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Human Kinetics Publishers Peripheral Nerve Injuries in the Athlete 2002 Edition by Joe Feinberg, Neil Spielholz
Comprehensive text to identify early stage peripheral nerve injuries & diagnostic treatment procedures Table of contents :- Pathophysiology of nerve injury and electrodiagnostics Mechanisms of nerve injury Classification of nerve injuries Regeneration and recovery of nerve function Electrodiagnostic testing Cervical radiculopathies, brachial plexopathies, and the burner syndrome Cervical radiculopathies Brachial plexopathies The burner/stinger syndrome Proximal upper-extremity nerve injuries Brachial plexopathies Spinal accessory neuropathy Dorsal scapular neuropathy Long thoracic neuropathy Suprascapular neuropathy Axillary neuropathy Musculocutaneous neuropathyDistal upper-extremity nerve injuries Median nerve Ulnar nerve Radial nerve Lumbar radiculopathies Anatomy The lumbar degenerative cascade Key clinical findings and diagnostic tests Operative versus nonoperative treatment Stages of rehabilitation Lower-extremity nerve injuries Neuropathies of the lumbar plexus Neuropathies of the sacral plexus General principles of peripheral nerve injury rehabilitation Rehabilitation goals Treatment modalities Treatment of acute, complete, incomplete, and chronic injuries Rehabilitation of upper-extremity nerve injuries Median nerve injuries Ulnar nerve injuries Radial nerve injuries Musculocutaneous nerve injuries Axillary nerve injuries Long thoracic nerve injuries Suprascapular nerve injuries Rehabilitation in radiculopathies and lower-extremity peripheral nerve injuries Radiculopathy Femoral neuropathy Obturator neuropathy Superior gluteal neuropathy Inferior gluteal neuropathy Tibial neuropathy Peroneal neuropathies Sciatic neuropathy Lateral femoral cutaneous neuropathy Saphenous neuropathy Sural neuropathy Medial and lateral plantar neuropathies Digital neuropathies Pudendal neuropathy.