Stress Fractures [Hardcover]

Peter Brukner (Author), Kim Bennell (Author), Gordon Matheson (Author)

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Hardcover: 202 pages
Publisher: Human Kinetics; 1 edition (Aug 19 1999)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0867930152
ISBN-13: 978-0867930153
Product Dimensions: 2.5 x 2 x 0.2 cm
Shipping Weight: 717 g
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,179,923 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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This much-needed reference serves as your best source for up-to-date, organized information on stress fractures. Written by three leading authorities in this area, Stress Fractures covers the pathophysiology, epidemiology, risk factors, and treatment associated with these injuries.

The reference provides both theory about development of stress fractures and practical management of the various types and sites of stress fractures. It is an essential reference for all clinicians involved in the diagnosis, prescription, and management of these injuries.

Authors Peter Brukner, Kim Bennell, and Gordon Matheson draw together their extensive knowledge base and expertise to provide current and comprehensive information about the subject.

The pathophysiology and epidemiology of stress fractures are covered in the first two chapters. A general overview of diagnosis and treatment of stress fractures is provided in the following two chapters. In the concluding chapters, the management of specific stress fractures is described in detail for the upper limb, the trunk, the pelvis and thigh, the lower leg, and the foot and ankle.

Recent advances in nuclear isotope scans, CT scans, and MRI have enabled stress fractures to be detected and identified much more easily. Stress Fractures pulls together the important information on the topic and offers a valuable, practical guide to risk factors and treatment options for this increasingly prevalent type of injury.

This book is published by Blackwell Science and is not available from Human Kinetics in Australia.

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Olympic Park Sports Medicine Centre, Melbourne, Australia. Third author, Gordon Matheson, is with Stanford Univ., CA. Text for clinicians in orthopedics, physiotherapy, and sports medicine. Covers the pathophysiology, epidemiology, risk factors, and treatment associated with stress fractures. Halftone illustrations and references.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Ye-ouch!, April 22 2006

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This review is from: Stress Fractures (Hardcover)

It would not be stretching the truth too far to say I woke up one morning with a stress fracture of the femoral neck; a particularly nasty one. I am recovering nicely, thanks, but have yet to find anyone who can tell me how the heck I did it. So much for the nice 'warning' one is supposed to notice over a period of weeks. That didn't happen in my experience. Consequently, I am left trying to answer the question, How in the world did I get so far over the line and not know it? And, How do I keep from repeating this performance? This book is providing answers. It's technical. It will give the average non-scientist more information than they want to know; the section on research methodology made my eyes glaze. But, it is helping me construct an explanation of how I got here, and more importantly, how I can avoid a next time. If you already know a whole lot about bone remodeling, this book isn't likely to help you much. However, if like me, you didn't understand that bone undergoes microtears in response to loading, and has a pattern of repair that parallels muscle tissue, the contents can be revealing. Five stars minus one because I have no plans to publish research in this realm, but four stars for the questions I didn't know enough to ask, and the answers it offers. I recommend it.

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