Handball Sports Medicine : Basic Science, Injury Management and Return to Sport

This book is designed to help improve the medical care of athletes across the world who play team handball – including not only handball itself but also such sports as beach volleyball and mini-handball. It provides concise practical information on the nature of frequently encountered injuries, the management of these injuries, injury prevention, and rehabilitation following treatment. Individual sections also focus on physiologic, endocrinologic, biomechanical, and nutritional aspects; special considerations in particular groups of players; and psychological issues. The medical needs of a handball team are explained, and guidance offered on preparticipation assessment and screening. All of the authors are leaders in their field. Their excellent teamwork ensures that the book, published in collaboration with ESSKA, will represent a superb, comprehensive educational resource. It will meet the needs of both handball medical caregivers and handball personnel, providing readily accessible answers to a wide range of medical questions and facilitating effective collaboration among the various professionals involved in team handball. Front Matter ....Pages i-xxvii Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Physical Characteristics of the Handball Player (Ronnie Lidor, Gal Ziv)....Pages 3-14 On-Court Physical Demands and Physiological Aspects in Elite Team Handball (Lars Bojsen Michalsik)....Pages 15-33 Endocrinological Aspects in Handball (Alon Eliakim, Dan Nemet)....Pages 35-45 The Shoulder Profile in Team Handball (Georg Fieseler, Kevin G. Laudner, Souhail Hermassi, Rene Schwesig)....Pages 47-60 Biomechanical Aspects in Handball: Lower Limb (Mette K. Zebis, Jesper Bencke)....Pages 61-68 Throwing Biomechanics: Aspects of Throwing Performance and Shoulder Injury Risk (Jesper Bencke, Roland van den Tillaar, Merete Møller, Herbert Wagner)....Pages 69-79 Nutrition and Hydration for Handball (Jorge Molina-López, Elena Planells)....Pages 81-101 Front Matter ....Pages 103-103 Assembling a Medical Team: The Medical Needs of a Handball Team (Celeste Geertsema, Nebojsa Popovic, Paul Dijkstra, Lior Laver, Markus Walden)....Pages 105-114 The Role of Pre-Participation Assessment (PPA) and Screening in Handball (Stephen Targett, Tone Bere, Roald Bahr)....Pages 115-124 Medical Coverage of Major Competitions in Handball (Katharina Grimm, Nebojsa Popovic, Pieter D’Hooghe)....Pages 125-138 Front Matter ....Pages 139-139 Handball Injuries: Epidemiology and Injury Characterization: Part 1 (Lior Laver, Patrick Luig, Leonard Achenbach, Grethe Myklebust, Jon Karlsson)....Pages 141-153 Handball Injuries: Epidemiology and Injury Characterization: Part 2 (Lior Laver, Patrick Luig, Leonard Achenbach, Grethe Myklebust, Jon Karlsson)....Pages 155-165 Head and Neck Injuries in Handball (Markus Wurm, Lior Laver)....Pages 167-176 Shoulder Injuries in Handball (Philippe Landreau, Matthias A. Zumstein, Przemyslaw Lubiatowski, Lior Laver)....Pages 177-195 Shoulder Instability in Handball Players (Lior Laver, Przemyslaw Lubiatowski, Matthias A. Zumstein, Philippe Landreau)....Pages 197-216 Elbow Injury in Handball: Overuse Injuries (Nebojsa Popovic)....Pages 217-225 Wrist and Hand Injuries in Handball (Lionel Pesquer, Grégoire Chick)....Pages 227-242 Hip, Groin, and Abdominal Injuries in Handball (Per Hölmich, Lasse Ishøi, Markus Wurm, Omer Mei-Dan, Lior Laver)....Pages 243-260 Knee Injuries in Handball (Philippe Landreau, Lior