Leg Length Discrepancy The Injured Knee

ISBN-13: 9783642665516 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 162 str.

D. S. Hungerford

Opis

With contributions by numerous experts

Spis treści

Leg Length Discrepancy.- Basic Rehabilitation Principles of Persons with Leg Length Discrepancy: An Overview.- Etiology and Pathophysiology of Leg Length Discrepancies.- Measurement of Leg Length.- Methodological Errors in Documenting Leg Length and Leg Length Discrepancies.- Equalization of Leg Length with Orthopaedic Shoe Measures.- Subtrochanteric Shortening and Lengthening Osteotomy.- Surgical Lengthening or Shortening of Femur and Tibia. Technique and Indications.- The Injured Knee.- The Importance of Arthrography Following Trauma to the Knee Joint.- The Knee Joint of the Soccer Player (Its Stresses and Damages).- Trauma-Induced Chondromalacia Patellae.- Traumatic Injuries to the Articular Cartilage of the Knee.- List of Contributors.