Description
Springer Imaging of Orthopedic Sports Injuries 2021 Edition by Filip M. Vanhoenacker, Mario Maas
This book, now in a
revised and updated second edition, provides a review of imaging abnormalities
in orthopedic sports injuries. The first part of the book includes background
information on relevant basic science and general imaging principles in sports
traumatology, while the second part discusses the topography of various sports
injuries. Each chapter highlights the merits of different imaging techniques,
focusing on a specific clinical problem. The third part then examines natural
history and monitoring.
Several new chapters have been added, including a chapter
on postoperative joint imaging in the sports patient as well as image-guided
interventions in sports injuries.
This well-illustrated book written by leading experts is a
valuable resource for musculoskeletal as well as general radiologists,
orthopedic surgeons, sports physicians, physiotherapists and anyone else
involved in sports medicine.
About the authors
Filip M.
Vanhoenacker is a staff
radiologist at the Department of Radiology at General Hospital Sint-Maarten
Mechelen, and a Guest Professor of Musculoskeletal Radiology at the University
of Antwerp’s Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences and Ghent University
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. Filip Vanhoenacker graduated as a
medical doctor from the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, in 1987.
He is a
board certified radiologist with extensive international experience, and has
co-authored or authored more than 370 peer-reviewed scientific papers, 5 books
and 82 book chapters. He is an active member of several national and
international societies, including the ESR. He also served as secretary and
president of the European Society of MusculoSkeletal Radiology (ESSR).
Mario Maas is full Professor of Radiology
with special focus on Musculo SKeletal radiology. He is section leader of MSK
radiology at the department of Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam
University Medical Centers, location AMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. He is a
clinical radiologist focused on sports injury especially in high performing
athletes, focused on detailed clinical relevant imaging assessment of small
joints, especially foot, ankle, elbow and wrist. Close collaboration with
clinical partners is key. He is appointed Preferred Partner of the National
Olympic Committee.
He is
director of Amsterdam Movement Sciences (AMS), one of eight research institutes
of Amsterdam UMC, focusing on a wide range of movement and related research.
Mario Maas is
co-founder of ACES, Academic Center for Evidence based Sports medicine, an
athlete centered institute in which tailored clinical care is combined with
front running research on sports specific imaging. The center is acknowledged
IOC accreditation.
He
focusses on mentorship and guidance of young professionals in research,
education and clinical care.
Jan L.M.A.
Gielen is Vice
Chairman of the Department of Radiology, and founded and is the Medical
Coordinator of the Department of Sports Medicine at the University Hospital of
Antwerp, Belgium. The Department of Sports Medicine provides medical and
diagnostic services as well as sports science services to the Australian
Institute of Sport.
He is an
Associate Professor at the University of Antwerp’s Faculty of Medicine, Health
Sciences and Biomedical Sciences and is involved in radiology, sports medicine,
rehabilitation and occupational medicine. He is a Guest Professor at the Victor
Babes University of Timisoara, Romania.
Jan Gielen
graduated as a medical doctor from the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium,
in 1984.
He has
been a board certified radiologist since 1988, and has extensive international
experience. He has also been board certified in insurance medicine and a
medico-legal expert since 2009. He has co-authored or authored more than 165
peer-reviewed scientific papers, 4 books and 38 book chapters. He is an active
member of numerous national and international societies, including the
ESR.