Women's Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation

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Authors:

Nadya Gabriele Swedan

Brand: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

ISBN: 9780834217317

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This book is a comprehensive interdisciplinary reference for womens sports medicine. It avoids a medical bias and instead focuses on prevention, rehabilitation, and wellness. It provides an introduction to womens sport participation, discusses athletic women across the life span, details injury management issues by anatomical region, and emphasizes the importance of health and wellness.

Womens Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation is full of original research, epidemiological and physiological information, differential diagnoses, treatment algorithms, practical and effective rehabilitation techniques, and case studies. This resource is a must-have for all health care professionals involved in the assessment and treatment of athletic injuries in women.

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Brand Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Reference 39365

EAN13 9780834217317

ISBN 9780834217317

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Publication date: 2001
Issue number: 1
Cover: hard cover
Pages count: 398
Dimensions (mm): 216 x 279
Weight (g): 1352

PART I—MUSCULOSKELETAL CONSIDERATIONS
Gender Differences in Muscle Morphology
The Shoulder and Upper Extremities
The Spine
Pelvis and Hip Injuries in the Female Athlete
The Knee
The Foot and Ankle
Clinical Biomechanics:: An Approach to Understanding Chronic Injuries in Women Athletes
Sports for Women with Physical Disabilities
PART II—ACROSS THE LIFESPAN
The Young Female Athlete
Reproductive Cycles
The Pregnant Athlete
The Older Female Athlete
PART III—MEDICAL ISSUES
Medical Challenges
Cardiac Issues in the Female Athlete
Exercise and the Female with Cancer
Pain and Headaches
Breast Health in Active and Athletic Women
Bone Metabolism:: Bone Loss and Injury in the Female Athlete
The Female Athlete Triad
PART IV—HEALTH AND WELLNESS
Medical Screening and Clearance
Sports Nutrition
Psychology and the Injured Female Athlete
Ergogenic Aids
The Use of Recreational Drugs by Female Athletes