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- Provides a review of soft tissue, bone, ligament, and nerve injury of the hand and wrist particular to baseball
- Features sections on fractures, ligament, tendon and nerve injuries, and youth injury and rehabilitation
- A great resource for orthopedic surgeons and sports medicine specialists
This book comprehensively reviews soft tissue, bone, ligament, and nerve injury of the hand and wrist unique to baseball. Organized into three sections, the book begins with a discussion on fractures of the hand and wrist, including the distal radius, scaphoid, and phalanges. Following this, section two examines ligament injuries from the wrist to the thumb. Section three then concludes the book with an analysis of tendon and nerve injuries. Chapters include high-quality images and tables to supplement expertly written text. Unique and thorough, Hand and Wrist Injuries in Baseball is an invaluable resource for orthopedics surgeons and sports medicine specialists, as well as primary care physicians, emergency room physicians, pediatricians, athletic trainers, and therapists Table of Contents- Distal Radius Fractures in Baseball
- Hand and Wrist Injuries in Baseball: Scaphoid Fractures
- Carpal Fractures Excluding the Scaphoid and Hook of Hamate
- Hook of the Hamate Fractures
- Carpometacarpal (CMC) Injuries Digits 2–5
- Phalangeal and Metacarpal Fractures of the Digits
- Thumb Basilar Joint Injuries
- Distal Tip Injuries and Blisters
- Scapholunate Ligament Injuries in Baseball
- Thumb Metacarpophalangeal Joint Collateral Ligament Injury
- Collateral Ligament Injuries of the Fingers in Baseball Players
- Triangular Fibrocartilage Complex Injury
- Flexor Tendon and Flexor Pulley Injuries
- Extensor Tendon Injuries of the Digits: Mallet Finger, Boutonnière Deformity, and Sagittal Band Disruption
- Wrist Extensor Pathologies in the Baseball Athlete
- Nerve Injuries of the Wrist
- Vascular Injuries of the Hand and Wrist
- Baseball Injuries in Children and Adolescents
- The Athletic Trainer’s Perspective of Three Common Baseball Injuries
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