With comprehensive, highly visual coverage used by sports clinicians, team physicians, sports medicine fellows, primary care physicians, and other health care professionals who provide care to athletes and active individuals, Netter’s Sports Medicine, 3rd Edition, is an ideal resource for students who aspire to careers in any of these related fields. Editors include three past presidents of the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine, and it includes contributions from world-renowned experts as well as a rich illustration program with many classic paintings by Frank H. Netter, MD. Whether your students plan to work with Little League or professional sports, with weekend warriors or Olympic champions, or from backcountry mountainsides or the Super Bowl field, this interdisciplinary reference helps prepare them for the busy outpatient office, the training room, the sidelines, and for sports medicine board certification.
More than 1,000 superb Netter graphics, tables, figures, pictures, diagnostic images, and other medical artwork highlight easy-to-read, bulleted text.
New coverage of esports, as well as other key topics such as travel considerations for the athlete, EKG interpretation, cardiac disease, diagnostic imaging and ultrasound, injury prevention protocols, and mixed martial arts.
Up-to-date information on nutritional supplements, eating disorders, sports and pharmacology for chronic conditions and behavioral medicine, and extreme and adventure sports.
Designed for quick reference, with a logical organization by both topic and sport.
Online features include downloadable patient education handouts, and handy links.
Section 1 Header 1 The Team Physician 1 The Team Physician 1 The Certified Athletic Trainer and the Athletic Training Room 1 The Preparticipation Physical Evaluation 1 Sports Supplements 1 Sports Pharmacology of Pain and Inflammation Control in Athletes 1 Flexibility 1 Drugs and Doping in Athletes 1 Gastrointestinal Problems 2 Sports Nutrition 2 High Altitude Training and Competition 2 The Certified Athletic Trainer and the Athletic Training Room 3 Sideline Preparedness and Emergencies on the Field 3 Sports Pharmacology of Chronic Disease 3 Sports Pharmacology of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine 3 Care of Athletes at Different Levels: From Pee-Wee to Professional 3 Aerobic Training 3 Resistance Training 3 The Preparticipation Physical Evaluation 4 The High School Athlete: Setting Up a High School Sports Medicine Program 4 The Female Athlete 4 Eating Disorders in Athletes 4 Overtraining 4 Sideline Preparedness and Emergencies 5 The Senior Athlete 5 Sports Nutrition 6 The Pediatric Athlete 6 The Wilderness Athlete and Adventurer 6 Sports Supplements 7 Sports Pharmacology of Pain and Inflammation Control in Athletes 8 Sports Pharmacology of Chronic Disease 9 The Physically Challenged Athlete 9 Exercise in the Cold and Cold Injuries 9 Sports Pharmacology of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine 10 Travel Considerations for the Athlete and Sports Medical Team 10 The Pediatric Athlete 11 Exercise Prescription and Physiology 11 The High School Athlete: Setting Up a High School Sports Medicine Program 12 The Female Athlete 13 The Senior Athlete 14 The Athlete with Physical Disability 14 Exercise in the Heat and Heat Illness 14 Hematologic Problems in Athletes 14 The Athlete with Diabetes 14 Cardiac Disease in Athletes 15 Care of Athletes at Different Levels: From Pee-Wee to Professional 16 EKG Interpretation in Athletes 16 The Wilderness Athlete and Adventurer 17 The Role of Sport Psychology and Psychiatry 17 The Hypertensive Athlete 17 Neurologic Problems in the Athlete 17 Headache in the Athlete 17 Connective Tissue Diseases and Rheumatologic Problems in Athletes 17 Musculoskeletal Injuries in Sports 17 Physical Modalities in Sports Medicine 17 Exercise Prescription and Physiology 18 Aerobic Training 19 Resistance Training 20 Infections in Athletes 20 Skin Problems in the Athlete 20 Flexibility 21 Exercise in the Heat and Heat Illness 22 Renal and Genitourinary