FOOTBALL TRAUMATOLOGY. NEW TRENDS

- Provides overviews of a wide range of injuries experienced by football players
- Offers guidance on diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation
- Advises on reducing the risk of trauma.
This book provides a comprehensive guide to the evaluation, treatment, and rehabilitation of musculoskeletal injuries commonly experienced by football (soccer) players. It will be of particular value for orthopedists and sports medicine practitioners, and will provide the information required by trainers and medical staff regarding the traumatic lesions associated with the sport. It is also anticipated that the book will assist in reducing the risk of trauma in footballers. The new edition has been revised to reflect advances in knowledge and practice and will be more valuable than ever, given that the risk of trauma continues to increase owing to the intensity and speed of modern football, the current training methods, and technical and tactical innovations. Injuries are a major adverse event during a footballer’s career, and they require appropriate medical and/or surgical treatment and rehabilitation. The overviews provided in this book will help in delivering such care.

Author
Piero Volpi is an Orthopedic Surgeon and Sports Medicine Specialist and Director of the Knee Surgery and Sport Traumatology Unit at Humanitas Clinical Institute IRCCS, Milan. He played professional football from the beginning of the 1970s until 1985 while maintaining his medical studies. He is now Head of Medical Staff FC Internazionale Milan, Italy, and is also Responsible Physician of the Italian Association of Football Players (AIC). Dr. Volpi is Teaching Professor at the Speciality School of Orthopedics and Traumatology at the University of Milan. He is also Vice-President of Italian Arthroscopy Society (SIA) and member of several National and International Scientific Societies: Siot, Sigascot,Fmsi, Isakos, Esska, Eka. He is the author of more than 300 publications and over 600 contributions, including book chapters, articles and presentations to scientific National and International meetings .He is Editor in Chief of the Journal of Sports Traumatology and member of Editorial Board of Medicina dello Sport Journal.

Table of contents (37 chapters)
1.Epidemiology in Professional Footballers
2.Epidemiology in Young Football Players
3.Epidemiology in Female Football Players
4.Risk Factors
5.Football Injury Prevention
6.Preseason Evaluation
7.Trauma Management in the Field
8.Muscle Lesions
9.Hamstring Injuries
10.Patellar and Quadriceps Tendinopathy
11.Return to Play After a Muscle Lesion
12.Shoulder Injuries in Goalkeepers
13.Acromioclavicular Dislocation
14.Knee Medial Collateral Ligament Injuries
15.Injuries of the Lateral Collateral Ligament and Posterolateral Corner of the Knee
16.Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Lesions
17.Anterior Cruciate Ligament Lesions in Adolescent
18.ACL Revision
19.PCL Lesion
20.Knee: Multiligament Injuries
21.Lateral Meniscus Injuries
22.Medial Meniscus Injuries
23.Anterior Knee Pain in Football
24.Patellar Instability in Football Players
25.Knee Cartilage Repair
26.Patellar Tendon Lesions
27.PRP in Football Players
28.Knee Arthritis in Ex-Footballers
29.Groin Pain
30.Femoroacetabular Impingement (FAI) in Football Traumatology
31.Achilles Tendon Lesions in Soccer Players
32.Ankle Ligament Lesions
33.Ankle Osteochondral Lesions
34.Ankle Osteoarthritis in Ex-Professional Footballers
35.Foot Problems in Football
36.Stress Fractures of the Foot in Footballers
37.New Trends in Rehabilitation