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ABC of sports and exercise medicine / Gregory Whyte.

Contributor(s): Whyte, Gregory P | Harries, Mark | Williams, Clyde.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Pub., 2005Edition: 3rd ed.Description: viii, 126 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 30 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 9780727918130; 0727918133.Uniform titles: ABC of sports medicine. Subject(s): Sports medicineDDC classification: 617.1027
Contents:
Epidemiological studies of sports injuries / Colin W. Fuller -- Immediate care / Mark Fillett -- Head injuries in sport / Paul McCrory -- Injury to face and jaw / K.R. Postlethwaite -- Eye injuries in sport / Caroline J. MacEwen -- Groin pain / O.J.A. Gilmore -- Management of injuries in children / John Aldridge -- Exercise induced asthma -- Mark Harries, John Dickinson -- Infections / Geoffrey Pasvol -- Unexplained underperformance syndrome (overtraining syndrome) / Richard Budgett -- Female athlete triad / Karen Birch -- The athlete's heart and sudden cardiac death / Gregory P. Whyte ... [et al.] -- Environmental factors / Mike Tipton -- Sports performance in a polluted environment / Geraint Florida-James, K. Donaldson, Vicki Stone -- Diving medicine / Peter Wilmshurst -- Sport and disability / J. Webborn -- Nutrition, energy metabolism, and ergogenic supplements / Clyde Williams -- Diet, obesity, diabetes, and exercise / Patrick Sharp -- Benefits of exercise in health and disease: challenges to implementing the evidence / John Buckley -- Active in later life / Archie Young, Susie Dinan -- Physiotherapy, sports injuries, and reacquisition of fitness / Caryl Becker, Lynn Booth -- Providing a one stop shop for sports medicine / Richard Godfrey -- Drugs in sport / Roger Palfreeman.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This third edition provides a concise and thorough overview of the expanding and fast moving field of sports medicine. Each chapter has been thoroughly revised and updated and several new chapters have been added. From the treatment at pitch side, exercise induced asthma, and overtraining syndrome to performance in a polluted environment, this book covers the latest topics.

This highly illustrated, practical guide will be invaluable to general practitioners, physiotherapists, and all health professionals who deal with the treatment and prevention of sports related injuries.

Rev. ed. of: ABC of sports medicine / edited by Greg McLatchie ... [et al.]. 2nd ed. BMJ Books, 2000.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Epidemiological studies of sports injuries / Colin W. Fuller -- Immediate care / Mark Fillett -- Head injuries in sport / Paul McCrory -- Injury to face and jaw / K.R. Postlethwaite -- Eye injuries in sport / Caroline J. MacEwen -- Groin pain / O.J.A. Gilmore -- Management of injuries in children / John Aldridge -- Exercise induced asthma -- Mark Harries, John Dickinson -- Infections / Geoffrey Pasvol -- Unexplained underperformance syndrome (overtraining syndrome) / Richard Budgett -- Female athlete triad / Karen Birch -- The athlete's heart and sudden cardiac death / Gregory P. Whyte ... [et al.] -- Environmental factors / Mike Tipton -- Sports performance in a polluted environment / Geraint Florida-James, K. Donaldson, Vicki Stone -- Diving medicine / Peter Wilmshurst -- Sport and disability / J. Webborn -- Nutrition, energy metabolism, and ergogenic supplements / Clyde Williams -- Diet, obesity, diabetes, and exercise / Patrick Sharp -- Benefits of exercise in health and disease: challenges to implementing the evidence / John Buckley -- Active in later life / Archie Young, Susie Dinan -- Physiotherapy, sports injuries, and reacquisition of fitness / Caryl Becker, Lynn Booth -- Providing a one stop shop for sports medicine / Richard Godfrey -- Drugs in sport / Roger Palfreeman.

CIT Module SPRT 7009 - Core reading

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • 1 Epidemiological studies of sports injuries
  • 2 Immediate care
  • 3 Head injuries in sport
  • 4 Injury to face and jaw
  • 5 Eye injuries in sport
  • 6 Groin pain
  • 7 Management of injuries in children
  • 8 Exercise induced asthma
  • 9 Infections
  • 10 Unexplained underperformance syndrome (overtraining syndrome)
  • 11 Female athlete triad
  • 12 The athlete's heart and sudden cardiac death
  • 13 Environmental factors
  • 14 Sports performance in a polluted environment
  • 15 Diving medicine
  • 16 Sport and disability
  • 17 Nutrition, energy metabolism, and ergogenic supplements
  • 18 Diet, obesity, diabetes, and exercise
  • 19 Benefits of exercise in health and disease: challenges to implementing the evidence
  • 20 Active in later life
  • 21 Physiotherapy, sports injuries, and the reacquisition of fitness
  • 22 Providing a "one stop shop" for sports medicine
  • 23 Drugs in sport

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Gregory Whyte, Department of Science and Research. Bisham Abbey National Sports Centre.

Mark Harries, Olympic Medical Institute, Northwich Park Hospital, Harrow

Clyde Williams, Professor of Sport and Excercise Medicine, School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, Loughborough University

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