RT Journal
A1 Gerbino, Peter
T1 THE ATHLETE'S SHOULDER. Edited by James R. Andrews and Kevin E. Wilk. New York, Churchill Livingstone, 1994. $135.00, 748 pp.
JF The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
JO The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
YR 1998
FD April 1
VO 80
IS 4
SP 611
OP b
DO 
UL http://dx.doi.org/
AB 
    The fact that Andrews is an orthopaedic surgeon and Wilk is a physical therapist lends a multidisciplinary perspective to the text. Of the seventy-six contributing authors, forty-one are physicians; thirty-one are physical therapists or athletic trainers, or both; and the remaining four are researchers or other allied-health professionals. The editors state that the text is intended for "clinicians, physicians, therapists, athletic trainers, and others," but any attempt to appeal to such a broad audience can be dangerous as the material may be too general for some readers and too specific for others. Nevertheless, the balance that the editors have managed to achieve makes this volume unique among texts on the shoulder.