Overview
- Identifies the causes and symptoms of diverse muscle and tendon pathologies
- Describes the role of the available diagnostic procedures and treatment approaches
- Written by leading experts with the aim of providing a state of the art multidisciplinary reference
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Pieter d’Hooghe is Associate Chief of Surgery (Research) at the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Aspetar Hospital, Qatar. As an orthopaedic surgeon, he specializes in arthroscopic surgery of the ankle and foot, knee, and hip. He holds a Master in Sports Medicine and Tropical Medicine and has an MBA on Leadership and Sports Management. He was previously Director of the FIFA F-MARC Flemish Surgical Center of Excellence, where he treated many national and international athletes. Prior to working in Aspetar, Dr. d’Hooghe spent 17 years as team physician/surgeon of FC Club Bruges in Belgium (Champions League, Europa League, 7 national titles, 4 national cups, 3 national supercups). As Chairman of the ISAKOS Leg, Ankle, and Foot Committee he heads an international group of experts in the field, and as FIFA F-MARC Board Member and Instructor he is also involved in research, injury prevention, delivering lectures worldwide, publishing peer-reviewed articles, books and book chapters and assisting in PCMA projects.
Kenneth J. Hunt, MD, is Associate Professor and Chief, Foot and Ankle Surgery in the Department of Orthopedics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA. He was previously Assistant Professor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Stanford University and Director of the Stanford/Palo Alto Foot & Ankle Fellowship. Dr. Hunt is Deputy Chair of the ISAKOS Leg, Ankle, and Foot Committee. He also chairs the Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Research Network (OFAR) and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Northern California Orthopaedic Society. Dr. Hunt is a Diplomate of the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgeons. He is an Associate Editor of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and a reviewer for various leading journals, including the American Journal of Sports Medicine and the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Muscle and Tendon Injuries
Book Subtitle: Evaluation and Management
Editors: Gian Luigi Canata, Pieter d'Hooghe, Kenneth J. Hunt
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-54184-5
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-662-54183-8Published: 23 May 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-57185-9Published: 01 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-54184-5Published: 10 May 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 450
Number of Illustrations: 53 b/w illustrations, 133 illustrations in colour
Topics: Surgical Orthopedics, Sports Medicine, Rehabilitation
Industry Sectors: Health & Hospitals, Pharma