Relevant Basic Science and General Imaging Principles.- The Clinician’s Point of View.- Imaging Techniques and Procedures in Sports Injuries.- Muscle Injuries.- Cartilage Trauma.- Tendon and Ligamentous Trauma.- Bone Marrow Edema in Sports Injuries: General Concept.- Overuse Bone Trauma and Stress Fractures.- Pseudotumors in Sports.- Topographic Discussion.- Shoulder Instability.- Rotator Cuff and Impingement.- Scapular, Clavicular, Acromioclavicular and Sternoclavicular 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.- 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.- 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.- Addendum.- Sport-Specific Injuries.

This volume provides an updated review of imaging abnormalities in orthopedic sports injuries. The first part of the book contains background information on relevant basic science and general imaging principles in sports traumatology. The second part comprises a topographic discussion of sports injuries. Each chapter highlights the merit of different imaging techniques, focused on a specific clinical problem. In the third part, natural history, monitoring and follow-up by imaging are discussed. This well-illustrated book will be of value for musculoskeletal radiologists, orthopedic surgeons, sports physicians and everyone else involved in sports medicine.

From the reviews: "This book represents an impressive contemporary overview of how imaging should be used in sports injuries. … The book is clearly structured and well balanced. Each chapter is up-to-date, providing advanced concepts. … The text is easy to read. … Well selected references complete each chapter. … Editors, authors and publishers have to be congratulated for their remarkable success. The book can be highly recommended. It should be part of any departmental and hospital library." (Prof. Dr. Ljubomir Diankov, Osteologiai Közlemenyek, Issue 1, 2007) "This book aims to provide a comprehensive overview of all imaging techniques currently used in the evaluation of patients who have sustained sports-related injuries. Although the intended audience is radiologists in training and those in practice, this book would also be informative to nonradiologists who are involved in the care of these patients. … a valuable library resource for any musculoskeletal radiologist, orthopedic surgeon, sports physician, or anyone else involved in the field of sports medicine."(Justin Q. Ly, Radiology, Vol. 250 (2) 2009)

Provides an up-to-date overview of basic science, indications and semiology in orthopedic sports imaging Emphasizes the merit of each imaging technique in the diagnostic setting of sports injuries Includes topographic discussion of imaging features of sports injuries Contains many high-quality radiological images and schematic drawings Includes a special part dedicated to the natural history, monitoring and follow-up of sports injuries Documents the relative frequency of sports injuries in an addendum, based on the experience derived from the summer Olympics in Athens 2004