Explore the spine conditions and injury-management questions that matter in sports medicine, from on-field assessment to return-to-play decisions. Guest edited by Drs. Francis H. Shen and Adam Shimer, this issue of Clinics in Sports Medicine brings together articles on topics important to practicing clinicians, covering adolescent, elite and aging athletes.
What you'll learn
- Injury prevention and on-field management: Explore spine injury prevention and the management of suspected spine injury on the field.
- Cervical spine conditions: Review transient quadriparesis and cervical neuropraxia, along with cervical disk herniations, radiculopathy and myelopathy.
- Lumbar and lumbosacral conditions: Study lumbosacral spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis, lumbar disk herniations and radiculopathy.
- Sport-related pain and spinal deformity: Examine axial low back pain in elite athletes and spinal deformities in the adolescent athlete.
- Return-to-play considerations: Explore return-to-play criteria for cervical and lumbar spine conditions.
- Care across an athlete’s lifespan: Read about spine care in the aging athlete alongside the issue’s coverage of younger athletes and other related topics.
Who this is for
This issue is for practicing clinicians seeking focused reading on the spine in sports medicine, particularly those caring for athletes with cervical, lumbar and lumbosacral conditions.
Details
- Series: Clinics in Sports Medicine, Volume 40-3; The Clinics: Orthopedics, Volume 40-3
- Guest editors: Drs. Francis H. Shen and Adam Shimer
- Editorial selection: One of four issues selected each year by series Consulting Editor Dr. Mark Miller
- Brand / publisher listing: Orthopedics Library
- Publisher: Elsevier
- Edition: 1
- Published date: 1993
- Pages: 1356
Add this focused issue to your clinical library and explore spine care topics spanning injury prevention, condition management and return to play.
