Sports Injuries Sourcebook, 2nd ed.

Sports Injuries Sourcebook, ed 2 Shanon JB, ed. Detroit, MI 48226, Omnigraphics, 2002, hardcover, 628 pp, illus, ISBN: 0-7808-0604-2, $78.

The second edition of Sports Injuries Sourcebook is written for" the general reader especially for parents who are seeking information on the prevalence, care, and prevention of sports injuries. The information on prevention of injuries through conditioning and training and the satiety recommendations art: geared toward parents. Immediate care and diagnostic tests are explained to increase the readers' knowledge base. Interventions and rehabilitation programs for common sports injuries are outlined. Team and individual sports, playground activities, and fitness are included in the 58 chapters that are divided into 7 parts in this book.

Part I includes 7 chapters focusing on the epidemiology of sports-related injuries in the United States. It identities activity trends and common sport injuries that occur throughout a person's life span.

Part II includes chapters on common sport injuries to various areas of the body: spine, face, head, knee, shoulder, and growth plates. Overuse injuries, stress fractures, and common sprains and strains are addressed. The last chapter in this section deals with emotional abuse in youth sports. In this chapter the responses of parents and coaches to the child's performance and the phenomenon of the parent as a fire are considered.

Part III addresses injuries associated with specific team and individual sports. The chapters in this part of the hook not only discuss injury prevention and the person who is affected for the injury, they also contain a reference list and a list of experts or organizations to contact for further information on the topic. The team sports included in this section are basketball, football, ice hockey, and soccer; individual sports and activities are running, biking, sledding, winter and water sports, scooters, inline skating, BB guns, trampoline usage, and playground activities. To fully define exercise-related injuries chapter 23 is further divided into 3 sections that include civilian and military studies, fitness and bone health, and athletes and asthma.

Part IV is designed to promote the acquisition of appropriate medical care after an injury and to help readers understand what the injured athlete is going through. It describes the process of caring for an injury from the on-the-field management to the tests (eg, MRI) that may be used in the process of diagnosing the injury. Par! IV takes the athletes' perspective on the management of some common sports injuries and concussions and traumatic brain injuries; these chapters also include tips for the caregiver such as quick first aid tips and recommendations for medical care and follow-up.

Part V focuses on conditioning and weight training. Practical information on how to begin a weight-training program is included. Nutritional advice concerning carbohydrate loading and the athlete's need for calcium are a couple of topics discussed. The dangers of using steroids in sports are addressed. Part VI focuses on prevention of many common sport injuries. The emphasis is on educating parents to help protect their kids from a sports injury. The discussion of tips, the use of satiety gem; aim fitness recommendations to help prevent injury covers baseball, softball, soccer; winter sports, water sports, and gymnastics.

Part VII includes additional help and information. A glossary of terms precedes the last chapter of resources. These resources are a compilation of the listings at the end of the various chapters.

This resource book on sports injuries is written for readers without a medical background and especially for parents who want to help prevent their child from having sports-related injuries. Physical therapists will find the information in this book to he basic, but with helpful references to resources for additional information on a very broad topic.

Rose L Smith, PT, SCS, ATC University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio

Ms Smith is Assistant Professor in the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Adjunct Instructor in the Athletic Training Program, and Health Alliance rehabilitation specialist for the UC Athletic Department.