Sports Medicine: The School-Age Athlete

Sports Medicine: The School Age Athlete, Second Edition is a comprehensive textbook which reviews the care of the young competitive athlete from adolescence through college age. Part I reviews the basic concepts of training, performance enhancement, nutrition and rehabilitation that are the necessary foundation for the care of athletes. Part II takes a head-to-toe approach to the diagnosis and treatment of common or characteristic injuries. And Part III focuses on thirteen individual sports and ballet, their training and performance demands, typical injuries, and special treatment techniques.
Features more than 55 contributors - predominantly orthopaedic surgeons who are also team physicians.Provides practical advice on history taking and differential diagnosis, physical examination, treatment planning and decision making, rehabilitation following surgery, and more
Offers nearly 500 illustrations that clearly depict physical findings, how-to's for different clinical tests, and characteristic radiographs and MR images.New chapter on nutrition.Updated and expanded coverage of rehabilitation, head and neck injuries, shoulder instability, meniscus injuries, patellar instability and pain, football, tennis, and more
New photos, the latest references, more MR images, and additional algorithms.A more consistent organization that makes information easier to find and follow.