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The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 81:444 (1999)
© 1999 The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

Book Review

ON-FIELD EVALUATION AND TREATMENT OF COMMON ATHLETIC INJURIES. Edited by James R. Andrews, William G. Clancy, Jr., and James A. Whiteside. St. Louis, Mosby-Year Book, 1997. $32.95, 267 pp.

Leela Rangaswamy, M.D.

This book was written for primary health-care providers who manage athletes on site, with the hope that these practitioners will "profit from reflecting on and then applying the material presented in the easy-to-read text." It is intended to provide "a practical induction into properly caring for the special athlete who competes at any level."

The phrase special athlete is not defined, and it is not clear if it refers to the amateur or the professional athlete or whether the athlete is a child or an adult.

Although the title suggests that the book will . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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