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Fractures in Sport

  • Features learning objectives and review questions to emphasise key concepts
  • Contains treatment algorithms for the management of fractures in elite and professional athletes
  • Provides evidence-based guidance on managing fractures in the athletic patient

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Table of contents (30 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
  2. Epidemiology and Basic Sciences

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. The Epidemiology of Acute Fractures in Sport

      • Charles M. Court-Brown
      Pages 3-27
    3. The Epidemiology of Stress Fractures in Sport

      • David N. Wasserstein, Falko Dahm
      Pages 29-33
    4. Acute Fracture Injuries in Sport

      • Greg A. J. Robertson, Alexander M. Wood, Raju S. Ahluwalia, Gary F. Keenan
      Pages 35-59
    5. Stress Fracture Injuries in Sport

      • Timothy L. Miller, Christopher C. Kaeding
      Pages 61-73
    6. Models for Understanding and Preventing Fractures in Sport

      • L. V. Fortington, N. H. Hart
      Pages 75-84
    7. Orthobiologics for Fracture Healing in the Athlete

      • Nicola Poeta, Rocco Aicale, Greg A. J. Robertson, Nicola Maffulli
      Pages 85-95
    8. Fracture Rehabilitation

      • Kyle Wentz, Austin Marcolina, Lindsay Ramey Argo
      Pages 97-108
    9. Bone Health in Athletes

      • Karen Hind, Jennifer Hamer
      Pages 109-115
  3. Acute Fractures in Sport: Upper Limb

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 117-117
    2. Acute Fractures in Sport: Shoulder

      • Iain D. M. Brown, Samuel P. Mackenzie, William M. Oliver, Jamie A. Nicholson, Oisin J. F. Keenan
      Pages 119-139
    3. Acute Fractures in Sport: Elbow

      • Brandon J. Erickson, Daniel A. Seigerman, Anthony A. Romeo
      Pages 141-153
    4. Acute Fractures in Sport: Wrist

      • P. G. Robinson, Andrew D. Duckworth, D. A. Campbell
      Pages 155-174
    5. Acute Fractures in Sport: Hand

      • Kyle W. Morse, Michelle G. Carlson
      Pages 175-194
  4. Acute Fractures in Sport: Lower Limb

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 195-195
    2. Acute Fractures in Sport: Hip

      • Blake J. Schultz, Kenneth A. Egol
      Pages 197-225
    3. Acute Fractures in Sport: Knee

      • Stuart A. Aitken
      Pages 227-243
    4. Acute Fractures in Sport: Ankle

      • David A. Porter, Kaitlyn Hurst, Madison Walrod
      Pages 245-282
    5. Acute Fractures in Sport: Foot

      • Karan A. Patel, Sean M. Richards, Jonathan Day, Mark C. Drakos
      Pages 283-303

About this book

This textbook provides a practically applicable sport-centred guide to fracture management for athletes. It features extensive evidence-based guidance on how fracture management can be adapted in athletic patients, to facilitate an accelerated return to sport. Descriptions of a variety of both acute and stress fracture types are included, covering both the appendicular and axial skeleton, in locations such as the shoulder, knee, ankle and spine. Throughout the book, the focus is on enabling the reader to develop a deeper understanding of the ideal management principles that are available for managing fractures in high-functioning patients.    

Fractures in Sport comprehensively covers the available strategies for managing fractures in professional and amateur athletes, and is ideal for use by practising and trainee orthopaedic surgeons, sports physicians, and general practitioners.  


Editors and Affiliations

  • Edinburgh Orthopaedic Trauma Unit, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

    Greg A. J. Robertson

  • Centre for Sports and Exercise Medicine, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK

    Nicola Maffulli

About the editors

Greg Robertson BMedSci (Hons), MBChB, MSc, MRCS, PhD, is a Specialty Trainee in Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery at the Edinburgh Orthopaedic Trauma Unit. He obtained a First Class Honours Degree in Sports Medicine during Medical School, and has since continued to pursue research in the field of Sports Injuries. 

His research focuses on the Epidemiology, Management and Outcome of Fractures in Sport, and he has recently completed a PhD on this topic. 

Professor Nicola Maffulli MD, MS, PhD, FRCS, FRCS(Orth), FFSEM, is a Consultant Orthopaedic and Sports Injury Surgeon who has published more than 1,100 peer-reviewed articles and 12 books on Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine. Professor Maffulli is particularly interested in the physiopathology of sports injuries, including anterior cruciate ligament and tendon injuries, and has considerable expertise in knee and foot and ankle arthroscopy. He currently works at the Department of Medicine and Surgery, Università degli Studi di Salernom, where he is the Professor and Chair of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery.

A highly respected orthopaedic surgeon, his major areas of expertise are knee surgery and foot and ankle surgery. He has made major contributions on the physiopathology of tendon ailments, and conducted numerous randomised controlled trials in trauma and orthopaedic surgery. Given his training, Prof Maffulli’s expertise ranges from exercise physiology, gene expression in musculoskeletal conditions and tissue engineering, to mesenchymal stem cell therapy. He has previously served as a Professor of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery at Keele University School of Medicine (2001-2008), Centre Lead and Professor of Sports and Exercise Medicine at Queen Mary University of London, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London (2008-2013), and has now taken up the Chair in Trauma and Orthopaedics at Salerno University School of Medicine, Italy, maintaining Honorary Professorships at Queen Mary University of London and at Keele University School of Medicine. 



Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Fractures in Sport

  • Editors: Greg A. J. Robertson, Nicola Maffulli

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-72036-0

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-72035-3Published: 30 July 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-72038-4Published: 30 July 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-72036-0Published: 29 July 2021

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 532

  • Number of Illustrations: 195 b/w illustrations, 85 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Orthopedics, Sports Medicine

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eBook USD 84.99
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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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