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Title Acute and chronic finger injuries in ball sports / Grégoire Chick, editor
Published Dordrecht : Springer, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (884 pages)
Series Sports and Traumatology
Sports and traumatology.
Contents Ball sports -- Functional anatomy -- Hand functional anatomy -- Examination of the injured hand -- Radiological investigations -- Severe Hand Injuries -- Management of hand and finger injuries -- Acute finger injuries -- Chronic finger injuries -- Small joints arthroscopy -- Complications associated with hand surgery -- Rehabilitation -- The disabled athlete in ball sports -- Opinions
Summary Neglected finger injuries may lead to chronic lesions that often have detrimental consequences for the practice of a ball sport, whether at a recreational level or at the top athlete level. The initial injury management is crucial. Depending on the type and the severity of the lesions, different people may get involved: the players themselves or their entourage, physiotherapists, club doctors, emergency physicians, family doctors, sports doctors or hand surgeons. Treatment is usually conservative: the long fingers require rapid mobilization to prevent stiffness and contrary to that, the thumb
Analysis geneeskunde
medicine
volksgezondheid
public health
sportgeneeskunde
sports medicine
orthopedie
orthopaedics
herstel
rehabilitation
Medicine (General)
Geneeskunde (algemeen)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Print version record
Subject Fingers -- Wounds and injuries.
Sports injuries -- Treatment
Ball games -- Health aspects
Finger Injuries
Athletic Injuries
MEDICAL -- Sports Medicine.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- Training.
Médecine.
Fingers -- Wounds and injuries
Sports injuries -- Treatment
Genre/Form Handbooks and manuals
Form Electronic book
Author Chick, Grégoire
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