Imaging of Orthopedic Sports Injuries

This volume provides an updated review of imaging abnormalities in orthopedic sports injuries. The first part of the book contains 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 merit of different imaging techniques, focused on a specific clinical problem. In the third part, natural history, monitoring and follow-up by imaging are discussed. This well-illustrated book will be of value for musculoskeletal radiologists, orthopedic surgeons, sports physicians and everyone else involved in sports medicine.

Vanhoenacker F.M., president of the musculoskeletal section of the Royal Belgian Society of Radiology, section editor musculoskeletal European Radiology, reviewer of different journals, incl. Skeletal Radiology, authors or co-author of more than 112 scientific papers.

Gielen J. president VVS (Flemish society of sports medicine)

Maas M., Vice president of the subcommittee on Sports Imaging of the European Society of Musculoskeletal radiology. Chair of the musculoskeletal section of the Dutch Society of Radiology. Vice-chair of the board of medical education University of Amsterdam. Radiology consultant for various national Sports societies. Reviewer of various journals