Science and Medicine in Sport - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0867933216 ISBN 13: 9780867933215

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 1996

Synopsis

Fully integrated and cross-referenced, this book describes the applications of science and medicine to sports. The book focuses on prevention and treatment of medical conditions and injuries, and contributions from leading workers in sports medicine, including several specialists, are authoritative and outstanding. The second edition of this book is fully updated with a number of revisions and additions, including a new chapter on exercise and immunity. Because the clinical aspects of sports science are stressed, the text comprehensively covers the mechanisms of injury in all regions of the body and the principles involved in their treatment. Topics also included are preventative measures and rehabilitation, children in sports, female athletes, doping, and the problems of the asthmatic, disabled, epileptic and diabetic athlete.

About this title

From the Back Cover

Science and Medicine in Sport comprehensively covers both sports science and medicine, providing applied information for medical practitioners and other allied health professional, as well as postgraduate students.

The book covers both the prevention and treatment of injury, with well-integrated and cross-referenced sections on sports science and sports medicine. The second edition has been completely updated and the sports medicine section had been expanded considerably, with emphasis on the prevention of injury. New chapters on ‘Exercise and Immunity’ and ‘Eating Disorders’ have been included. This edition was written by 43 authors with the assistance of 28 special contributors.

One third of the text deals with sports science, while the reminder covers the mechanisms of injury and the principles involved in the treatment to all regions of the body. The final section gives consideration to the special issues of children in sport, the female athlete, doping, the immune system and the problems of the disabled, asthmatic, epileptic and diabetic athlete.

About the Author

Professor John Bloomfield is an academic at the University of Western Australia and a former national champion sportsman and high level coach. He has also been Chairman of the Australian Institute of Sport, the Australian Sports Science Council and the Australian Sports Medicine Federation. Professor Peter Fricker is Director of Medical Services at the Australian Institute of Sport, a medical officer of several Commonwealth and Olympic Games teams and a practicing sport physician and researcher. Professor Ken Fitch is a practicing sports physician and Chairman of the Medical Commission of the Australian and the Oceania National Olympic Committee, and a member of the Medical Commission of the International Olympic Committee.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0867933216
• ISBN 13: 9780867933215
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 648
• Editor: Bloomfield John, Fricker P. A., Fitch K. D.