Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
Subfield
Description: branch of medicine dealing with the correction of deformities of bones or muscles
Alternate names orthopaedics, orthopedic surgery, orthopaedic surgery
Topics (children) Adaptation of Tendon and Skeletal Muscle to Mechanical Loading, Ankle Injuries and Disorders in Sports Medicine, Effects of Whole Body Vibration Training, Epidemiology of Sports-Related Musculoskeletal Injuries, Osteoporosis +2 more
Related subfields (siblings) Anatomy, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Biochemistry, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Complementary and alternative medicine +36 more
Field (parent): Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Works count: 399,100
Citations count: 5,368,000