FOOT AND ANKLE SPORTS ORTHOPAEDICS

1. Clinical Anatomy
2. Biomechanical Principles of Foot and Ankle
3. Overview and Epidemiology of Foot and Ankle Problems in Sports
4. Clinical Examination
5. Sports Medicine of the Foot & Ankle, the Role of Imaging
6. Biomechanical Functional Imaging
7. Imaging by Arthroscopy
8. Management of Injured Athletes at the Field
9. Sports and Osteoarthritis
10. Sports in Children and Young Age
11. Sports in Seniors
12. Sports in Disabled and Handicapped People
13. Orthobiologics in Foot & Ankle
14. Rehabilitation, Back to Sports and Competition
15. Acute Fractures (lower leg, ankle, hindfoot, midfoot, forefoot)
16. Acute Ankle Osteochondral and Chondral Lesions
17. Stress Fractures of the Foot and Ankle
18. Compartment Syndromes (acute and chronic)
19. Shin Splints
20. Achilles Tendon
21. Plantar Fasciitis in Sport
22. Exostosis (Osteochondrosis, Apophysites, and Haglund’s Deformity)
23. Posterior Tibial Tendon Lesions and Insufficiency
24. Peroneal Tendons
25. Anterior Tibial Tendon Lesion
26. Flexor Hallucis Longus Tendon
27. Acute Ankle Instability/Ankle Sprains in Athletes
28. Chronic Ankle Instability
29. Acute and Chronic Syndesmotic Injuries
30. Acute and Chronic Subtalar, Chopart- and Lisfranc Instability
31. Chronic Ankle Osteochondral and Chondral Lesions
32. Anterior and Posterior Ankle Impingement
33. Ankle Osteoarthritis
34. Subtalar, Chopart, and Lisfranc Joint Degeneration
35. Coalition and Sports
36. Hallux Valgus and Hallux Rigidus in Sports
37. Sesamoid and Capsule Lesions of the First Metatarsophalangeal Joint
38. Metatarsophalangeal Problems II-V
39. Forefoot Sports Injuries
40. Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome in Sport
41. Nerve Entrapments
42. Morton’s Neuroma in Sports
43. Soft Tissue Management in the Foot and Ankle
44. Foot and Ankle Injuries in Aerobic and Fitness Sports
45. American Football
46. Athletic Injuries
47. Foot and Ankle Problems in Basketball
48. Rock Climbing
49. Foot and Ankle Problems in Cycling
50. Dance Injuries / Ballet
51. Equestrian Sports
52. Football / Soccer
53. Floorball
54. Golf
55. Foot and Ankle Injuries in Gymnastics
56. Handball
57. Hiking, Mountaineering, Canyoning
58. Ice Hockey
59. Inline and Roller Skating
60. Foot and Ankle Injuries in Martial Arts
61. Motorsports
62. Orienteering
63. Foot and Ankle Injuries in Rugby
64. Running
65. Injuries in Alpine Sports with Focus on Foot and Ankle Trauma
66. Surfing – Board, Wind, Kite
67. Swimming / Aquatics
68. Foot and Ankle Problems in Snowboarding
69. Tennis and Racquet Sports
70. Volleyball
71. Foot and Ankle Injuries in Water Sports.

This book provides a comprehensive review of the diagnosis, management and treatment of sports injuries to the foot and ankle. The editors have assembled a list of contributors at the top of their field to define the medical management, treatment and surgery for the most common and highly debilitating sports injuries. Currently, foot and ankle injuries are the most common musculoskeletal injuries, thus this book fills the clear need for a state-of-the art resource that focuses upon this growing area of orthopaedic practice.
Foot and Ankle Sports Orthopaedics is highly relevant to orthopaedic surgeons, sports orthopaedic surgeons and medical professionals dealing with sports injuries around the F&A. With clear and didactic information and superb illustrations, this book will prove to be an indispensable learning tool for readers seeking expert guidance to further their surgical skills in this area.

Features
• Extensive and comprehensive review of the diagnosis, management and treatment of sports injuries to foot and ankle
• Superb illustrations defining the cause of foot and ankle injuries in athletes
• World-renowned authorship providing a thorough review of this most common musculoskeletal injury

Author
Professor Valderrabano performed his medical studies in Zurich, Switzerland. He received his MD degree for the experimental work “Structural Adaptations of the Pars Convoluta of the Distal Tubulus of the Mouse Nephron under Thiazide Treatment” at the Institute of Anatomy in Zurich. He then completed his residency in Orthopaedics & Traumatology with achievement of the “Swiss Medical Degree for Orthopaedics and Traumatology”. Subsequently, he performed his curriculum in Sports Medicine with achievement of the “Swiss Federal Sports Medicine Medical Degree” in 2005. Professor Valderrabano obtained his Ph.D. (Dr. phil.) in Biomechanics at the Human Performance Laboratory at the University of Calgary in Canada in 2009. He was elected as Chairman and Director of the Orthopaedic Department at the University Hospital of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.