The field of sports medicine is evolving, accelerated by emerging technologies and changing health care policies. To stay up to speed and ace the Boards, you need a resource that moves at your pace. Sanctioned by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), this handy review addresses all areas of the sports medicine subspecialty board examination--with coverage that spans the full spectrum of sports medicine, from medical to skeletal conditions related to the athlete. The editors and authors include orthopedic surgeons, family physicians, pediatricians, internal medicine specialists, physiatrists, certified athletic trainers, physical therapists, psychologists, nutritionists, exercise physiologists and more, ensuring that you'll benefit from the broad spectrum of expertise embraced by the specialty.

The team physician -- Ethical considerations in sports medicine -- Legal issues in sports medicine -- Orthopedic sports medicine terminology -- Basics in exercise physiology -- Articular cartilage injury -- Bone injury and fracture healing -- Nerve injury -- Muscle and tendon injury and repair -- Basic principles of exercise training and conditioning -- Basics in sports nutrition -- Exercise prescription -- Playing surface and protective equipment -- Field-side emergencies -- Mass participation events -- Catastrophic sports injuries -- The preparticipation physical examination -- Diagnostic imaging -- Musculoskeletal ultrasound -- Electrodiagnostic testing -- Exercise testing -- Gait analysis -- Compartment syndrome testing -- Exercise-induced bronchoconstriction testing -- Drug testing -- Neuropsychological testing in concussion -- Cardiovascular considerations -- Dermatology -- Genitourinary -- Ophthalmology -- Otorhinolaryngology -- Dental injuries -- Infectious disease and the athlete -- Endocrinology and sports -- Hematology in the athlete -- Neurology -- Gastroenterology -- Pulmonary -- Allergic diseases in athletes -- Overtraining syndrome -- Exercise and chronic disease -- Environmental injuries: hypothermia, frostbite, heat illness, and altitude illness -- Head injuries -- Cervical spine -- Thoracic and lumbar spine -- Magnetic resonance imaging in the upper extremity -- Shoulder instability -- Rotator cuff pathology -- Sternoclavicular, clavicular, and acromioclavicular injuries -- Shoulder superior labrum anterior and posterior tears and biceps tears -- The throwing shoulder -- Elbow instability -- Elbow articular lesions and fractures -- Elbow tendinosis -- Soft tissue injuries of the wrist and hand -- Upper extremity nerve entrapment -- Magnetic resonance imaging in the lower extremity -- Pelvis, hip, and high injuries -- Knee meniscal injuries. Knee instability -- The patellofemoral joint -- Soft tissue knee injuries (tendon and bursae) -- Ankle instability -- Soft tissue injuries of the leg, ankle, and foot -- Foot and ankle fractures -- Lower extremity stress fractures -- Lower extremity nerve entrapments -- Physical modalities in sports medicine -- Core strengthening -- Medications and ergogenic aids -- Prolotherapy -- Platelet-rich plasma therapy and autologous blood -- Common injections in sports medicine: general principles and specific techniques -- Footwear and orthotic -- Taping in sports medicine -- Bracing in sports medicine -- Casting and splinting -- Psychological considerations in physical activity, exercise, and sport -- Complementary and alternative medicine -- Special considerations for postoperative athletes -- Baseball -- Basketball -- Boxing: medical considerations -- Mixed martial arts: ringside safety -- Crew -- Cross-country ski injuries -- Bicycling injuries -- Dance and performing arts medicine -- Dive medicine -- Figure skating -- Football -- Golfing injuries -- Gymnastics -- Ice hockey injuries -- Climbing injuries, treatment and injury prevention -- Lacrosse -- Rugby injuries -- Running -- Alpine skiiing and snowboarding -- Rodeo injuries -- Soccer -- Softball injuries -- Surfing -- Swimming -- Musculoskeletal injuries in the tennis player -- Triathlon -- Volleyball -- Water polo injuries -- Weightlifting -- Wheelchair sports -- Wrestling -- The pediatric athlete -- The geriatric athlete -- The female athlete -- The athlete with intellectual disabilities -- The disabled athlete -- The athlete with a total joint replacement -- The athlete with cancer -- Human immunodeficiency virus and sports.

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