Domhnall MacAuley / Thomas Best

Evidence-Based Sports Medicine

Herausgeber: Macauley, Domhnall; Best, Thomas

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This second edition of the popular book Evidence-based Sports Medicine builds on the features that made the first edition such a valuable text and provides a completely up-to-date tool for sports medicine physicians, family practitioners and orthopedic surgeons. Updated to take into account new evidence from systematic reviews and controlled trials, Evidence-based Sports Medicine is a unique reference book on the optimum management of sports-related conditions. This second edition contains sections on acute injury, chronic conditions, and injuries to the upper limb, groin and knee and to the lower leg. It also pays increased attention to the important and emerging area of injury prevention. Thoroughly revised methodology sections within each chapter reflect changes in technique and application while more MCQs and essay questions allow readers to continually assess their knowledge and understanding of the topics covered. Additional information and updates are available from www.evidbasedsportsmedicine.com

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 640
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Juli 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 252mm x 182mm x 34mm
• Gewicht: 1360g
• ISBN-13: 9781405132985
• ISBN-10: 1405132981
• Artikelnr.: 22429152

Autorenporträt

Domhnall MacAuley Visiting Professor, Faculty of Life and Health Science, University of Ulster, Ireland; Specialist in Sport and Exercise Medicine; Assistant Editor BMJ Thomas Best Professor and Pomerene Chair in Family Medicine, Chief, Division of Sports Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA

Inhaltsangabe

Section 1: Prevention.

1 Is it possible to prevent sports and recreation injuries? Asystematic review of randomized controlled trials, withrecommendations for future work.

2 Evidence-based preparticipation physical examination.

3 Does stretching help prevent injuries?.

4 What effect do core strength and stability have on injuryprevention and recovery?.

5 Do foot orthoses prevent injury?.

6 Who should retire after repeated concussions?.

7 What recommendations should be made concerning exercising witha fever and/or acute infection?.

8 Should you play sport with a congenital or acquiredabnormality of a solid abdominal organ?.

9 What type of exercise reduces falls in older people?.

10 Is there a role for exercise in the prevention ofosteoporotic fractures?.

Section 2: Acute injury.

11 What is the role of ice in soft-tissue injurymanagement?.

12 Compression.

13 NSAIDs and pain management in sports.

Section 3: Chronic conditions.

14 Benefits of regular exercise in the treatment and managementof bronchial asthma.

15 What is the role of exercise in the prevention of backpain?.

16 How should you treat spondylolysis in theathlete?.

Section 4: Injuries to the upper limb.

17 How evidence-based is our examination of the shoulder?.

18 How effective are diagnostic tests for the assessment ofrotator cuff disease of the shoulder?.

19 How should you treat an athlete with a first-time dislocationof the shoulder?.

20 Are corticosteroid injections as effective as physiotherapyfor the treatment of a painful shoulder?.

21 How should you treat tennis elbow? An updated scientificevidence-based approach.

Section 5: Injuries to the groin and knee.

22 How reliable is the physical examination in the diagnosis ofsports-related knee injuries?.

23 What is the optimal treatment of acute anterior cruciateligament injury?.

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24 What is the most appropriate treatment for patellartendinopathy?.

25 How do you treat chronic groin pain?.

Section 6: Injuries to the lower leg.

26 How evidence-based is our clinical examination of theankle?.

27 Can we prevent ankle sprains?.

28 How should you treat a stress fracture?.

29 What is the best treatment of subcutaneous rupture of theAchilles tendon?.

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30 How to manage plantar fasciitis.

Multiple-choice question answers.

Index

Rezensionen

"The choice of topics and the immense effort that went into thesearch for appropriate materials is commendable." (EvidenceBased Medicine, April 2009)

"This book offers a unique, high quality presentation ofcurrent clinical evidence...while placing more emphasis oninjury prevention and refining literature searchtechniques."(Doodys Reviews)