Muscular Injuries in the Posterior Leg : Assessment and Treatment

"Taking a multidisciplinary approach to a common and often frustrating problem for athletes and those with an active lifestyle, this book is the first of its kind, addressing muscular injuries to the posterior leg using an in-depth and expansive style that is uniquely dedicated to ensuring all content is explicitly linked to the practical care of patients with calf pain. It is divided thematically into three sections. The first section covers underlying principles involved in these issues, including anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology of injury and neurophysiology of musculoskeletal pain. Clinical assessment techniques and imaging are covered in the second section. The third section on treatment is the most expansive, discussing acute, sub-acute and chronic posterior leg muscle injuries, as well as surgical management, rehabilitation techniques, complementary medicine and special populations. Overall, the book is designed to use muscular injuries of the posterior leg to as a means to understand the assessment and treatment of muscular injuries more broadly. Taken together, it is the consummate source for orthopedists, doctors in sports medicine, podiatrists, rehabilitation professionals and primary care physicians who treat muscular injuries in the posterior leg, though readers will gain a conceptual and practical framework for the assessment and treatment of muscular injuries in general." -- Font no determinada Taking a multidisciplinary approach to a common and often frustrating problem for athletes and those with an active lifestyle, this book is the first of its kind, addressing muscular injuries to the posterior leg using an in-depth and expansive style that is uniquely dedicated to ensuring all content is explicitly linked to the practical care of patients with calf pain. It is divided thematically into three sections. The first section covers underlying principles involved in these issues, including anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology of injury and neurophysiology of musculoskeletal pain. Clinical assessment techniques and imaging are covered in the second section. The third section on treatment is the most expansive, discussing acute, sub-acute and chronic posterior leg muscle injuries, as well as surgical management, rehabilitation techniques, complementary medicine and special populations. Overall, the book is designed to use muscular injuries of the posterior leg to as a means to understand the assessment and treatment of muscular injuries more broadly. Taken together, it is the consummate source for orthopedists, doctors in sports medicine, podiatrists, rehabilitation professionals and primary care physicians who treat muscular injuries in the posterior leg, though readers will gain a conceptual and practical framework for the assessment and treatment of muscular injuries in general.--[Source inconnue] Front Matter....Pages i-xii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Anatomy of the Leg....Pages 3-12 Physiology of Skeletal Muscle....Pages 13-25 Structure and Organization of Skeletal Muscle....Pages 27-34 Pathophysiology of Skeletal Muscle Injury....Pages 35-47 Neurophysiology of Musculoskeletal Pain....Pages 49-59 Front Matter....Pages 61-61 Clinical Assessment of the Posterior Leg....Pages 63-79 Imaging and Tests for Posterior Lower Leg....Pages 81-90 Front Matter....Pages 91-91 Acute Injuries in the Posterior Leg....Pages 93-98 Sub-acute and Chronic Injuries in the Posterior Leg....Pages 99-110 Surgical Treatment of Posterior Leg Injuries....Pages 111-120 Rehabilitation of Injuries in the Posterior Leg....Pages 121-140 Special Population Considerations in the Treatment of Posterior Leg Injuries....Pages 141-152 Complementary Medicine Practices for Muscular Injuries of the Posterior Leg....Pages 153-168 Back Matter....Pages 169-172