Trends and Approaches to Knee Injury in Sports

This book offers a comprehensive overview of the latest trends and best practices in managing knee injuries in sports. The aim is to equip the readers with current treatment options for knee injuries and discuss various treatment innovations, such as knee ligament reconstruction, meniscus repair, cartilage, instability of knee and patella, biologics, joint preservation, nutrition, and rehabilitation.

This book is a compilation of the research by leading authorities from India and around the world in managing and providing recommendations for sports injury of the knee. It serves as a valuable resource for the sports medicine community, including surgeons, sports medicine physicians, athletes, their trainers, and resident trainees in sports medicine. This book is a helpful tool for all athletes, surgeons, physicians, and students who want to know more about current trends in the management of sporting injuries of the knee.

Presents the original current research work from top Orthopedic surgeons from India and around the world Content is easy to read and packed with line diagrams, tables, pearls, pitfalls, etc Provide personal anecdotes to help improve treatment results and avoid repeating the same mistakes

Autorentext

Dr. Rajkumar S Amaravati DNB, MNAMS, FRCS; graduated from Karnataka University Dharwad (1987). He completed his master's in orthopedics from the National Board of Examinations New Delhi (1996) and is currently Professor of Orthopedics and Head of the Division of Arthroscopy, Sports Injury, Joint Preservation, and Regenerative Medicine at St. Johns Medical College, Bangalore, India. He has more than 70 published articles in peer-reviewed journals at the state, national, and international levels. He was awarded membership to the National Academy of Medical Sciences New Delhi (2001) and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow, in 2017. He also completed his fellowship training in trauma, sports, and advanced shoulder surgery in France, Toulouse, (201011, 2019), and FIFA Centre of Medical Excellence Porto, Portugal (2018).

Inhalt

1. Introduction.- 2. ACLR Evolution & ACLR Procedures.- 3. ACL Augmentation & ACL Plus procedures.- 4. Management of failed ACLR.- 5. Posterior Cruciate Ligament (PCL) Reconstructions.- 6. Corner and Collateral Injuries.- 7. Multiligament Knee Injury MLKI.- 8. Meniscus Injuries.- 9. Cartilage.- 10. Patellofemoral instability.- 11. Trauma in and the around knee.- 12. Deformity correction.- 13. Rehabilitation.- 14. Performance enhancement.