| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
ABC series |
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ABC series (Malden, Mass.)
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| Contents |
Epidemiology of sports injury and illness / Debbie Palmer-Green -- Immediate care in sport / Andy Smith -- Head injuries in sport / Daniel G. Healy -- Injury to face and jaw / Keith R. Postlethwaite -- Eye injuries in sport / Caroline J. MacEwen -- Management of injuries in children / Julian Redhead -- Management of musculoskeletal injuries in the mature athlete / Peter Brukner and Karim Kahn -- Medical care at major sporting events / Mike Loosemore -- Pulmonary dysfunction in athletes / John Dickinson and James Hull -- Infections / Michael J. Martin -- Unexplained underperformance syndrome (overtraining syndrome) / Richard Budgett and Yorck Olaf Schumacher -- Female athlete triad / Noel Pollock -- The athlete's heart / Aneil Malhotra, Greg Whyte and Sanjay Sharma -- Extreme temperature sport and exercise medicine / Michael J. Tipton -- Diving medicine / Peter Wilmshurst -- Altitude medicine / Sundeep Dhillon -- Physical activity and exercise as medicine / John Buckley -- Sport, exercise and disability / Nick Webborn -- Sport, exercise and obesity / David Haslam -- Sport, exercise and children / Neil Armstrong -- Physical activity and exercise in later life / Dawn A. Skelton and Finbarr C. Martin -- Nutrition, energy metabolism, and ergogenic supplements / Clyde Williams -- Drugs in sport / Roger Palfreeman -- Psychology of injury / Andrew Lane |
| Summary |
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 and 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, pregnant, children and the elderly Covering |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher |
| Subject |
Sports medicine.
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Sports accidents.
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Sports injuries.
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Exercise.
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Sports Medicine
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Athletic Injuries
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Exercise
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MEDICAL -- Surgery -- General.
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Sports injuries
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Sports accidents
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Exercise
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Sports medicine
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Whyte, Gregory P., editor.
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Loosemore, Mike, editor.
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Williams, Clyde, editor.
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| LC no. |
2015016427 |
| ISBN |
9781118777503 |
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1118777506 |
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9781118777510 |
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1118777514 |
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1118777522 |
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9781118777527 |
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