Sports Injuries in Children and Adolescents
Children and adolescents increasingly participate in competitive sports, resulting in a higher incidence of acute and overuse injuries. While some sports injuries mirror those in adults, others are unique owing to the inherent weakness of the growing skel
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Series Editors A.L. Baert, Leuven M.F. Reiser, München H. Hricak, New York M. Knauth, Göttingen
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Medical Radiology Diagnostic Imaging
Editorial Board Andy Adam, London Fred Avni, Brussels Richard L. Baron, Chicago Carlo Bartolozzi, Pisa George S. Bisset, Houston A. Mark Davies, Birmingham William P. Dillon, San Francisco D. David Dershaw, New York Sam Sanjiv Gambhir, Stanford Nicolas Grenier, Bordeaux Gertraud Heinz-Peer, Vienna Robert Hermans, Leuven Hans-Ulrich Kauczor, Heidelberg Theresa McLoud, Boston Konstantin Nikolaou, München Caroline Reinhold, Montreal Donald Resnick, San Diego Rüdiger Schulz-Wendtland, Erlangen Stephen Solomon, New York Richard D. White, Columbus
Apostolos H. Karantanas (Ed.)
Sports Injuries in Children and Adolescents Foreword by Albert L. Baert
Editor Prof. Apostolos H. Karantanas Department of Radiology University Hospital of Heraklion 711 10 Crete Heraklion Greece [email protected]
ISSN: 0942-5373 ISBN: 978-3-540-88589-4 e-ISBN: 978-3-540-88590-0 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-88590-0 Springer Heidelberg Dordrecht London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2011921725 © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2011 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Violations are liable to prosecution under the German Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Product liability: The publishers cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information about dosage and application contained in this book. In every individual case the user must check such information by consulting the relevant literature. Cover design: eStudio Calamar, Figueres/Berlin Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
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Foreword
Modern lifestyle includes more and more active sport participation among children and adolescents leading to a substantial number of acute and overuse injuries requiring medical care. This volume highlights the role of modern imaging for problem solving and for better patient management of the wide spectrum of sport injuries including not only lesions which mirror those in adults but also others which are unique to the young age group owing to the inherent weakness of the growing skeleton at specific sites. T
