This issue will cover many common questions and issues that doctors in sports medicine are confronted with: when to treat injuries, tips on whether treatment can be surgical or nonsurgical, how long will player be out of the game, with or without treatment.
1. Cover image - p. 1 2. Title page - p. 2 3. Table of Contents - p. 3 4. Contributors - p. 4 5. Forthcoming Issues - p. 5 6. Preface - p. 6 7. Scapholunate Interosseous Ligament Disruption in Professional Basketball Players - p. 7 8. Perspective on Scapholunate Ligament Injuries in Baseball Players - p. 13 9. Surgical Treatment of Scapholunate Dissociation in the Professional Basketball Player: Commentary - p. 14 10. Commentary: Scapholunate Ligament Injuries in Professional Football Players - p. 15 11. Scaphoid Fracture in the Elite Athlete - p. 16 12. Commentary: Scaphoid Fracture in an Elite or Professional Baseball Player - p. 22 13. Commentary on Scaphoid Fractures in Basketball - p. 23 14. Scaphoid Fractures in Professional Football Players - p. 24 15. Return to Play After Scaphoid Fractures in Hockey Players - p. 25 16. Fractures of the Hamate and Pisiform Bones - p. 26 17. Treatment of Fracture of Hook of the Hamate in Baseball Players - p. 35 18. Hook of Hamate and Pisiform Fractures in Basketball and Hockey Players - p. 36 19. Hamate and Pisiform Fractures in the Professional Football Player - p. 37 20. Triangular Fibrocartilage Complex Injuries in the Elite Athlete - p. 38 21. Baseball Commentary “Traumatic TFCC Tear” - p. 47 22. The Elite Athlete: Triangular Fibrocartilage Tears in Basketball Players - p. 48 23. The Treatment of TFCC Injuries in Football Players - p. 49 24. The Management of Ulnocarpal Abutment and Degenerative Triangular Fibrocartilage Complex Tears in the Competitive Athlete - p. 50 25. Central TFCC Tears in Baseball Players - p. 56 26. Elite Athlete: Chronic DRUJ Instability or Central TFC Tears - p. 57 27. Central TFC Tear/Ulnar Impaction Injuries in Professional Football Players - p. 58 28. Pathologies of the Extensor Carpi Ulnaris (ECU) Tendon and its Investments in the Athlete - p. 59 29. Treatment of ECU Injuries in Professional Baseball Players - p. 67 30. ECU Tendonitis and Subluxation in Elite Basketball - p. 68 31. Thumb Metacarpophalangeal Joint Collateral Ligament Injury Management - p. 69 32. Baseball Commentary “Thumb Ligament Injuries: RCL and UCL” - p. 76 33. Commentary on RCL/UCL Injury in Basketball - p. 77 34. Thumb Metacarpophalangeal Joint Ligament Injury: Football Commentary - p. 78 35. Fractures of the Thumb and Finger Metacarpals in Athletes - p. 79 36. Commentary Metacarpal Fracture in the Professional Baseball Player - p. 85 37. Sports-Specific Commentary on Bennett’s Fractures in Professional Basketball Players: Bennett Fractures and Metacarpal Fractures - p. 86 38. Sport-Specific Commentary on Bennett and Metacarpal Fractures in Football - p. 87 39. Phalangeal Fractures - p. 88 40. Phalangeal Fractures in Baseball: Commentary - p. 93 41. Sports Specific Commentary: Phalangeal Fractures in Basketball - p. 94 42. Football Commentary: Phalangeal Fractures—Displaced/Nondisplaced - p. 95 43. Proximal Interphalangeal Joint Fracture Dislocations - p. 96 44. Proximal Interphalangeal Joint Fracture Dislocations in Professional Baseball Players - p. 101 45. Sports-Specific Commentary on PIP Joint Fracture Dislocations in Professional Basketball Players - p. 102 46. Football Commentary: PIP Fracture - p. 103 47. Tendon Ruptures - p. 104 48. Baseball Commentary– Tendon Ruptures: Mallet, FDP - p. 108 49. Tendon Ruptures: Mallet, FDP and ECRB Tendon Ruptures Associated with Lunotriquetral Coalitions in Professional Basketball Players - p. 109 50. Tendon Ruptures: Mallet, FDP in Football - p. 110 51. Boutonnière and Pulley Rupture in Elite Athletes - p. 111 52. Boutonnière and Pulley Rupture in Elite Baseball Players - p. 117 53. Boutonnière and Pulley Rupture in Elite Basketball - p. 118 54. Boutonnière and Pulley Rupture Football Commentary - p. 119 55. Index - p. 120
This issue will cover many common questions and issues that doctors in sports medicine are confronted with: when to treat injuries, tips on whether treatment can be surgical or nonsurgical, how long will player be out of the game, with or without treatment.
