Football Traumatology

• General Concepts.- Epidemiology and Risk Factor.- Aspects of Biomechanics.- Training Methods.- Evaluation of Whole Physical Condition.- Biochemical and Haematological Parameters in Football Players.- Prevention of Football Injuries.- Organisation of a Professional Team’s Medical Staff and the Physician’s Role.- Injuries in Women’s Football.- Referee Lesions.- Future Treatments for Football Injuries.- Specific Injuries.- Maxillo-Facial Traumatology.- Upper Extremity Injuries.- Shoulder Dislocation.- Back Problems.- Muscle Strains.- Tendon Injuries.- Groin Pain.- Meniscal Lesions.- Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries.- Anteromedial Knee Instability.- Medial-Side Injury of the Knee.- Posterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries.- Articular Cartilage Lesions in Football Players.- Patellofemoral Problems.- Footballer’s Arthritic Knee.- Leg Fractures.- Malleolar Fractures.- Ankle Ligaments Injuries.- Osteochondral Ankle Defects.- Chronic Footballer’s Ankle.- Foot Problems.- Stress Fractures.- Rehabilitation after Football Injuries.- Return to Play.- Protective Equipment.

From the reviews: "A multiauthored textbook devoted to the evaluation and treatment of injuries common to soccer ... . This relatively small text presents brief, up-to-date overviews of a wide variety of musculoskeletal injuries from a surgical perspective. ... Students, residents, therapists, and physicians caring for soccer players should find this book useful ... ." (Jeffrey M. Thompson, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, Vol. 81 (11), November, 2006)