Laver, Romain Seil)....Pages 261-278 Management of ACL Injuries in Handball (Romain Seil, Eric Hamrin Senorski, Philippe Landreau, Lars Engebretsen, Jacques Menetrey, Kristian Samuelsson)....Pages 279-294 Management of PCL Injuries in Handball (Markus Waldén, Lior Laver)....Pages 295-305 General Aspects of Sports in Adolescents with a Special Focus on Knee Injuries in the Adolescent Handball Player (Romain Seil, Lars Engebretsen, Jacques Menetrey, Philippe Landreau)....Pages 307-323 Management of Cartilage Injuries in Handball (Renato Andrade, Rogério Pereira, Ricardo Bastos, Cátia Saavedra, Hélder Pereira, Lior Laver et al.)....Pages 325-340 Foot and Ankle Problems in Handball (Pieter D’Hooghe, Jean-Francois Kaux, Bojan Bukva, Nasef Abdellatif, Helder Pereira, Mike Carmont et al.)....Pages 341-354 Management of Chronic Ankle Instability in the Handball Player (Pietro Spennacchio, Mike Carmont, Pieter D’Hooghe, Jon Karlsson, Manuel J. Pellegrini, Hélder Pereira)....Pages 355-364 Management of Cartilage Injuries of the Foot and Ankle in Handball (Mike Carmont, Martin Hägglund, Helder Pereira, Pieter D’Hooghe, Manuel J. Pellegrini, Jon Karlsson)....Pages 365-374 Back Injuries and Management of Low Back Pain in Handball (Rui Rocha)....Pages 375-386 Osteoarthritis in Handball Players (András Tállay, Romain Seil, Lior Laver)....Pages 387-399 Front Matter ....Pages 401-401 Injury Prevention in Handball (Grethe Myklebust, Mette K. Zebis, Stig H. Andersson)....Pages 403-412 Implementing Handball Injury Prevention Exercise Programs: A Practical Guideline (Merete Møller, Eva Ageberg, Jesper Bencke, Mette K. Zebis, Grethe Myklebust)....Pages 413-432 Rehabilitation of Upper Extremity Injuries in the Handball Player (Ann Cools, Rod Whiteley, Piotr Krzysztof Kaczmarek)....Pages 433-459 Shoulder Assessment in Handball Players (Martin Asker, Rod Whitley, Ann Cools)....Pages 461-480 Rehabilitation of ACL Injury in the Handball Player (Clare Ardern, Hege Grindem, Joanna Kvist, Markus Waldén, Martin Hägglund)....Pages 481-491 A Biomechanical Perspective on Rehabilitation of ACL Injuries in Handball (I. Setuain, J. Bencke, J. Alfaro-Adrián, M. Izquierdo)....Pages 493-504 Rehabilitation of Acute Soft Tissue Injuries of the Foot and Ankle in the Handball Player (Martin Hägglund, Helder Pereira, Mike Carmont, Jon Karlsson, Pieter D’Hooghe)....Pages 505-519 Physical Training in Team Handball (Antonio Dello Iacono, Claude Karcher, Lars Bojsen Michalsik)....Pages 521-535 Stretch-Shortening Cycle Exercises in Young Elite Handball Players: Empirical Findings for Performance Improvement, Injury Prevention, and Practical Recommendations (Urs Granacher, Ruben Goebel, David G. Behm, Dirk Büsch)....Pages 537-550 Front Matter ....Pages 551-551 The Female Handball Player (Mette Hansen, Line Barner Dalgaard, Mette K. Zebis, Lasse Gliemann, Anna Melin, Monica Klungland Torstveit)....Pages 553-569 The Young Handball Player (Leonard Achenbach)....Pages 571-582 Training Load Issues in Young Handball Players (Martin Asker, Merete Møller)....Pages 583-595 Perceptual Expertise in Handball (Jörg Schorer, Josefine Panten, Judith Neugebauer, Florian Loffing)....Pages 597-614 Doping in Handball (Kai Fehske, Christoph Lukas)....Pages 615-618 Front Matter ....Pages 619-619 Psychiatric and Psychological Considerations in Handball Sports Medicine (Katy Seil-Moreels)....Pages 621-626 Decision-Making in Modern Handball (Peter Weigel)....Pages 627-637 Psychological aspects in Handball Injuries (Johanna Weber, Manfred Wegner)....Pages 639-653