Problems 22 Exercise in the Cold and Cold Injuries 23 Neck Injuries 23 Altitude Training and Competition 24 Eye Injuries 24 Travel Considerations for the Athlete and Sports Medical Team 25 Hand and Wrist Injuries 25 The Role of Sport Psychology and Psychiatry 26 Exercise-Induced Bronchospasm, Anaphylaxis, and Urticaria 26 Thoracic and Lumbosacral Spine Injuries 26 Drugs and Doping in Athletes 27 Pelvis, Hip and Thigh Injuries 27 Knee Injuries 27 Eating Disorders in Athletes 28 Cartilage Problems in Sports 28 Overtraining 29 Acute Fractures and Dislocations in Athletes 29 Infections in Athletes 30 Stress Fractures 30 Gastrointestinal Problems 31 Comprehensive Rehabilitation of the Athlete 31 Foot Problems 31 Hematologic Problems in Athletes 32 Head Injuries 32 Taping and Bracing 32 Renal and Genitourinary Problems 33 Injections in the Athlete 33 The Athlete with Diabetes 34 Shoulder Injuries 34 Diagnostic Imaging in Sports Medicine 34 Sports Ultrasound 34 EKG Interpretation in Athletes 35 Maxillofacial Injuries 35 Elbow Injuries 35 Injury Prevention Protocols 35 Cardiac Disease in Athletes 36 Football 36 The Hypertensive Athlete 37 Soccer 37 Exercise-Induced Bronchoconstriction, Urticaria and Anaphylaxis 38 Thorax and Abdominal Injuries 38 Rugby 38 Neurologic Problems in the Athlete 39 Ankle and Leg Injuries 39 Lacrosse 39 Headache in the Athlete 40 Field Hockey 40 Skin Problems in the Athlete 41 Ultimate Frisbee 41 Connective Tissue Diseases and Rheumatologic Problems in Athletes 42 Basketball 42 Musculoskeletal Injuries in Sports 43 Volleyball 43 Comprehensive Rehabilitation of the Athlete 44 Softball 44 Baseball 44 Physical Modalities in Sports Medicine 45 Tennis 45 Head Injuries 46 Alpine Skiing 46 Neck Injuries 47 Cross-Country Skiing 47 Eye Injuries 48 Snowboarding 48 Maxillofacial Injuries 49 Ice Hockey 49 Ice Skating (Figure Skating and Speed Skating) 49 Shoulder Injuries 50 Swimming and Diving 50 Elbow Injuries 51 Scuba Diving 51 Hand and Wrist Injuries 52 Sailing 52 Thorax and Abdominal Injuries 53 Rowing 53 Thoracic and Lumbosacral Spine Injuries 54 Martial Arts 54 Boxing 54 Pelvis, Hip and Thigh Injuries 55 Wrestling 55 Knee Injuries 56 Mixed Martial Arts 56 Gymnastics 56 Cheerleading 56 Ankle and Leg Injuries 57 Road Biking 57 Mountain Biking 57 Cartilage Problems in Sports 58 Acute Fractures and Dislocations in Athletes 59 Dance 59 Stress Fractures 60 Track and Field 60 Foot Problems 61 In-Line Skating, Skateboarding, and Bicycle Motocross 61 Mass Participation Endurance Events 61 Ultraendurance and Adventure Racing and Events 61 Rock Climbing 61 Rodeo and Equestrian Sports 61 Taping and Bracing 62 Injections in the Athlete 63 Diagnostic Imaging in Sports Medicine 64 Sports Ultrasound 65 Injury Prevention Protocols
Christopher Madden, MD, FACSM, Assistant Clinical Professor, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Department of Family Medicine, Aurora, Colorado; Sports and Family Medicine Physician, Private Practice, Longs Peak Family Practice and Sports Medicine, Longmont, Colorado; Team Physician, Lyons High School, Lyons, Colorado, Margot Putukian, MD, FACSM, Director of Athletic Medicine, Head Team Physician, Assistant Director of Medical Services, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey; Associate Clinical Professor, Rutgers - Robert Wood Johnson, New Brunswick, New Jersey; Team Physician, US Men's Lacrosse Team; Team Physician, US Soccer; Past President American Medical Society for Sports Medicine, Eric McCarty, MD, Chief, Sports Medicine & Shoulder Surgery, Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado; Director of Sports Medicine, Department of Athletics, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado and Craig Young, MD, Professor & Medical Director of Sports Medicine, Orthopaedic Surgery & Community and Family Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Team Physician, Milwaukee Ballet, Milwaukee Brewers, US National Snowboard Team, President 2007-2008, American Medical Society for Sports Medicine
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