation of Ankle Injuries

15 Foot

Acute Foot Injuries, Foot Pain