Overview
- Provides in-depth examination of the anatomy, assessment and treatment of muscular injuries to the lower posterior leg
- Utilizes a style aimed at the practical clinical care of patients with calf pain, including both surgery and rehabilitation
- Considers athletes varying age and ability, return to play, aftercare and injury prevention
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Underlying Principles in the Assessment and Treatment of Muscular Injuries of the Posterior Leg
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Assessment of Muscular Injuries in the Posterior Leg
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Treatment of Muscular Injuries in the Posterior Leg
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About this book
Taking a multidisciplinary approach to a common and often frustrating problem for athletes and those with an active lifestyle, this book is the first of its kind, addressing muscular injuries to the posterior leg using an in-depth and expansive style that is uniquely dedicated to ensuring all content is explicitly linked to the practical care of patients with calf pain. It is divided thematically into three sections. The first section covers underlying principles involved in these issues, including anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology of injury and neurophysiology of musculoskeletal pain. Clinical assessment techniques and imaging are covered in the second section. The third section on treatment is the most expansive, discussing acute, sub-acute and chronic posterior leg muscle injuries, as well as surgical management, rehabilitation techniques, complementary medicine and special populations. Overall, the book is designed to use muscular injuries of the posterior leg to as a means to understand the assessment and treatment of muscular injuries more broadly. Taken together, it is the consummate source for orthopedists, doctors in sports medicine, podiatrists, rehabilitation professionals and primary care physicians who treat muscular injuries in the posterior leg, though reader will gain a conceptual and practical framework for the assessment and treatment of muscular injuries in general.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
J. Bryan Dixon, MD
Sports Medicine Specialist and Medical Director for Sports Medicine
UP Health System Marquette
Marquette, MI, USA
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Muscular Injuries in the Posterior Leg
Book Subtitle: Assessment and Treatment
Editors: J. Bryan Dixon
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-7651-2
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-7649-9Published: 08 March 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-7941-7Published: 07 April 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4899-7651-2Published: 08 March 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 172
Number of Illustrations: 13 b/w illustrations, 33 illustrations in colour
Topics: Orthopedics, Sports Medicine, Rehabilitation