Sports Injuries in Children and Adolescents

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Karantanas, Apostolos H. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011.
• Series: Medical Radiology,
• Subjects: Medicine.; Radiology.; Orthopedics.; Pediatrics.; Sports medicine.; Medicine & Public Health.; Imaging / Radiology.; Diagnostic Radiology.; Sports Medicine.

Children and adolescents increasingly participate in competitive sports, resulting in a higher incidence of acute and overuse injuries. While some sports injuries mirror those in adults, others are unique owing to the inherent weakness of the growing skeleton at specific sites. Imaging plays an impo...

Table of Contents:

• Part I: Epidemiology and clinical examination
• Imaging techniques
• Normal anatomy and variants that simulate injury.- Physeal injuries in sports
• Pseudotumors and incidental findings in sports injuries
• Current role of Ultrasonography
• Part II: Shoulder
• Elbow
• Wrist and Hand
• Pelvis and groin
• Hip
• Knee-intra articular injuries
• Knee-extra articular injuries
• Ankle and foot
• Spine
• Part III: Common injuries in football
• Common injuries in mountain skiing
• Common injuries in water sports
• Common injuries in tennis
• Common injuries in gymnastics
• Subject index.