Neurologic athletic head and spine injuries

Pt. I. Prevalence and Protection

Ch. 1. Biomechanics of Head Injury / Robert C. Cantu

Ch. 2. Biomechanics of Spine Injuries / James C. Otis

Ch. 3. Epidemiology of Athletic Head Injuries / Kenneth S. Clarke

Ch. 4. Epidemiology of Athletic Spine Injuries / Kenneth S. Clarke

Ch. 5. Engineering Head Protection / Thomas Blaine Hoshizaki

Pt. II. On the Field Evaluation

Ch. 6. On the Field Management of Athletic Head and Neck Injuries / W. Lee Warren and Julian E. Balles

Ch. 7. Guidelines for Safe Return to Play After Athletic Head and Neck Injuries / W. Lee Warren, Julian E. Balles and Robert C. Cantu

Pt. III. Concussion

Ch. 8. Overview of Concussion / Robert C. Cantu

Ch. 9. Ionic and Metabolic Consequences of Concussion / Christopher C. Giza and David A. Hovda

Ch. 10. Outcome After Sports Concussion / Stephen N. Macciocchi, Jeffrey T. Barth and Lauren M. Littlefield

Ch. 11. Concussions in Ice Hockey: The National Hockey League Program / Mark R. Lovell and Charles J. Burke III

Ch. 12. Return to Play Guidelines After Concussion / Robert C. Cantu

Pt. IV. Life Threatening Head Injuries

Ch. 13. Intracranial Hematoma / Robert C. Cantu

Ch. 14. Malignant Brain Edema and Second Impact Syndrome / Robert C. Cantu

Ch. 15. Return to Competition After Life Threatening Head Injury / Robert C. Cantu

Pt. V. Spine Injuries

Ch. 16. Athletic Cervical Spinal Cord and Spine Injuries / Jack E. Wilberger, Jr.

Ch. 17. Guidelines for Return to Contact or Collision After a Cervical Spine Injury / Robert C. Cantu, Julian E. Bailes and Jack E. Wilberger, Jr.

Ch. 18. Cervical Spinal Stenosis: Diagnosis and Return to Play Issues / Robert C. Cantu

Ch. 19. Thoracic and Lumbar Spine Injuries in Athletics / Arthur L. Day and Mark A. Giovanini

Ch. 20. Assessment and Rehabilitation of the Athlete With a Stinger / Stuart M. Weinstein and Stanley A. Harring

Pt. VI. Other Neurologic Disorders in the Athlete

Ch. 21. Convulsions in Contact and Collision Sports / Paul McCrory

Ch. 22. Stroke in Athletes / Paul McCrory

Ch. 23. Epilepsy and Athletics / Robert V. Cantu

Ch. 24. Headaches in the Athlete / Robert J. Dimeff

Pt. VII. Sport-Specific Concerns

Ch. 25. Fatalities from Brain and Cervical Spine Injuries in Tackle Football: 54 Years' Experience / Frederick O. Mueller

Ch. 26. Head, Neck, and Spine Soccer Injuries / Marry Nafpliotis

Ch. 27. Neurologic Injuries in Alpine Skiing / John B. Harris

Ch. 28. Spinal Injuries in Canadian Ice Hockey Players, 1966-1996 / Charles H. Tator, James D. Carson and Robert Cushman

Ch. 29. Head and Spine Injuries in Martial Arts / Meheroz H. Rabadi, Richard B. Birrer and Barry D. Jordan

Ch. 30. Neurologic Injuries in Equestrian Sport / W. H. Brooks

Ch. 31. Rugby Injuries to the Cervical Spine and Spinal Cord / Alan T. Scher

Ch. 32. Mountaineering Head and Spine Injuries / Edward G. Hixson

Ch. 33. Head and Spine Injuries in Boxing / Barry D. Jordan

Ch. 34. Neurologic Injury in Motorsports / Stephen E. Olvey

Pt. VIII. Medicolegal Considerations

Ch. 35. Medicolegal Considerations of Head or Spine Injury / Phillip M. Davis.