Ultrasonography of the Lower Extremity: Sport-Related Injuries

ISBN-13: 9783030149901 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 112 str.

Ferdinando Draghi

Spis treści

Introduction.- Muscle Injuries.- Tendon injuries.- Morel-Lavallée lesion.- Hip synovial pathology.- Joint effusion.- Bursitis.- Muscles and tendons around the pelvis.- Greater trochanteric pain syndrome.- Knee synovial pathology.- Joint effusion.- Bursitis.- Baker’s cyst.- Overuse syndromes of the knee.- Jumper's knee.- Osgood-Schlatter disease.- Sinding-Larsen-Johansson syndrome.- Friction syndromes of the knee.- The fabella syndrome.- Iliotibial band syndrome.- Medial head of gastrocnemius tears (tennis leg).- Ankle sprain.- Peroneal tendons pathology.- Achilles tendon pathology.- Plantar fascia disorders.- Foot fractures.- Index.

 

O autorze

Dr. Draghi Ferdinando graduated in Medicine and Surgery and specialized in Radiology at the University of Parma. He is a member of the ESFUMB (ECMUS) safety committee, of the SIUMB board (Italian Society for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology) of the SIRM (Italian Society of Medical Radiology) and SIMS (Société d’Imagerie Musculo-Squelettique). From 2010 to 2016 he was the Editor-in-chief of the Journal of Ultrasound. He has authored 120 scientific papers, 10 monographs and book chapters as well as various audiovisual resources; he has also participated in 180 courses and conferences with lectures, round tables, communications, and tutorials. He is an adjunct professor at the University of Pavia’s Graduate Schools of Physiotherapy, Radiology and Radiotherapy, as well as at the University of Pavia School of Radiology Technologists and Orthopedic Technologists. He is director of the Simple Ultrasound and Diseases of Digestive System Unit of the Institute of Radiology, IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo, Pavia.