Sports Medicine category: 793 books
Sport and Physical Activity in the Heat
Maximizing Performance and Safety
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2018
This unique book is the first of its kind to specifically explore the science, medicine, challenges and successful experiences of assisting those who must perform and thrive in hot conditions, with an eye toward maximizing both performance and safety. Beginning with both human and comparative physiology...
Children and Exercise XXV
The proceedings of the 25th Pediatric Work Physiology Meeting
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2010
Children and Exercise XXV presents the latest research in the field of paediatric exercise sciences, focusing on the interaction between physical activity, exercise or sport on the one hand, and nutrition, metabolism regulation, cardio-respiratory function or muscle function on the other.
Including...
Musculoskeletal Injuries and Conditions
Assessment and Management
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2016
Musculoskeletal Injuries and Conditions: Assessment and Management is a practical guide to diagnosis and treatment of musculoskeletal conditions in clinical practice. More comprehensive than a handbook, yet more clinically-focused than a desk reference, this volume is a one-stop guide for clinicians...
Sports Injuries
Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation, Fourth Edition
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2016
As more and more people realize the cardiovascular, metabolic, and muscular benefits that regular physical activity provides, the risk for potential injury also increases. In order to provide successful treatment, all persons involved in the management of injury must have a thorough understanding...
Prevention of Injuries and Overuse in Sports
Directory for Physicians, Physiotherapists, Sport Scientists and Coaches
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2015
This book, published in cooperation with ESSKA, is a comprehensive, evidence-based manual on the prevention of injuries and overuse in sports that will assist physicians, physiotherapists, and trainers in providing excellent mental and physical guidance to athletes. The causes of overuse and sports...
Sports Science: A Complete Introduction: Teach Yourself
Teach Yourself
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2015
Written by a Lecturer in Sport and Fitness with over ten years' experience in teaching and devising degree modules, Sports Science: A Complete Introduction is designed to give you everything you need to succeed, all in one place. It covers the key areas that students are expected to be confident in,...
Sports Injuries
Prevention, Diagnosis, Treatment and Rehabilitation
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2011
In recent years, research studies into sports injuries have provided healthcare professionals with a better understanding of their etiology and natural history. On this basis, novel concepts in the diagnosis and management of these conditions are now being explored. This timely book offers a complete...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2017
This book provides a comprehensive review of the diagnosis, management and treatment of sports injuries to the foot and ankle. The editors have assembled a list of contributors at the top of their field to define the medical management, treatment and surgery for the most common and highly debilitating...
Sports Officials and Officiating
Science and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2014
Sports officials (umpires, referees, judges) play a vital role in every sport, and sports governing bodies, fans, and players now expect officials to maintain higher professional standards than ever before. In this ground-breaking book, a team of leading international sport scientists and top level...
Injury in Pediatric and Adolescent Sports
Epidemiology, Treatment and Prevention
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2015
Providing a state-of-the-art account of the nature, distribution and determinants of sports injury in children and adolescents, this unique volume uses the public health model to describe the scope of the injury problem and the associated risk factors and evaluate the current research on injury prevention...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2015
This new text presents the most up-to-date research based information regarding popular sport/performance nutrient dense diets and nutritional supplements and their constituents that directly or indirectly utilize them. Previous chapters have been fully revised and new chapters have been added to...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2016
An effective strength and conditioning program is an essential component of the preparation of any athlete or sportsperson. Strength and Conditioning for Sports Performance is a comprehensive and authoritative introduction to the theory and practice of strength and conditioning, providing students,...
Sports Coaching E-Book
Professionalisation and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2010
Sports Coaching: Professionalisation and Practice is a comprehensive evidence-based textbook of sports coaching theory and practice. The book is edited by leading academics in sports coaching studies and authored by a world-renowned team of experts in sports coaching research. It deals with all aspects...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2003
Drug use and abuse represents perhaps the most profound and high-profile issue facing sport today. Each major international championship seems to deliver a new drug-related controversy, while drug takers and sports administrators attempt to out-manoeuvre each other with new substances and new testing...