Sports medicine is acquiring an important role owing to the increasing number of sports-active people and professional athletes. Accurate diagnosis of the different pathological conditions is therefore of fundamental importance. This book provides an overview of the most frequently observed conditions and correlates them with sports activities, as well as documenting relatively unknown lesions of increasing significance. Diagnostic techniques are described and compared, and their roles defined; interpretative pitfalls are highlighted. All of the contributing authors have distinguished themselves in the field and have a deep knowledge of the problem involved in the diagnosis and classification of sports injuries.

1 Epidemiological Aspects of Sport Injuries

2 Clinical Problems in Injured Athletes
3 The Role of MR Imaging in Sport Injuries of the Muscles
4 Tendinous Disease
5 Acute Injuries of the Articular Surfaces
6 The Radiological Imaging of Shoulder Instability
7 Instability of the Elbow and Wrist
8 Instability of the Knee
9 Instability of the Tibiotalar Joint
10 Subtalar Instability in Athletes
11 Impingement Syndrome of the Upper Limb
12 Impingement Syndrome of the Lower Limb
13 Nervous Diseases (Spinal and Peripheral Nerve Entrapments)
14 Stress Fractures
List of Contributors.