Imaging of Orthopedic Sports Injuries

Relevant Basic Science and General Imaging Principles: The Clinician’s Point of View.- Imaging Techniques and Procedures in Sports Injuries.- Cartilage Trauma .- Tendon and Ligamentous Trauma.- Bone Marrow Edema in Sports Injuries / General Concept.- Overuse Bone Trauma and Stress Fractures.-Pseudotumors in Sports.- Topografic Discussion: Shoulder Instability.- Rotator Cuff and Impingement.- Scapular, Clavicular, Acromioclavicular and Sternoclavicaular Joint Injuries.- Imaging of Sports Injuries of the Elbow .- Imaging of Wrist Injuries.-Finger and Hand.- Pelvis, Hip and Groin .- Sports-related Meniscal Injury.- Knee: Ligaments and Tendons.- Imaging of Anterior Knee Pain and Maltracking.- Injuries of the Ligaments and Tendons in the Ankle and Foot.- Ankle and Foot: Osteochondral Injuries.- Acute and Overuse Lesions of the Leg and Calf.- The Spine in Sports Injuries: Cervical Spine.- The Spine in Sports Injuries: Thoracic and Lumbar Spine.- Maxillofacial Injuries in Sports.- Thoracic and Abdominal Wall Injuries in Sports Injuries.- Special Considerations in the Immature Skeleton.- The Aging Athlete.- Monitoring of Sports Injury Repair: Natural History and Monitoring of Fractures and Microfractures.- Monitoring of Muscle, Tendon and Ligament Repair.- Sport-Specific Injuries: Sport-Specific Injuries.- Subject Index.- List of Contributors.