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This well-illustrated book describes the injuries to the hand and wrist that are commonly encountered among participants in combat sports, explaining the mechanisms of injury and offering state of the art guidance on diagnosis and treatment.

This well-illustrated book describes the injuries to the hand and wrist that are commonly encountered among participants in combat sports, explaining the mechanisms of injury and offering state of the art guidance on diagnosis and treatment. It covers both injuries characteristic of individual sports, such as kendo, karate, judo, jiu-jitsu, aikido, and mixed martial arts, and pathologies encountered across the full range of combat sports, including boxing, wrestling, and taekwondo. In addition to management, careful attention is paid to rehabilitation following injury and to psychological aspects of recovery from injury. The book is the result of a collaboration with the International Society for Sport Traumatology of the Hand (ISSPORTH) and has been designed to meet the needs of all practitioners who work with combat sports athletes. While especially helpful for surgeons, physicians, therapists, and rehabilitators, it will also be of value to coaches, trainers, and players. The authors are leading international experts in the field who have been involved with international societies and in some cases have personal experience of combat sports at a high level.

�The Carpal Tunnel Syndrome", with its surgical profile, is a must for surgical specialists dealing with this condition (hand surgeons, orthopaedic surgeons, plastic surgeons, physiatrists and hand physical therapists), for both experts and also those just starting out in this field. For the young surgeon just starting out, the book explains the technical modalities of this condition�s surgical treatment and informs of alternative procedures, including those that are not surgical. It also depicts the complications that can arise in relative treatments. For the more experienced surgeon, this book is an instrument for deepening the knowledge on this condition and its management. It can be considered a moment for reflection on a condition that is erroneously considered simple to treat and easy to resolve. The surgical chapters compare various complications as well as various conservative and rehabilitative treatment options thus underlining that this condition must not be underestimated. An incorrect treatment can have many negative ramifications; not only that the patient is dissatisfied but also it can lead to the hand�s functional loss and render the patient an invalid.This book is also intended for all the physicians and medical students who are interested in this subject and it will present to them the broad range of problems caused by this condition and their management.