The female athlete
This new International Olympic Committee (IOC) handbook covers the science, medicine and psycho-social aspects of females in sports at all levels of competition. Each chapter focuses on the specific issues that female athletes confront both on and off the field, such as bone health, nutritional recommendations, exercise/competition during menstruation and pregnancy, and much more. Fully endorsed by the IOC and drawing upon the experience of an international team of expert contributors, no other…
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- Full title :The female athlete / edited by Margo L. Mountjoy.
Summary
This new International Olympic Committee (IOC) handbook covers the science, medicine and psycho-social aspects of females in sports at all levels of competition. Each chapter focuses on the specific issues that female athletes confront both on and off the field, such as bone health, nutritional recommendations, exercise/competition during menstruation and pregnancy, and much more. Fully endorsed by the IOC and drawing upon the experience of an international team of expert contributors, no other publication deals with the topic in such a concise and complete manner. The Female Athlete is reco.
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- Publication Date:©2015
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Wiley-Blackwell
- Place of Publication:Hoboken, New Jersey
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2015
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781118862193, 1118862198, 9781118862018, 1118862015
- oclc:ocn924058868
- LC Classification:RD97
- Dewey Decimal:617.1027
Table of Contents
Handbook of Sports Medicine and Science: The Female Athlete; Contents; List of Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Chapter 1: Training the female athlete; Anatomic and physiologic considerations; Aerobic performance; Anaerobic performance; Anatomic differences; Body composition; Muscular strength; Injury considerations; Non-contact ACL injury; Stress fractures; Concussions; Medical considerations; Female athlete triad; Micronutrients for bone health; Iron deficiency anemia; Stress urinary incontinence; Depression; Anxiety; Overtraining; Equipment considerations; Summary; Recommended reading
Chapter 2: Injury prevention in the female athleteIntroduction; Who is affected by injury?; Participation in sport; Incidence of injury in female athletes (overall and sport specific); Where does injury occur?; How does injury occur? (Mechanisms); What is the impact of injury?; What are the risk factors for injury in female athletes?; Nonmodifiable risk factors for injury in the female athlete; Potentially modifiable risk factors for injury in female athletes ; Injury prevention in female athletes; Conclusions and future research in injury prevention in pediatric sport; Recommended reading
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