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The Oxford Textbook of Sports Medicine is the first major work to cover the whole of this rapidly expanding field. Exceptional contributions from world renowned professionals in sports medicine provide the most comprehensive and authoritative reference work yet compiled, successfully combining sports science with an extraordinary breadth of coverage. The Oxford textbook of Sports Medicine presents a comprehensive analysis of the physiology of exercise in health and disease and relates this to the causes, diagnosis, and treatment of sports related trauma and injuries , with an emphasis on acute and chronic overuse injuries. This major reference brings together contributions from many related disciplines, stressing throughout that optimum athletic performance relies on a combination of a wide variety of factors. One unique feature of this book is the extensive coverage of the influences of environmental factors such as altitude and heat, so often neglected in other texts on sports medicine.

The Oxford Textbook of Sports Medicine sets a new standard in sports medicine publishing for specialists in sports medicine, orthopaedic and trauma surgeons, team coaches, physiotherapists, PE students, and athletes themselves.

This is a highly readable, yet authoritative and definitive reference which will benefit everyone committed to the care of sports men and women.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Introduction
• Man as an Athlete
• Section 1 Sports Science
• 1.1 Physiology
• 1.1.1 Respiratory responses
• 1.1.2 Skeletal muscle adaptation
• 1.1.3 Acid-base balance
• 1.2 Nutrition
• 1.2.1 Energy intake
• 1.2.2 Diet and performance
• 1.2.3 Fluid and electrolyte
• 1.3 Kinesiology
• 1.3.1 Biomechanics
• 1.3.2 Strength and speed
• 1.4 Sports Psychology
• 1.4.1 Sports psychology
• 1.4.2 Acquisition of motor skills
• 1.5 Assessment of Performance
• 1.5.1 Anthropometry
• 1.5.2 Cardiovascular responses
• 1.5.3 Endurance capacity
• 1.5.4 Anaerobic exercise
• Section 2 Sport in the Environment
• 2.1 Diving
• 2.2 Immersion and hypothermia
• 2.3 Altitude
• 2.4 Heat and humidity
• 2.5 Circadian rhythms
• Section 3 Medical Aspects of Sport
• 3.1 Physiological adaptations to exercise
• 3.1.1 Cardiovascular adaptations
• 3.1.2 Skeletal adaptations
• 3.1.3 Hormonal adaptations
• 3.2 Illnesses in Sport
• 3.2.1 Sudden cardiac death
• 3.2.2 Exercise-induced asthma
• 3.2.3 Diseases of the skin
• 3.2.4 Infectious diseases
• 3.3 Miscellaneous Medical Questions
• 3.3.1 Drugs in sport
• 3.3.2 Gender verification
• Section 4 Acute Sports Injuries
• 4.1 Foreword
• 4.2 The Knee
• 4.2.1 Introduction
• 4.2.2 Meniscus
• 4.2.3 Ligaments
• 4.2.4 Fractures and dislocations
• 4.2.5 Patella
• 4.3 The Shoulder
• 4.2.1 Intro
• 4.3.2 Instability
• 4.3.3 Rotator cuff
• 4.3.4 Acromioclavicular joint
• 4.3.5 Shoulder rehabilitation
• 4.4 The Ankle
• 4.4.1 Intro
• 4.4.2 Sprain
• 4.4.3 Acute tenon injuries (Basic science)
• 4.4.4 ATI (Clinical approach)
• Section 5 Chronic and Overuse Sports Injuries
• 5.1 Foreword
• 5.2 Stress fractures
• 5.3 Compartment syndromes
• 5.4 Unique overuse injuries of the knee
• 5.5 Overuse of lumbar spine
• Section 6 Sport Injuries of Special Groups
• 6.1 Foreword
• 6.2 Ageing athelete
• 6.3 Growing athlete
• 6.4 Athletes with disabilities
• 6.5 Adolescent
• Section 7 Sport Injuries - Special Problems
• 7.1 Foreword
• 7.2 Emergencies of musculoskeletal system
• 7.3 Maxillo-facial injuries
• 7.4 Injuries to spine
• 7.6 Head injuries
• 7.7 Injuries to wrist and carpus

Reviews provided by Syndetics

CHOICE Review

Oxford Textbook of Sports Medicine editors M. Harries, C. Williams, W. D. Stanish, and L.J. Micheli have arranged topics in seven sections, each with several chapters. P. Astrand, an esteemed exercise physiologist, supplies an interesting introduction. The first section treats sports science and is divided into five subsections: physiology, nutrition, kinesiology, psychology, and assessment of performance. A second section deals with sport, and the environment; a third covers medical aspects of sport, e.g., physiological adaptations to exercise, illness in sport, and miscellaneous medical questions. The fourth section discusses acute sport injuries: knee, shoulder, and ankle; chronic and overuse sport injuries; and injuries of special groups, e.g., aging, development, and athletes with disabilities. A final section treats special problems and injuries. This book, with its wealth of information, is an excellent source for anyone who exercises. Upper-division undergraduate through professional. A. H. Goldfarb; University of North Carolina at Greensboro