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Table of Contents:

Preface
Acknowledgments
Contributors
Sect. 1 Evaluation, Training and Special Concerns
1 Preseason Evaluation 3
2 Conditioning and Training 13
3 The Athletic Trainer 39
4 Environmental Factors in Athletic Performance 55
5 Biomechanics of Knee Ligaments Relating to Sports Medicine 67
6 Rehabilitation 81
7 Medical Problems of the Athlete 97
8 Cardiovascular Evaluation of the Athlete 111
9 Drugs in Sports 123
10 Special Concerns of the Pediatric Athlete 135
11 Special Concerns of the Female Athlete 153
Sect. 2 Sports-Specific Injuries
12 Baseball 191
13 Basketball 209
14 Bicycling 223
15 Boxing 235
16 Competitive Diving 261
17 Cricket 283
18 Dance and the Arts 291
19 Emergency Medical Care at Sports Events 307
20 Equestrian 315
21 Fencing 333
22 Football 349
23 Golf 375
24 Gymnastics 383
25 Ice Hockey 397
26 Ice Skating: Figure, Speed, Long Distance; and In-Line 445
27 Judo and Karate-do 455
28 Lacrosse 469
29 Nordic and Alpine Skiing 481
30 Paragliding and Hang Gliding 501
31 Power Lifting, Weight Lifting, and Body Building 515
32 Racquet Sports 531
33 Rugby 551
34 Running 565
35 Scuba Diving 591
36 Soccer 603
37 Surfing 625
38 Swimming 633
39 Track and Field 649
40 Triathalon 679
41 Volleyball 689
42 Water Skiing 701
43 Wrestling 715
Sect. 3 Management and Treatment of Systemic and Regional Injuries
44 Soft Tissue Athletic Injury 733
45 Diagnosis and Treatment of Dermatologic Problems in Athletes 781
46 Sports Neurology 797
47 Head Injuries 813
48 Treatment of Sports Eye Injuries 833
49 Cervical Spine and Spinal Cord Injuries 853
50 Lumbar Spine Injuries 877
51 Shoulder Injuries 895
52 Elbow Injuries 924
53 Hand and Wrist Injuries 937
54 Knee Injuries 949
55 Ankle and Foot Injuries 977
56 Abdominal Injuries 1001
57 Chest Injuries 1011
Index 1019