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This chapter will review the management of sports-related trauma in racket sports. Although racket sports are typically low risk for trauma, most lower extremity injuries in racket sports are traumatic injuries. This chapter will review the epidemiology, sideline evaluation, and management of traumatic injuries in racket sports including tennis, badminton, squash, and racquetball.

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  1. Department of Internal Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO, USA

    Kylie Adamek

  2. Department of Internal Medicine and Orthopedics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO, USA

    Bradley G. Changstrom

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    Anna L. Waterbrook

  3. Vermont Orthopedic Clinic, Rutland, VT, USA

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Adamek, K., Changstrom, B.G. (2020). Racket Sports. In: Khodaee, M., Waterbrook, A., Gammons, M. (eds) Sports-related Fractures, Dislocations and Trauma. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36790-9_64

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