Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xv, 490 pages)
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illustrations
ISBN:
0444639551
,
9780444639554
Series Statement:
Handbook of clinical neurology volume 158
Content:
"Sports Neurology is designed to be a comprehensive overview of neurology within the context of sports medicine. This definitive text addresses the history of sports neurology, including its unique role within sports medicine, and provides a detailed assessment of central and peripheral nervous system injuries and illnesses in athletes. Sports Neurology is a critical companion for all sports medicine clinicians and for neurologists who manage athletes"--Publisher's description
Content:
Section I: Introduction. Sports and the human brain: an evolutionary perspective -- Sports neurology as a multidisciplinary field -- Section II: Traumatic brain injury and concussion. Mild traumatic brain injury and concussion: terminology and classification -- Catastrophic neurologic injuries in sport -- Concussive and subconcussive brain trauma: the complexity of impact biomechanics and injury -- risk in contact sport -- Concussion: pathophysiology and clinical translation -- Epidemiology of sports concussion in the United States -- Sideline assessment of concussion -- Emergency department evaluation of the concussed athlete -- Office-based concussion evaluation, diagnosis, and management: adult -- Office-based concussion evaluation, diagnosis, and management: pediatric -- The relationship of migraine and other headache disorders to concussion -- Sleep disorders and concussion -- Vestibular dysfunction and concussion -- Neuro-ophthalmologic disorders following concussion -- Neuropsychiatry of sport-related concussion -- Postconcussion syndrome -- The role of neuropsychologists in concussion evaluation and management -- Return to play following sports-related concussion -- Return to learn -- Neuroimaging of brain trauma in sports -- Blood and cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers -- Measuring head impacts: accelerometers and other sensors -- Subconcussive trauma -- The evolving landscape of policies, rules, and law in sport-related concussion -- The modern landscape of sport-related concussion research: key achievements and future directions -- Section III: Neurodegeneration and other long-term consequences of concussion and -- repetitive head impacts. Chronic traumatic encephalopathy: clinical presentation and in vivo diagnosis -- The neuropathology of chronic traumatic encephalopathy -- Chronic traumatic encephalopathy: neuroimaging biomarkers -- Chronic traumatic encephalopathy: fluid biomarkers -- Section IV: Cervical spinal cord injuries. Biomechanics and common mechanisms of injury of the cervical spine -- Cervical spine trauma evaluation -- Acute management of cervical spine trauma -- Cervical spine trauma: prevention strategies -- Classification in para sport for athletes following cervical spine trauma -- Section V: Peripheral nerve injuries. Peripheral nerve injury in sport: an overview -- Neuromuscular adaptations in shoulder function and dysfunction -- Common peripheral nerve injuries in sport: diagnosis and management -- Section VI: Pain. Sport-related injury and pain classification -- Pain management in sport: therapeutic injections -- Section VII: Special neurologic considerations in sport. Athletes with neurologic disease -- Neurologic benefits of sports and exercise -- Future directions.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
9780444639547
Additional Edition:
0444639543
Additional Edition:
9780444639547
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Sports neurology Amsterdam : Elsevier, [2018] 9780444639547
Language:
English
Subjects:
Medicine
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