Knee Pain in Sports Medicine Essentials of Diagnosis and Treatment

Clinicians, physiatrists, and fitness trainers are daily faced with challenges regarding the diagnosis and management of microtraumatic knee injuries. These conditions are particularly complex and misdiagnosis or delayed diagnosis may lead to performance limitations and a prolonged absence from sports activities. Knee Pain in Sports Medicine: Essentials of Diagnosis and Treatment helps readers accurately diagnose these conditions and provides effective guidance on management, allowing for prompt recovery and return to play.

• Contains numerous helpful illustrations, including patient photographs, anatomical drawings, and imaging results.
• Concludes each chapter with take-home messages that help readers remember key points regarding the specific pathology.
• Includes a valuable self-assessment section with clinical cases and multiple-choice questions that allow readers to evaluate their own work and learning progress.
• Consolidates today's available information on this timely topic into a single, convenient resource.

Introduction

1. Patellofemoral Pain
2. Patellar Tendinopathy
3. Quadriceps Tendon Injuries
4. Iliotibial Band Syndrome
5. Pes Anserinus Syndrome
6. Biceps Femoris Tendinopathy
7. Popliteus Tendinopathy
8. Ganglion Cyst and Mucoid Degeneration of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament
9. Osteochondritis Dissecans
10. Overuse Meniscal Pathology
11. Knee Bursitis
12. Osgood-Schlatter Disease
13. Sinding-Larsen and Johansson Syndrome
14. Instability of the Proximal Tibiofibular Joint

Conclusion
Evaluation
Index

Anis Jellad has 14 years of experience in musculoskeletal conditions and sports traumatology management. Coordinator of Sports Traumatology Diploma at the Faculty of Medicine of Monastir. Team doctor of the basketball team of Monastir city (Professional division) and the soccer team of Chebba (Tunisian Premiere Professional League). Member of the Laboratory of Technology and Medical Imaging and coordinator of the section Musculoskeletal system, posture and movement. Author of several articles related to musculoskeletal and sports conditions. Reviewer for Medical journals (American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Spine, BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders...) and Academic Editor for Medicine® (Baltimore).