Sports Injuries of the Hand and Wrist

This book provides insights into sports medicine addressing trauma of the hand and wrist. This collection of injuries invites readers to trace aetiology, diagnosis, relevant pathology, management principles, and outcomes of numerous injuries in elite and non-elite athletes. The authors present management principles and outcomes. It is an ideal reference for postgraduate musculoskeletal doctors and therapists for Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine postgraduate degrees. Each approach to deal with an injury is underlined by case reports. Readers will also find valuable questions and answers fro self-assessment purpose.

Sports Injuries of the Hand and Wrist is aimed at sports doctors, musculoskeletal doctors, senior orthopedic trainees with an interest in upper limb, orthopedic trainees preparing for the FRCSOrth exam and similar international exams, as well as upper hand and wrist surgeons in the earlier years of their practice.

Mallet finger injuries. - Flexor digitorum profundus avulsion injuries. - Fractures and dislocations of the proximal interphalangeal joint. - Phalangeal fractures in the athlete. - Climber s pulley injuries. - Metacarpal fractures in the athlete. - Thumb fractures. - Hand injuries in the elite boxer. - Scaphoid fractures. - Carpal fractures (excluding scaphoid). - Scapholunate ligament injuries. - Injuries to the triangular fibrocartilage complex. - Injuries to the extensor carpi ulnaris and its investments in the athlete. - Chronic exertional compartment syndrome of the forearm.