The ABC of Sports and Exercise Medicine provides general practitioners with a comprehensive overview of the field of sports medicine. This highly illustrated and thoroughly revised and updated new edition: Reflects new developments and current practice Includes new chapters on medical care at sporting events, environmental factors of sports exercise, benefits of exercise in health and disease, nutrition and ergogenic supplements, and the use of drugs in sport Covers the benefits of exercise among special populations such as the disabled, obese, pregnancy, children and the elderly Includes case studies of common sports and exercise medicine conditions INDICE: List of Contributors .PART I INJURY .1. Epidemiology of sports injury and illnessDebbie Palmer–Green .2. Immediate care in sportAndy Smith .3. Head injuries in sportDaniel G. Healy .4. Injury to face and jawKeith R. Postlethwaite .5. Eye injuries in sportCaroline J. MacEwen .6. Management of injuries in childrenJulian Redhead .7. Management of musculoskeletal injuries in the mature athletePeter Brukner and Karim Kahn .8. Medical Care at Major Sporting EventsMike Loosemore .PART II SYSTEM SPORT AND EXERCISE MEDICINE .9. Pulmonary dysfunction in athletesJohn Dickinson and James Hull .10. InfectionsMichael J. Martin .11. Unexplained underperformance syndrome (overtraining syndrome)Richard Budgett and Yorck Olaf Schumacher .12. Female athlete triadNoel Pollock .13. The athlete s heartAneil Malhotra, Greg Whyte and Sanjay Sharma .PART III ENVIRONMENTAL SPORT AND EXERCISE MEDICINE .14. Extreme Temperature Sport and Exercise MedicineMichael J. Tipton .15. Diving MedicinePeter Wilmshurst .16. Altitude MedicineSundeep Dhillon .PART IV SPECIAL POPULATIONS .17. Physical Activity and Exercise as MedicineJohn Buckley .18. Sport, Exercise and DisabilityNick Webborn .19. Sport, Exercise and ObesityDavid Haslam .20. Sport, Exercise and ChildrenNeil Armstrong .21. Physical Activity and Exercise in Later LifeDawn A. Skelton and Finbarr C. Martin .PART V NUTRITION AND DOPING .22. Nutrition, Energy Metabolism, and Ergogenic SupplementsClyde Williams .23. Drugs in sportRoger Palfreeman .24. Psychology of injuryAndrew Lane .Index
- ISBN: 978-1-118-77752-7
- Editorial: Wiley–Blackwell
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 200
- Fecha Publicación: 28/08/2015
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés