Sports Injuries of the Hand and Wrist

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Hayton, Mike (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Ng, Chye Yew (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Funk, Lennard (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Watts, Adam (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Walton, Mike (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: In Clinical Practice,
• Subjects: Orthopedics.; Sports medicine.; Surgery.; Sports Medicine.

This book provides insights into sports medicine addressing trauma of the hand and wrist. This collection of injuries invites readers to trace aetiology, diagnosis, relevant pathology, management principles, and outcomes of numerous injuries in elite and non-elite athletes. The authors present manag...

Table of Contents:

• Mallet finger injuries
• Flexor digitorum profundus avulsion injuries
• Fractures and dislocations of the proximal interphalangeal joint
• Phalangeal fractures in the athlete
• Climber's pulley injuries
• Metacarpal fractures in the athlete
• Thumb fractures
• Hand injuries in the elite boxer
• Scaphoid fractures
• Carpal fractures (excluding scaphoid)
• Scapholunate ligament injuries
• Injuries to the triangular fibrocartilage complex
• Injuries to the extensor carpi ulnaris and its investments in the athlete
• Chronic exertional compartment syndrome of the forearm.