Hamstring and Quadriceps Injuries in Athletes A Clinical Guide /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kaeding, Christopher C. (Editor), Borchers, James R. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Orthopedics.; Rehabilitation.; Sports medicine.; Medicine & Public Health.; Sports Medicine.

Injuries to the hamstring and quadriceps muscles can occur in both low- and high-impact sports and as such are among the more common injuries incurred by athletes. Reviewing the relevant physiology, epidemiology, mechanisms, clinical presentation and treatment of these conditions, Hamstring and Quad...

Table of Contents:

• Functional Anatomy of the Hamstrings and Quadriceps
• Quadriceps and Hamstrings Strength in Athletes
• Epidemiology of Hamstring and Quadriceps Injury
• Midsubstance Hamstring Injuries in the Athlete
• Acute Proximal Hamstring Tendon Avulsions
• Biologic Enhancement of Healing in Hamstring Injuries
• Hamstring Harvest: Rehabilitation and Clinical Outcomes
• Proximal Quadriceps Injuries in Athletes
• Contusions, Myositis Ossificans and Compartment Syndrome of the Thigh
• Quadriceps Tendon Ruptures
• Rehabilitation of Quadriceps Injuries
• Hamstring Injury Rehabilitation and Injury Prevention.