Head and Neck Injuries in Young Athletes

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: O'Brien, Michael (Editor), Meehan III, William P. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: Contemporary Pediatric and Adolescent Sports Medicine,
• Subjects: Medicine.; Orthopedics.; Pediatrics.; Sports medicine.; Medicine & Public Health.; Sports Medicine.

Providing the most current information on injuries to the head and neck sustained by young athletes, this practical text presents a thorough review of the complex and emerging issues for youths and adolescents involved in contact/collision sports. While concussions are among the most common injuries...

Table of Contents:

• Head and Neck Injury Prevention
• Concussions
• Skull fractures and Structural Brain Injuries
• Burners, Stingers, and Cervical Cord Neurapraxia/Transient Quadriparesis
• Sideline Response and Transport
• Cervical Disk Disease
• Facial Fractures and Epistaxis
• Dental and Temporomandibular Joint Injuries
• Eye injuries
• Cumulative Effects of Concussions/Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy
• Muscular and Ligamentous Cervical Spine Injuries
• Protective Equipment
• Ear Injuries in the Athlete
• Contusions, Abrasions and Lacerations of the Head and Neck in Young Athletes
• Chiari Malformations and Other Anomalies.