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.

Relevant Basic Science and General Imaging Principles

The Clinician's Point of View
Imaging Techniques and Procedures in Sports Injuries
Muscle Injuries
Cartilage Trauma
Tendon and Ligamentous Trauma
Bone Marrow Edema in Sports Injuries: General Concept
Overuse Bone Trauma and Stress Fractures
Pseudotumors in Sports
Topographic Discussion
Shoulder Instability
Rotator Cuff and Impingement
Scapular, Clavicular, Acromioclavicular and Sternoclavicular Joint Injuries
Imaging of Sports Injuries of the Elbow
Imaging of Wrist Injuries
Finger and Hand
Pelvis, Hip and Groin
Sports-related Meniscal Injury
Knee: Ligaments
Imaging of Anterior Knee Pain and Maltracking
Injuries of the Ligaments and Tendons in the Ankle and Foot
Ankle and Foot: Osteochondral Injuries
Acute and Overuse Lesions of the Leg and Calf
The Spine in Sports Injuries: Cervical Spine
The Spine in Sports Injuries: Thoracic and Lumbar Spine
Maxillofacial Injuries in Sports
Thoracic and Abdominal Wall Injuries in Sports
Special Considerations in the Immature Skeleton
The Aging Athlete
Monitoring of Sports Injury Repair
Natural History and Monitoring of Fractures and Microfractures
Monitoring of Muscle, Tendon and Ligament Repair
Addendum
Sport-Specific Injuries.