Pediatric Collections: Sports Medicine Playbook Doody's Expert Review Review Questionnaire ISBN: 9781610026093 ISBN-10: 1610026098 Copyright: 2021 Edition: 1st Editor: AAP, Doody's Expert Review    Score: 91 Doody's Star Rating™ and Doody's Expert Review provide by Doody Enterprises, Inc. Reviewer: Sharon Busey,  MD  (Medical College of Wisconsin) Description This book is one of the American Academy of Pediatrics' collections of specialty specific articles including key policy statements and research on pediatric topics, this one focusing on pediatric sports medicine. The first section includes comprehensive information regarding concussion in the pediatric athlete; the second section covers the pre-participation exam and injury issues, and the final section addresses what is known about risks and benefits of pediatric sports participation. Purpose The intent of this book is to provide a convenient compilation of up-to-date information that is pertinent to the practitioner caring for pediatric patients, including athletes as well as kids who are simply active. The topics are important and pertinent, although readers will need to be conscious of evolving developments in the growing field of sports medicine as time goes by. Audience This book will be helpful to pediatric and sports medicine learners at all levels. Clinicians providing care for student athletes or covering athletic events will likely find it a very helpful reference. Features The first section is a collection of publications regarding concussion. The editor acknowledges that this is an ever-changing body of knowledge, but the selected articles provide thorough coverage of the (currently) most up-to-date information regarding evaluation, treatment, and return-to-play criteria, as well as information about prolonged and post-concussive symptoms. One section includes articles regarding the pre-participation exam, injuries, infectious disease issues pertinent to the athlete and athletic events, the female athletic triad, and certain sports-specific injury risks. The last section covers risks and benefits of sports and physical activity and includes good information about sports training, sports specialization, overuse, and recommendations for counseling in the clinical setting. The date of publication of all the content is conveniently included in the table of contents; there are a couple articles from Pediatrics in Review in which the date of publication is not included with the full article, however. Assessment Some redundancy of material is to be expected as this is a compilation of articles; however, each article does clearly focus on a distinct and pertinent aspect of pediatric sports medicine topics. For learners, this is a succinct collection of important information about pediatric sports medicine. For practitioners, the collection will most likely save internet search time by serving as a helpful office reference for those seeing a lot of young athletes. Review Questionnaire Range Question Score 1-10 Are the author's objectives met? 10 1-10 Rate the worthiness of those objectives. 8 1-5 Is this written at an appropriate level? 5 1-5 Is there significant duplication? (1=significant, 5=insignificant) 4 1-5 Are there significant omissions? (1=significant, 5=insignificant) 5 1-5 Rate the authority of the authors. 5 1-5 Are there sufficient illustrations? N/A 1-5 Rate the pedagogic value of the illustrations. N/A 1-5 Rate the print quality of the illustrations. N/A 1-5 Are there sufficient references? 5 1-5 Rate the currency of the references. 5 1-5 Rate the pertinence of the references. 5 1-5 Rate the helpfulness of the index. 4 1-5 If important in this specialty, rate the physical appearance of the book N/A 1-10 Is this a worthwhile contribution to the field? 8 1-10 If this is a 2nd or later edition, is this new edition needed? N/A ©2024 Doody Enterprises, Inc.