Imaging of Orthopedic Sports Injuries (Medical Radiology)

This volume provides an updated review of imaging abnormalities in orthopedic sports injuries. The first part of the book contains background information on relevant basic science and general imaging principles in sports traumatology. The second part comprises a topographic discussion of sports injuries. Each chapter highlights the merits of different imaging techniques, focused on a specific clinical problem. In the third part, natural history, monitoring and follow-up imaging are discussed.

Filip M. Vanhoenacker is a staff radiologist at the Department of Radiology at General Hospital Sint-Maarten Mechelen, and a Guest Professor of Musculoskeletal Radiology at the University of Antwerp’s Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences and Ghent University Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. Filip Vanhoenacker graduated as a medical doctor from the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, in 1987.

He is a board certified radiologist with extensive international experience, and has co-authored or authored more than 370 peer-reviewed scientific papers, 5 books and 82 book chapters. He is an active member of several national and international societies, including the ESR. He also served as secretary and president of the European Society of MusculoSkeletal Radiology (ESSR).

Mario Maas is full Professor of Radiology with special focus on Musculo SKeletal radiology. He is section leader of MSK radiology at the department of Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, location AMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. He is a clinical radiologist focused on sports injury especially in high performing athletes, focused on detailed clinical relevant imaging assessment of small joints, especially foot, ankle, elbow and wrist. Close collaboration with clinical partners is key. He is appointed Preferred Partner of the National Olympic Committee.

He is director of Amsterdam Movement Sciences (AMS), one of eight research institutes of Amsterdam UMC, focusing on a wide range of movement and related research.

He focusses on mentorship and guidance of young professionals in research, education and clinical care.

Jan L.M.A. Gielen is Vice Chairman of the Department of Radiology, and founded and is the Medical Coordinator of the Department of Sports Medicine at the University Hospital of Antwerp, Belgium. The Department of Sports Medicine provides medical and diagnostic services as well as sports science services to the Australian Institute of Sport.

He has been a board certified radiologist since 1988, and has extensive international experience. He has also been board certified in insurance medicine and a medico-legal expert since 2009. He has co-authored or authored more than 165 peer-reviewed scientific papers, 4 books and 38 book chapters. He is an active member of numerous national and international societies, including the ESR.