Description
Sports Neurology is designed to be a comprehensive overview of neurology within the context of sports medicine. This definitive text addresses the history of sports neurology, including its unique role within sports medicine, and provides a detailed assessment of central and peripheral nervous system injuries and illnesses in athletes. Sports Neurology is a critical companion for all sports medicine clinicians and for neurologists who manage athletes.- Provides an introduction and overview of concussion in sport, discussing the epidemiology, biomechanics and pathophysiology of concussion, as well as considerations for sideline evaluation and emergency room diagnosis and management- Explores the long-term consequences of concussion and repetitive head impacts and the relationship with neurodegeneration- Offers an overview of mild, moderate and severe brain injury classification; compares moderate and severe traumatic brain injury within the context of civilian, military and sports circumstances- Describes key issues for the evaluation and treatment of cervical spinal cord injuries, peripheral nerve injuries, and sports-related pain- Provides an overview of neuroepidemiology and the importance of obtaining meaningful sport-related neuroepidemiologic data that will ultimately provide the foundation for making data-driven decisions for central and peripheral nervous system injuries in sport
Table of Contents
SECTION I. Introduction1. Sports and the human brain: an evolutionary perspective2. Sports neurology as a multidisciplinary fieldSECTION II. Traumatic brain injury and concussion3. Mild traumatic brain injury and concussion: terminology and classification4. Catastrophic neurologic injuries in sport5. Concussive and subconcussive brain trauma: the complexity of impact biomechanics and injuryrisk in contact sport6. Concussion: pathophysiology and clinical translation7. Epidemiology of sports concussion in the United States8. Sideline assessment of concussion9. Emergency department evaluation of the concussed athlete10. Office-based concussion evaluation, diagnosis, and management: adult11. Office-based concussion evaluation, diagnosis, and management: pediatric12. The relationship of migraine and other headache disorders to concussion13. Sleep disorders and concussion14. Vestibular dysfunction and concussion15. Neuro-ophthalmologic disorders following concussion16. Neuropsychiatry of sport-related concussion17. Postconcussion syndrome18. The role of neuropsychologists in concussion evaluation and management19. Return to play following sports-related concussion20. Return to learn21. Neuroimaging of brain trauma in sports22. Blood and cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers23. Measuring head impacts: accelerometers and other sensors24. Subconcussive trauma25. The evolving landscape of policies, rules, and law in sport-related concussion26. The modern landscape of sport-related concussion research: key achievements and future directionsSECTION III. Neurodegeneration and other long-term consequences of concussion andrepetitive head impacts27. Chronic traumatic encephalopathy: clinical presentation and in vivo diagnosis28. The neuropathology of chronic traumatic encephalopathy29. Chronic traumatic encephalopathy: neuroimaging biomarkers30. Chronic traumatic encephalopathy: fluid biomarkersSECTION IV. Cervical spinal cord injuries31. Biomechanics and common mechanisms of injury of the cervical spine32. Cervical spine trauma evaluation33. Acute management of cervical spine trauma34. Cervical spine trauma: prevention strategies35. Classification in para sport for athletes following cervical spine traumaSECTION V. Peripheral nerve injuries36. Peripheral nerve injury in sport: an overview37. Neuromuscular adaptations in shoulder function and dysfunction38. Common peripheral nerve injuries in sport: diagnosis and managementSECTION VI. Pain39. Sport-related injury and pain classification40. Pain management in sport: therapeutic injectionsSECTION VII. Special neurologic considerations in sport41. Athletes with neurologic disease42. Neurologic benefits of sports and exercise43. Future directions
