Imaging of Orthopedic Sports Injuries

With contributions by numerous experts

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.