Sports Injuries of the Foot and Ankle (PDF)

Gian Luigi Canata, MD, has been Director of the Center of Sports Traumatology and Arthroscopic Surgery at Koelliker Hospital, Turin, Italy since 1995. Dr. Canata was a member of the Medical Commission of the Italian Track and Field Federation (FIDAL) from 1980 to 2016 and has been Director of Medical Services and a member of the Board of Directors of the Centro Universitario Sportivo (CUS) for over 35 years. His previous academic positions include Professor of Sports Medicine at Scuola Universitaria in Scienze Motorie (2001-12) and Professor of Kinesiology at Istituto Superiore di Educazione Fisica (1989-2001). Dr. Canata has been a member of ISAKOS since 1995 and is a member of the ISAKOS Leg, Ankle, and Foot Committee. He was President of the SIGASCOT Sports Committee from 2012 to 2016. He has authored almost 120 articles in peer-reviewed journals and is co-editor of the Springer books Cartilage Lesions of the Ankle and Muscle and Tendon Injuries.

Pieter d'Hooghe, MD, MSc, MBA, PhD, specializes in the arthroscopic surgery of hip, knee, ankle and foot and currently works in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Aspetar Hospital in Doha, Qatar. He has a Master in Sports medicine, a Master in Tropical Medicine and an MBA in Leadership & Sports management. Prior to working in Aspetar Hospital, Dr. d'Hooghe spent 17 years as the team physician/surgeon of FC Club Bruges in Belgium. As chairman of the ISAKOS Leg, Ankle and Foot Committee, he heads an international group of experts inthe field. He is the author of 5 books and holds numerous peer-reviewed publications and he is also involved in research, education and delivering lectures worldwide as Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Weill Cornell University.

Kenneth J. Hunt, MD, is Associate Professor and Chief, Foot and Ankle Surgery in the Department of Orthopedics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA. He was previously Assistant Professor in the Department