Overview
- Describes the clinical management of the full range of injuries incurred by footballers
- Covers heart and other health conditions that may be encountered
- Examines rehabilitation and performance enhancement strategies
- Discusses new biologic treatments
- Published in cooperation with ISAKOS
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Table of contents (58 chapters)
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Anatomy, Biomechanics and Imaging
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Knee Injuries
Keywords
About this book
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
João Espregueira-Mendes, MD, PhD, has been Professor of Orthopaedic Traumatology and Chairman of the Orthopaedic Department at Minho University, Portugal, since 2005. In addition, he is Director of Saúde Atlântica and Clínica Espregueira-Mendes, FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence, FC Porto Dragão Stadium, Porto, Portugal. His further posts include Senior Researcher in Biomaterials, Biodegradables, and Biomimetics in the Department of Polymer Engineering at Minho University Dr. Espregueira-Mendes is current President of the European Society of Knee Surgery, Sports Trauma and Arthroscopy (ESSKA) and also President of the Education Committee and Executive Board Member of ISAKOS. He is a member of the editorial board of Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Injuries and Health Problems in Football
Book Subtitle: What Everyone Should Know
Editors: João Espregueira-Mendes, C. Niek van Dijk, Philippe Neyret, Moises Cohen, Stefano Della Villa, Helder Pereira, J. Miguel Oliveira
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-53924-8
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-662-53923-1Published: 23 May 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-57168-2Published: 01 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-53924-8Published: 10 May 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 703
Number of Illustrations: 72 b/w illustrations, 173 illustrations in colour
Topics: Surgical Orthopedics, Traumatic Surgery, Sports Medicine, Rehabilitation