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Update in Management of Foot and Ankle Disorders

With this book, you'll be able to update your knowledge in the field of foot and ankle surgery and pathology. This book includes a sport injuries section dedicated to Achilles tendon injuries in athletes and to ankle injuries in basketball players.

Author(s): Thanos Badekas

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This book will pave the way to a significant philosophy change in orthopaedic practice and highlight the potentially deleterious clinical effects of homogeneous, simplistic surgical practices that are currently pushed by some public or private organisations. Topics covered includes: Can Evidence-Based Medicine and Personalized Medicine Coexist, Hip Arthroplasty, Performing Personalized Hip Replacement by Using Specific Implants, Reproducing the Proximal Femoral Anatomy, Performing Personalized Hip Replacement by Using Technological Tools to Achieve Implants Position, Personalizing the Acetabular Component Position, Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty, Patello-femoral Replacement.

Author(s): MD Charles Riviere and Dr. Pascal-Andre Vendittoli

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Osteoarthritis Care and Management in Adults

Osteoarthritis refers to a clinical syndrome of joint pain accompanied by varying degrees of functional limitation and reduced quality of life. This guideline update was originally intended to include recommendations based on a review of new evidence about the use of paracetamol, etoricoxib and fixed-dose combinations of NSAIDs plus gastroprotective agents in the management of osteoarthritis.

Author(s): National Institute for Health and Care Excellence,UK

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Muscle Injuries in Sport Medicine

Sports injuries are injuries that occur in athletic activities or exercising. The purpose of this book is to review the state of the art of the actual knowledge on muscle tears in athletes, in particular for what concern the biology of muscle healing, the conservative and surgical treatments and the preventive aspects. Therefore, this textbook can be a valid tool for all Sport Medicine practitioners such as physicians, physiotherapists and fitness coaches.

Author(s): Gian Nicola Bisciotti and Cristiano Eirale

332 Pages

Bone Health and Osteoporosis

This guide provides much needed information on bone health, an often overlooked aspect of physical health. This report follows in the tradition of previous Surgeon Generals� reports by identifying the relevant scientific data, rigorously evaluating and summarizing the evidence, and determining conclusions. Major topics covered includes: What Is Bone Health?, The Basics of Bone in Health and Disease, Diseases of Bone, The Frequency of Bone Disease, The Burden of Bone Disease, What Can Individuals Do to Improve Their Bone Health, Lifestyle Approaches to Promote Bone Health, What Can Health Systems and Population-based Approaches Do to Promote Bone Health.

Author(s): National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine

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Update in Management of Foot and Ankle Disorders

Update in Management of Foot and Ankle Disorders

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