1. Cover image - p. 1 2. Title page - p. 2 3. Table of Contents - p. 3 4. Contributors - p. 4 5. Forthcoming Issues - p. 5 6. Preface - p. 6 7. Scapholunate Interosseous Ligament Disruption in Professional Basketball Players - p. 7 8. Perspective on Scapholunate Ligament Injuries in Baseball Players - p. 13 9. Surgical Treatment of Scapholunate Dissociation in the Professional Basketball Player: Commentary - p. 14 10. Commentary: Scapholunate Ligament Injuries in Professional Football Players - p. 15 11. Scaphoid Fracture in the Elite Athlete - p. 16 12. Commentary: Scaphoid Fracture in an Elite or Professional Baseball Player - p. 22 13. Commentary on Scaphoid Fractures in Basketball - p. 23 14. Scaphoid Fractures in Professional Football Players - p. 24 15. Return to Play After Scaphoid Fractures in Hockey Players - p. 25 16. Fractures of the Hamate and Pisiform Bones - p. 26 17. Treatment of Fracture of Hook of the Hamate in Baseball Players - p. 35 18. Hook of Hamate and Pisiform Fractures in Basketball and Hockey Players - p. 36 19. Hamate and Pisiform Fractures in the Professional Football Player - p. 37 20. Triangular Fibrocartilage Complex Injuries in the Elite Athlete - p. 38 21. Baseball Commentary “Traumatic TFCC Tear” - p. 47 22. The Elite Athlete: Triangular Fibrocartilage Tears in Basketball Players - p. 48 23. The Treatment of TFCC Injuries in Football Players - p. 49 24. The Management of Ulnocarpal Abutment and Degenerative Triangular Fibrocartilage Complex Tears in the Competitive Athlete - p. 50 25. Central TFCC Tears in Baseball Players - p. 56 26. Elite Athlete: Chronic DRUJ Instability or Central TFC Tears - p. 57 27. Central TFC Tear/Ulnar Impaction Injuries in Professional Football Players - p. 58 28. Pathologies of the Extensor Carpi Ulnaris (ECU) Tendon and its Investments in the Athlete - p. 59 29. Treatment of ECU Injuries in Professional Baseball Players - p. 67 30. ECU Tendonitis and Subluxation in Elite Basketball - p. 68 31. Thumb Metacarpophalangeal Joint Collateral Ligament Injury Management - p. 69 32. Baseball Commentary “Thumb Ligament Injuries: RCL and UCL” - p. 76 33. Commentary on RCL/UCL Injury in Basketball - p. 77 34. Thumb Metacarpophalangeal Joint Ligament Injury: Football Commentary - p. 78 35. Fractures of the Thumb and Finger Metacarpals in Athletes - p. 79 36. Commentary Metacarpal Fracture in the Professional Baseball Player - p. 85 37. Sports-Specific Commentary on Bennett’s Fractures in Professional Basketball Players: Bennett Fractures and Metacarpal Fractures - p. 86 38. Sport-Specific Commentary on Bennett and Metacarpal Fractures in Football - p. 87 39. Phalangeal Fractures - p. 88 40. Phalangeal Fractures in Baseball: Commentary - p. 93 41. Sports Specific Commentary: Phalangeal Fractures in Basketball - p. 94 42. Football Commentary: Phalangeal Fractures—Displaced/Nondisplaced - p. 95 43. Proximal Interphalangeal Joint Fracture Dislocations - p. 96 44. Proximal Interphalangeal Joint Fracture Dislocations in Professional Baseball Players - p. 101 45. Sports-Specific Commentary on PIP Joint Fracture Dislocations in Professional Basketball Players - p. 102 46. Football Commentary: PIP Fracture - p. 103 47. Tendon Ruptures - p. 104 48. Baseball Commentary– Tendon Ruptures: Mallet, FDP - p. 108 49. Tendon Ruptures: Mallet, FDP and ECRB Tendon Ruptures Associated with Lunotriquetral Coalitions in Professional Basketball Players - p. 109 50. Tendon Ruptures: Mallet, FDP in Football - p. 110 51. Boutonnière and Pulley Rupture in Elite Athletes - p. 111 52. Boutonnière and Pulley Rupture in Elite Baseball Players - p. 117 53. Boutonnière and Pulley Rupture in Elite Basketball - p. 118 54. Boutonnière and Pulley Rupture Football Commentary - p. 119 55. Index - p. 120
