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Record Nr.

UNINA9910736014503321

Autore

Sherman Mark F

Titolo

The Acute Knee [[electronic resource] ] : A Handbook for Sports Medicine Physicians / / by Mark F. Sherman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2023

ISBN

3-031-32844-2

Edizione

[1st ed. 2023.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (150 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

ShermanSeth L

Disciplina

617.582

Soggetti

Sports medicine

Primary care (Medicine)

Orthopedics

Sports Medicine

Primary Care Medicine

Orthopaedics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- General Considerations -- Acute Patella Injury -- Medial Collateral Ligament (MCL) Injury -- Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Injury -- Posterior Cruciate Ligament (PCL) Injury -- Multi-Ligamentous Knee Injury -- Meniscus Tear -- Extensor Mechanism Disruptions -- Bone Contusions and Chondral Injuries -- The Mimickers -- The Whole Gestalt (i.e. Conclusion).

Sommario/riassunto

This handbook presents a concise, practical approach to the physical examination and diagnosis of acute injuries of the knee. While radiological diagnostic tools like CT and MRI are important tools for orthopedic and sports medicine injuries, the skills of history taking and an accurate physical exam are no less important in educated decision-making when it comes to injury management. The goal of this book is to make it easier for a beginning knee practitioner to take an educated history and then perform a thorough physical examination. This will invariably steer them to the course of the correct diagnosis. The focus here is on a consistent and thorough examination, including taking a full history of the injury, utilizing common physical tests, and limiting



differential diagnoses. To this end, the book opens with a review of these general considerations. Subsequent chapters discuss these considerations across a number of acute knee injuries to the patella, ACL, MCL, PCL, meniscus, and multiligamentous and extensor mechanism injuries and conditions. Additional chapters describe osteochondral injuries and mimickers such as PVNS and tumors. Video clips demonstrating examination techniques are included throughout the text. While The Acute Knee is aimed primarily at younger practitioners, it is an excellent resource for any orthopedic surgeon or sports medicine physicians looking to refamiliarize themselves with the "lost art" of physical examination for the acute knee.