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The Foot and Leg in Sport. The new book by Simon Bartold here at last! Available to the 1st 200 new memberships free of charge (rrp AUD200), this text is destined to be THE reference for injuries to the foot and leg in sport

The Foot and Leg in Sport is the most comprehensive  text on the injury, assessment, investigation and rehabilitation of injury to the foot and leg in sport on the market.

Twenty one chapters split into key principles, regional considerations and footwear: over 900 pages with more than 500 figures and dozens of tables.

The table of contents is as follows:

Section 1

Key Principles

1. Sports Injury Management – The Podiatric Perspective

2. Connective Tissue – Biology, Behavior  and Biomechanics

3. Muscle Structure and Function

4. Synovial Joint Structure and Function

5. Sports Injury Management

6. The Control of Pain

7. Investigation

Section 2

Injury to the Foot and Leg

8.The Skin and Nails

9. The Forefoot

10. The Midfoot

11. The Rearfoot

12. Pain Around the Plantar Fascia

13. Acute Ankle Injury

14. Pain Around the Ankle

15. Exercise Induced Leg Pain

16. Posterior Leg Pain

17. Anterior Knee Pain

18. Neoplasm 

Section 3

Athletic Footwear

19. Anatomy of Modern Athletic Footwear

20. Orthopaedic and Biomechanical Considerations in Athletic Footwear Construction

21. Practical Considerations in Choosing Athletic Footwear