Abstract

This comprehensive review of the current state of sports medicine has been thoroughly revised with new colour illustrations, summary boxes, and updates on all original chapters. It contains user friendly information on all aspects of sports medicine, including the benefits of exercise and fitness for children, women, and those with disabilities. Topics include: Nature, prevention, and management of sports injury; Setting up an exercise lab; Drug misuse in sport; Fitness for older people; Sport and exercise psychology. The chapter in detail: 1. Nature, prevention, and management of injury (Kannus, P.), 2. Head injury (Kurup, V. / McLatchie, G. / Jennett, B.), 3. Management of the acutely injured joint (King, J.B.), 4. Musculoskeletal injury in the immature athlete (Macnicol, M.F.), 5. Infections (Pasvol, G.), 6. Respiratory limitations to aerobic performance in sport (Harries, M.), 7. The overtraining syndrome (Budgett, R.), 8. Sudden death (Hillis, W.S. / McIntyre, P.D. / MacLean, J. / Goodwin, J.F. / McKenna, W.J.), 9. Setting up an exercise laboratory in a general hospital (Godfrey, R.), 10. Drugs in sport (Daley, A.), 11. Active in later life (Young, A. / Dinan, S.), 12. Water sports (Douglas, J.D.M.), 13. Sport and disability (Webborn, A.D.J.), 14. Temperature and performance: heat (Reilly, T.), 15. Temperature and performance: cold (Reilly, T.), 16. Groin pain (Kurup, V. / McLatchie, G. / Gilmore, O.J.A.), 17. Team medical care (Brown, M.W.), 18. Eye injuries in sport (MacEwen, C.J.), 19. Risk of injury - an overview (Ball, D.J.), 20. Injury of the face and jaw (Postlethwaite, K.R.), 21. Physiotherapy, sports injury, and the reaquisition of fitness (Matthews, N.), 22. Immediate management of severe injuries (Anderson, I.W.R.), 23. Fluid balance during exercise (Maughan, R.J.), 24. Benefits of exercise in health and disease (Sharp, P.S.), 25. Nutrition, energy metabolism, and ergogenic supplements (Williams, C.), 26. The female athlete triad (Gibson, J.). Zusammenfassung und Inhaltsverzeichnis