Key Topics in Sport Medicine

The Key Topics format provides extensive, concise information in an accessible, easy-to-follow manner. Practical and clearly presented, this is an invaluable resource for students and specialists in sports medicine and rehabilitiation, athletic training, physiotherapy and orthopedic surgery.

99 topics, including:

1. Functional Anatomy
2. Training Principles/Development of Strength and Power
3. Biomechanical Principles
4. Biomechanical Analysis
5. Physiology of Training
6. Monitoring of Training Progress
7. Nutrition
8. Hot and Cold Climates
9. Altitude
10. Sport and Travelling
11. Principles of Sport Injury Diagnosis
12. Principles of Sport and Soft Tissue Management
13. Principles of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation
14. Principles of Sport Injury Prevention
15. Sports Psychology
16. Team Sports
17. Psychological Aspects of Injury in Sport
18. Injury Repair Process
19. Basic Biomechanics of Tissue Injury
20. Plain Film Radiography in Sport
21. Nuclear Medicine
22. Diagnostic Ultrasound
23. MRI Scan
24. Other Imaging
25. Head Injury
26. Eye Injury
27. Injury to the Face, Nose, Ear
28. Dental Problems
29. Protective Headwear and Facial Protection in Sport
30. Spinal Injury: Functional Anatomy and General Biomechanics
31. Cervical Spine Injuries
32. Thoracolumbar Spine Injuries
33. Spine Related Syndromes
34. Chest Injuries
35. Abdominal Injuries and Abdominal Wall Injuries
36. Urinary Tract Injuries
37. The Shoulder Disorders
38. Acromioclavicular Joint Disorders
39. The Elbow Joint
40. The Forearm and Wrist
41. Hand Injuries
42. Neurological Injury Affecting the Upper Limb
43. Buttock Pain
44. Groin Pain
45. Thigh Injuries

Mr Amir Ali Narvani BSc(Hons), MB BS(Hons), MRCS, MSc(Sport Med.)(Hons) is Specialist Registrar in Trauma & Orthopaedics, North Thames West NHS Rotation. He has published a number of articles in sports medicine journals and has made presentations to international sport medicine conferences.

Mr Panos Thomas MD, CCST (Orth), FRCS, is Director of the MSc in Sports & Exercise Medicine, and Honorary Senior Lecturer at University College London. He is Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at the Whittington Hospital NHS Trust where his Clinical Practice is specialised in Knee and Sport Injury Surgery. Mr Thomas is Director of the Sports Clinic at the Whittington Hospital and is Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon to a number of football clubs in the English Leagues.

Professor Bruce Lynn is Director of the MSc School of Human Health and Performance, Department of Physiology at University College London. His main responsibilities are directing the MSc programmes in Sports Medicine, Sports Physiotherapy and other advanced physiotherapy disicplines. He teaches undergraduate and graduate course units in sports medicine, sports physiology and neuroscience. Convenor for Dept of Health Steering Group developing fitness testing protocols for use in population surveys. Long-term research project on upper limb pain related to overuse and its causes.