Sports Rehabilitation and Injury Prevention

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Author(s): Paul Comfort, Earle Abrahamson
Edition: 1
Year: 2010

Language: English
Pages: 548

Sports Rehabilitation
and Injury Prevention......Page 5
Contents......Page 7
Preface......Page 11
Acknowledgements......Page 13
About the editors......Page 15
List of contributors......Page 17
How to use this book......Page 19
PART 1 INTRODUCTION TO SPORTS REHABILITATION......Page 23
1 Introduction to sport injury management......Page 25
PART 2 INJURY SCREENING AND ASSESSMENT OF PERFORMANCE......Page 35
2 Injury prevention and screening......Page 37
3 Assessment and needs analysis......Page 61
PART 3 PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURIES......Page 87
4 Pathophysiology of skeletal muscle injuries......Page 89
5 Tendons......Page 101
6 Pathophysiology of ligament injuries......Page 117
7 Pathophysiology of skeletal injuries......Page 127
8 Peripheral nerve injuries......Page 141
PART 4 EFFECTIVE CLINICAL DECISION MAKING......Page 165
9 An introduction to periodisation......Page 167
10 Management of acute sport injury......Page 185
11 Musculoskeletal assessment......Page 207
12 Progressive systematic functional rehabilitation......Page 221
13 Strength and conditioning......Page 245
14 Nutritional considerations for performance and rehabilitation......Page 267
15 Psychology and sports rehabilitation......Page 297
16 Clinical reasoning......Page 319
PART 5 JOINT SPECIFIC INJURIES AND PATHOLOGIES......Page 329
17 Shoulder injuries in sport......Page 331
18 The elbow......Page 359
19 Wrist and hand injuries in sport......Page 387
20 The groin in sport......Page 407
21 The knee......Page 429
22 Ankle complex injuries in sport......Page 487
23 The foot in sport......Page 519
Index......Page 539