TY - JOUR T1 - The malalignment syndrome: implications for medicine and sport JF - British Journal of Sports Medicine JO - Br J Sports Med SP - 506 LP - 507 DO - 10.1136/bjsm.2003.008227 VL - 38 IS - 4 AU - G Kolt Y1 - 2004/08/01 UR - http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/38/4/506.3.abstract N2 - Wolf Schamberger. London: Churchill Livingstone, 2002, £39.99, hardcover, pp 456. ISBN 0443064717 The concepts of malalignment and imbalance have gained popularity in sports medicine over the past 10 years, and have been used to explain many of the injuries with which athletes and physical activity participants present. Rather than simply treating local symptoms, sports medicine practitioners are now looking more globally for contributing factors to injuries and encouraging preventive measures that address these more global deficits. The malalignment syndrome is a comprehensive text that can assist sports medicine practitioners … ER -