Alberto Gobbi João Espregueira- Mendes Norimasa Nakamura Editors 2014 State of the Art in Evaluation and Management It is our great pleasure to introduce the new book The Patellofemoral Joint: State of the Art in Evaluation and Management. A medical education, where basic science together with medical innovations and state of the art in surgical techniques are indispensable, […]
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Jacalyn J. Robert-McComb Reid L. Norman • Mimi Zumwalt Editors 2014 Health Issues Throughout the Lifespan Medical practitioners and health care providers/educators must continue to be vigilant of the growing and ever-changing health issues relating to females who lead an active lifestyle by participating in sports and exercise. There have been recent landmark legislations changing the social perception […]
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Jozef Rovenský • Manfred Herold Martina Vašáková Editors 2014 Sine syndromes (SSs) represent a problem in clinical medicine, especially if the diagnosis is not determined by pathognomic findings, e.g., identification of microbial pathogens, sodium monouratic crystals, etc. SSs are topical especially in diseases defined by diagnostic and/or classification criteria, while in SSs a criterion with nomenclature meaning can also […]
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Richard A. Gosselin • David A. Spiegel Michelle F oltz Editors 2014 Caring for Musculoskeletal Conditions and Injuries in Austere Settings The burden of musculoskeletal diseases and conditions in low and middle income countries (LMICs) has increased substantially over the past 15 years, while the resources to address this are grossly inadequate. In particular, the development-fueled epidemic of […]
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Donata Villani • Maria Vittoria Meraviglia Editors 2014 This book provides an updated review of the scientific literature on positional plagiocephaly, a subject that became topical after the publication of the 1992 AAP guidelines to prevent “sudden infant death syndrome,” and is partially based on a previous book published in the Italian language, whose boundaries are here well updated […]
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Gordon L. Klein Editor 2014 Efficacy and Challenges
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Ferdinando Draghi 2014 Hand and Wrist The field of musculoskeletal sonography has undergone unprecedented development over the past decade, thanks to ongoing technological refinements, the inherent advantages of ultrasound imaging itself (low cost, widespread availability, capacity for dynamic studies, excellent acceptance by patients), its value in imaging-guided therapeutic interventions, and—last but by no means least—the […]
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Syringomyelia 2014 Five monographs on the subject of syringomyelia have been published over the past 40 years, and these remain invaluable reference sources for those who have an interest in this and related conditions (see below). In addition, international symposia have been organised in Kobe (2001), Rugby (2007), Berlin (2010) and Sydney (2013), events which […]
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Paola D’Aprile 2014 A Case-Based Atlas If it is true, as Henry Bergson wrote, that “the eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend”, then in the context of the pursuit of diagnosis you will have to have time to prepare the mind, to avoid a disorientation that results in partial cognitive blindness. With this atlas, […]
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Marc-Andre´ Weber Editor 2014 The muscular system is one of the largest organ systems of the human body. In almost every MR image, skeletal muscles are also displayed. Although muscular diseases encompass a huge and heterogeneous group of both hereditary and acquired disorders, in most cases of progressive disease, myopathy presents with focal or general muscle weakness, which is, […]
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