Bookeditor, Andrew C. Hecht, Chief, Spine Surgery,
... Show More Mount Sinai Hospital and Mount Sinai Health System, Director, Mount Sinai Spine Center, Associate Professor Orthopaedic and Neurosurgery, Mt. Sinai Medical Center and Icahn school of Medicine, New York, New York.
Contents:
General. The epidemiology of spine injuries in athletes / Barrett Boody, Brett D. Rosehnthal, Shah-Nawaz M. Dodwad, Alpesh A. Patel
Biomechanics of the spine in sports and prevention considerations / Eeric Truumees, Erik E. Swartz
Rehabilitation of athletes after spine injury and spine surgery / Robert G. Watkins, Michael Kordecki
On-field evaluation and transport of the injured athlete / Tristan B. Weir, Michael J. Cendoma, Ehsan Jazini, Kelley E. Banagan, Steven C. Ludwig
Spinal cord injury: pharmacologic agents, thermal cooling, and timing of interventions / Allan R. Martin, Michael G. Fehlings
Diagnostic imaging of sports-related spinal disorders / Mitchel B. Harris, Micah Blais
Spine injuries in pediatric athletes / John M. Flynn, Mark A. Seeley, Artistides I. Cruz, Jr.
Role of the spine surgeon with professional sports teams, agents, and coaches / Robert G. Watkins. Cervical spine injuries in athletes. Differential diagnosis of upper extremity disorders (neck and arm pain) / Laith Al-Shihabi, Howard S. An
Stingers and burners / Andrew B. Dossett
Cervical cord neuropraxia / Frank H. Valone III, K. Daniel Riew
Cervical disk herniation in athletes / Andrew C. Hecht, Steven McAnany, Sheeraz Qureshi
Congenital cervical anomalies and special needs athletes / Jun Sup Kim, Evan Baird, Lindsay Andras, Nomaan Ashraf
Degenerative disorders of the cervical spine and cervical stenosis / Kevin L. Ju, John G. Heller
Fractures of the cervical spine and spinal cord injuries / Gregory D. Schroeder, Tristan Fried, Christie Stawicki, Peter Deluca, Alexander R. Vaccaro. Lumbar spine. Incidence of low back pain in athletes and differential diagnosis and evaluation of athletes with back or leg pain / Kenneth Nwosu, Christopher M. Bono
Spondylolysis and Spondylolisthesis in immature and adult athletes / Rahul Basho, Andre M. Jakoi, Jeffrey C. Wang
Lumbar disk herniation in immature and adult athletes / Tyler J. Jenkins, Willington Hsu
Lumbar degenerative disk disease and spinal stenosis in athletes / Heath P. Gould, Colin M. Haines, William J. Kemp, Timothy T. Roberts, Thomas Mroz
Piriformis syndrome, sacral stress fractures, and hip labral disorders / Diana Patterson, Brian Neri, Alexis Chiang Colvin
Lumbar spine disorders in aging athletes / Gordon R. Bell
Thoracic injuries and pain syndromes in athletes / Tanvir Choudhri, Haroon Fiaz Choudhri, Julian E. Bailes, Jr. Concussion. Concussion: introduction-the controversy / Vin Shen Ban, Richard G. Ellenbogen, H. Hunt Batjer
Definitions of sports concussion, initial diagnosis, and on-field evaluation / Leah G. Concannon, Brian C. Liem, Stanley A. Herring
Determining short-term prognosis and return to play / Margot Putukian, Siatta B. Dunbar
Neuropsychological testing in the treatment and management of sport-related concussion / Melissa A. Lancaster, Lindsay D. Nelson, Michael A. McCrea
Postconcussion syndrome / Javier Cardenas
Concussion: long term sequelae-the controversy / Rajiv Saigal, Mitchel Berger.