Rehabilitation of sports injuries: current concepts

Written by an international board of experts, this comprehensive text provides an in-depth review on the treatment and rehabilitation of the most common sports-related injuries according to the latest scientific developments in functional rehabilitation and the most clinically relevant features of pathophysiology of sports lesions. The management of acute and overuse sports lesions are classified by body area -- spine, upper and lower extremity. INDICE: Ligaments of the knee in sports injuries and rehabilitation.- Method of functional testing during rehabilitation exercises.- Proprioceptive training in the prevention of sports injuries.- The importance of EMG analysis during sport's rehabilitation phases.- Rehabilitation of rotator cuff injuries.- Rehabilitation of the unstable shoulder.- Rehabilitation of elbow injuries.- Rehabilitation of hand and wrist injuries.- Rehabilitation of low back pain.- Rehabilitation of the knee after ACL reconstruction.- Rehabilitation after PCL injuries.- Anterior knee pain.- Rehabilitation after ankle ligament injury.- Rehabilitation of the foot following sports-related injuries and surgical treatment.- Rehabilitation of muscle injuries.- Isokinetics in rehabilitation.- Eccentric exercise in the treatment of tendon injuries in sport.- Aquatic therapyin rehabilitation.- Hypertermia and shock waves.

• ISBN: 978-3-642-08690-8
• Editorial: Springer
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Fecha Publicación: 31/03/2012
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés