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Scanlon's overview of Greek athletics explores when and how athletics was linked with religion, upbringing, gender, sexuality, and social values in an evolution from Homer until the Roman period.
« Perform accurate evaluations of orthopedic injuries. In this book, organized by body region, each chapter begins with a review of anatomy and joint function; proceeds through clinical examination, specific pathologies, and related selective tissue tests (specific tests); and c…
Peut-on améliorer la prise en charge médicale des traumatismes et de diverses pathologies de l'appareil locomoteur à l'aide d'un renforcement musculaire programmé? Les auteurs ont de bonnes raisons de répondre "oui" en suggérant des modules de rééducation soigneusement élaborés.…
« Principles of athletic training: a competency-based approach is designed to be used by athletic trainers in courses concerned with the scientific, evidence-based and clinical foundations of athletic training and sports medicine. The text leads the student from general foundati…
"Of the forty-six surviving victory odes of Pindar, eleven give praise to athletes from the island of Aigina in the Saronic Gulf. This book offers studies of those eleven songs, preceded by a brief survey of the island's history, a sketch of its peculiar aristocracy, and a descr…
Context: This study observed how the effects of a concussion change the quantity and quality of sleep in collegiate athletes. There is a lack of research pertaining to this topic, specifically collegiate athletes, and the changes in sleep outcomes during concussion recovery from…
It is estimated that humans harbor as many microbial cells as their own, and the gastrointestinal tract alone contains nearly 1,000 distinct microbial species with a functional capacity that is 150 times greater than the human genome. The collection of these organisms that resid…
Youth athletes in team sports are embedded within a complex co-regulatory system. Their club implements expectations and regulations upon the players, their coaches work with the club to define the sociocultural system, and coaches work with teams and players to implement the ac…
Background: The incidence of eating psychopathology in athletes is considerably higher than in the general population. Facilitating the early identification and successful management of eating problems in this group is therefore essential. Objectives: The thesis aimed to improve…
Drug use and abuse represents perhaps the most profound and high-profile issue facing sport today. Each major international championship seems to deliver a new drug-related controversy, while drug takers and sports administrators attempt to out-manoeuvre each other with new subs…
This book explores the topic of drugs in sport from both a scientific and social/political viewpoint. It covers each major class of drugs, describing how they work and their effects, and looks at why drugs are used in sport.
