Evidence-Based Sports Medicine

✍ Scribed by Domhnall MacAuley, Thomas Best

• Publisher: BMJ Books
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 633
• Series: Evidence-Based Medicine
• Edition: 2
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This second edition of the popular book Evidence-based Sports Medicine builds on the features that made the first edition such a valuable text and provides a completely up-to-date tool for sports medicine physicians, family practitioners and orthopedic surgeons.

Updated to take into account new evidence from systematic reviews and controlled trials, Evidence-based Sports Medicine is a unique reference book on the optimum management of sports-related conditions. This second edition:

• contains sections on acute injury, chronic conditions, and injuries to the upper limb, groin and knee and to the lower leg
• pays increased attention to the important and emerging area of injury prevention
• features thoroughly revised methodology sections within each chapter, reflecting changes in technique and application
• MCQs and essay questions that allow readers to continually assess their knowledge and understanding of the topics covered

Additional information and updates will be available upon publication from www.evidbasedsportsmedicine.com

✦ Table of Contents

Evidence-based Sports Medicine......Page 1
Contents......Page 7
Contributors......Page 10
Preface......Page 16
Section 1: Prevention......Page 19
1 Is it possible to prevent sports and recreation injuries? A systematic review of randomized controlled trials, with recommendations for future work......Page 21
2 Evidence-based preparticipation physical examination......Page 36
3 Does stretching help prevent injuries?......Page 54
4 What effect do core strength and stability have on injury prevention and recovery?......Page 77
5 Do foot orthoses prevent injury?......Page 91
6 Who should retire after repeated concussions?......Page 111
7 What recommendations should be made concerning exercising with a fever and/or acute infection?......Page 126
8 Should you play sport with a congenital or acquired abnormality of a solid abdominal organ?......Page 138
9 What type of exercise reduces falls in older people?......Page 153
10 Is there a role for exercise in the prevention of osteoporotic fractures?......Page 185
Section 2: Acute injury......Page 205
11 What is the role of ice in soft-tissue injury management?......Page 207
12 Compression......Page 226
13 NSAIDs and pain management in sports......Page 240
Section 3: Chronic conditions......Page 259
14 Benefits of regular exercise in the treatment and management of bronchial asthma......Page 261
15 What is the role of exercise in the prevention of back pain?......Page 275
16 How should you treat spondylolysis in the athlete?......Page 299
Section 4: Injuries to the upper limb......Page 319
17 How evidence-based is our examination of the shoulder?......Page 321
18 How effective are diagnostic tests for the assessment of rotator cuff disease of the shoulder?......Page 345
19 How should you treat an athlete with a first-time dislocation of the shoulder?......Page 379
20 Are corticosteroid injections as effective as physiotherapy for the treatment of a painful shoulder?......Page 409
21 How should you treat tennis elbow? An updated scientific evidence-based approach......Page 436
Section 5: Injuries to the groin and knee......Page 453
22 How reliable is the physical examination in the diagnosis of sports-related knee injuries?......Page 455
23 What is the optimal treatment of acute anterior cruciate ligament injury?......Page 471
24 What is the most appropriate treatment for patellar tendinopathy?......Page 494
25 How do you treat chronic groin pain?......Page 509
Section 6: Injuries to the lower leg......Page 529
26 How evidence-based is our clinical examination of the ankle?......Page 531
27 Can we prevent ankle sprains?......Page 537
28 How should you treat a stress fracture?......Page 556
29 What is the best treatment of subcutaneous rupture of the Achilles tendon?......Page 580
30 How to manage plantar fasciitis......Page 604
Multiple-choice question answers......Page 620
Index......Page 621