TY - BOOK ID - 8508458 TI - Acute and chronic finger injuries in ball sports PY - 2013 SN - 2817803817 2817803825 PB - Paris ; New York : Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Ball games -- Health aspects. KW - Fingers -- Wounds and injuries. KW - Sports injuries -- Treatment. KW - Fingers KW - Sports injuries KW - Sports medicine KW - Surgery & Anesthesiology KW - Health & Biological Sciences KW - Surgery - General and By Type KW - Wounds and injuries KW - Athletes KW - Athletic injuries KW - Sporting injuries KW - Sports KW - Digits (Anatomy) KW - Accidents and injuries KW - Medicine. KW - Orthopedics. KW - Rehabilitation. KW - Sports medicine. KW - Medicine & Public Health. KW - Sports Medicine. KW - Athletic medicine KW - Athletics KW - Medicine and sports KW - Physical education and training KW - Medicine KW - Sports sciences KW - Orthopaedics KW - Orthopedia KW - Surgery KW - Clinical sciences KW - Medical profession KW - Human biology KW - Life sciences KW - Medical sciences KW - Pathology KW - Physicians KW - Medical aspects KW - Hand KW - Sports injuries. KW - Wounds and injuries. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:8508458 AB - Neglected finger injuries may lead to chronic lesions that often have detrimental consequences for the practice of a ball sport, whether at a recreational level or at the top athlete level. The initial injury management is crucial. Depending on the type and the severity of the lesions, different people may get involved: the players themselves or their entourage, physiotherapists, club doctors, emergency physicians, family doctors, sports doctors or hand surgeons. Treatment is usually conservative: the long fingers require rapid mobilization to prevent stiffness and contrary to that, the thumb requires stability. Surgery may be necessary to reach these goals especially for athletes, because of the demands of their sport. Chronic lesions are also in part related to repeated trauma, requiring specialized long-term multidisciplinary treatment. They can often lead to the end of a sporting career, but also may limit the functionality of the fingers at the time of conversion. Dr Chick is Consultant Hand Surgeon in Hôpital de la Tour (Geneva) and Clinique de Genolier, Switzerland, and Visiting Surgeon in Aspetar, Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, Doha, Qatar. ER -