When examining patients with sports-related and exercise-related injuries, a thorough knowledge of anatomy is vital in order to make an accurate diagnosis and work out an effective treatment plan. In this helpful, practical book, a professional anatomist, an orthopaedic surgeon and a sports physiotherapist have combined their expertise to give a detailed explanation of the structural and functional anatomy of the knee. The book includes descriptions and images of the relevant anatomy, and sample clinical problems (with model answers) throughout. Although each problem is different, practitioners will always follow a similar pattern in arriving at a differential diagnosis. In every case, four main areas need to be covered: the type of sport; the clinical history; physical assessment; and appropriate investigations. By taking a logical, step-by-step approach to solving clinical problems, this book offers a valuable resource for the wide range of health professionals who manage knee injuries.

The general and specific structures of the back—including the cervical, thoracic, and lumbo-sacral spine—are presented and illustrated in this book to be used as a basis for clinical practice. Diagnosing, managing, and rehabilitating sports-related back injury is extremely challenging due to its critical location in the body and its many components. Written by an anatomist and sports physiotherapist, this reference includes case histories showing how knowledge of back anatomy can be used to arrive at correct diagnoses, benefiting a wide range of professionals concerned with sports disorders and injuries.

This title is a comprehensive, highly illustrated atlas of human living and surface anatomy for effective physical examination of sports injuries. It covers normal surface and living human anatomy on a regional basis in sufficient depth to facilitate effective physical examination and manipulative techniques. Full colour photographs of anatomy and skeletal parts show how to locate and identify structures. - Detailed methodology on how to locate structures, how to palpate them, how to test muscle actions and joint movements and how to detect derangements. - The inclusion of photographs of relevant bony structures and prosections of specific parts of the body to assist in identifying features in the living subject is a unique feature. - Problem-solving case studies employing knowledge of living anatomy. - Full colour throughout.