Title: Sport science perspectives for women : proceedings from the Women and Sports Conference /
Authors: Brown, C. Harmon, 1930-2008; Puhl, Jacqueline L., 1940-; Voy, Robert O., 1933-; Brown, C. Harmon, 1930-2008.; United States Olympic Committee.
Publisher: Human Kinetics Books,
Year: 1988
Subjects: Women; Sports Medicine; Women athletes Physiology Congresses.; Sports medicine Congresses; Exercise for women Physiological aspects.; Sports for women Physiological aspects.
Contents: Biomechanics and the female athlete / Anne E. Atwater -- Body composition and performance / Patty S. Freedson -- Female and male skeletal muscle fiber composition and performance / W.C. Byrnes -- Temperature and exercise / E.M. Haymes -- The frequency of injuries in women's sports / L.Y. Hunter -- Helping injured athletes cope / C.A. Ogelsby [and others] -- Conditioning and rehabilitation of athletes / J. Stone -- Ergogenic aids / E.J. Coleman -- Metabolism and performance / E.M. Haymes -- Injury prevention through biomechanical screening: implications for female athletes / P.R. Francis -- The female athlete and menstrual irregularity / C.F. Sanborn, W.W. Wagner, Jr. -- Reproductive changes with exercise: when and how to evaluate, who and why to treat / J.C. Prior -- Pregnancy and exercise / J.L. Slavin [and others] -- Exercise and aging: the female masters athlete / B.L. Drinkwater -- Psychomotor function and aging / B.A. Hart -- Nutritional concerns for women / J.R. Berning -- Eating disorders in women athletes / J.L. Slavin -- Women and sport psychology -- an applied perspective / J.E. Anderson -- Stress: the threat from within / D.V. Harris -- Motivating the female athlete / R.A. Vasko -- Women's performances--the last decade / C.L. Wells, D. Ballinger -- Future directions in women's sports / C.H. Brown.