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.