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This volume provides authoritative guidance on the full range of problems faced by primary care physicians who treat athletic individuals. The book reviews the epidemiology of injuries in specific sports and offers recommendations for treatment and prevention. Other topics covered include the preparticipation physical examination; the special challenges of growing, female, and disabled athletes; the psychosocial issues facing athletes; the management of medical conditions in exercising individuals; and the diagnosis and treatment of acute head injury, other traumatic injuries, and overuse syndromes. Chapters discuss the role of imaging in diagnosing sports injuries and the various therapeutic modalities available. Principles and Practice of Primary Care Sports Medicine is part of a three-volume series. All volumes can stand alone. The other volumes focus on exercise and sport science and orthopaedic aspects of sports medicine.