This volume provides an updated review of imaging abnormalities in orthopedic sports injuries, illustrated with many high-quality radiological images and schematic drawings. The first part of the book presents 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 merits of different imaging techniques, focused on a specific clinical problem. The third part discusses natural history, monitoring and follow-up by imaging. This thoroughly illustrated book will be of value to musculoskeletal radiologists, orthopedic surgeons, sports physicians and other professionals involved in sports medicine.

1;Foreword;7 2;Preface;8 3;Introduction;10 4;Contents;12 5;Relevant Basic Science and General Imaging Principles;15 5.1;The Clinician's Point of View;17 5.2;Imaging Techniques and Procedures in Sports Injuries;21 5.3;Muscle Injuries;29 5.4;Cartilage Trauma;55 5.5;Tendon and Ligamentous Trauma;75 5.6;Bone Marrow Edema in Sports Injuries:;87 5.7;General Concept;87 5.8;Overuse Bone Trauma and Stress Fractures;99 5.9;Pseudotumors in Sports;117 6;Topographic Discussion;133 6.1;Shoulder Instability;135 6.2;Rotator Cuff and Impingement;163 6.3;Scapular, Clavicular, Acromioclavicular and;183 6.4;Sternoclavicular Joint Injuries;183 6.5;Imaging of Wrist Injuries;215 6.6;Finger and Hand;239 6.7;Pelvis, Hip and Groin;249 6.8;Sports-related Meniscal Injury;279 6.9;Knee: Ligaments;297 6.10;Imaging of Anterior Knee Pain and Maltracking;321 6.11;Injuries of the Ligaments and Tendons in the Ankle and Foot;335 6.12;Ankle and Foot: Osteochondral Injuries;351 6.13;Acute and Overuse Lesions of the Leg and Calf;365 6.14;The Spine in Sports Injuries: Cervical Spine;391 6.15;The Spine in Sports Injuries: Thoracic and Lumbar Spine;405 6.16;Maxillofacial Injuries in Sports;415 6.17;Thoracic and Abdominal Wall Injuries in Sports;429 6.18;Special Considerations in the Immature Skeleton;447 6.19;The Aging Athlete;463 7;Monitoring of Sports Injury Repair;482 7.1;Natural History and Monitoring of Fractures and Microfractures;483 7.2;Monitoring of Muscle, Tendon and Ligament Repair;503 8;Addendum;518 8.1;Sport- Specific Injuries;519 9;Subject Index;533 10;List of Contributors;543