The paralympic athlete
Subtitle: handbook of sports medicine and science
By: edited by Yves C. Vanlandewijck, Walter R. Thompson
Contributors: IOC Medical Commission
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Chichester, West Sussex, UK
Language: eng
Number of pages: 294
ISBN-13: 9781444334043
Subjects: Paralympics; Health and hygiene; Sports Medicine; Athletes with disabilities; Athletes; Sports for people with disabilities; Disabled Persons; Sports
Notes: "An IOC Medical Commission publication."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Sport biomechanics / Ian Rice ... [et al.]; title: Sport physiology / Yagesh Bhambhani; title: Sport medicine / Stuart Willick & Nick Webborn; title: Sport philosophy / Steven D. Edwards & Michael McNamee; title: Sociology of sport / P. David Howe; title: Sport psychology / Jeffrey J. Martin & Garry Wheeler; title: Aerobic and anaerobic power / Yeshayahu Hutzle, Yoav Meckel & Judith Berzen; title: Strength training / Marco Cardinale & Lee Romer; title: Nutrition & pharmacology / Peter Van de Vliet, Elisabeth Broad & Matthias Strupler; title: Mental preparation / Dietmar Martin Samulski, Franco Noce, Varley Teoldo Da Costa; title: Preparation for the summer games : heat, humidity, pollution / Marco Tulio de Mello ... [et al.]; title: Preparation for the winter games (cold, altitude) / Marco Bernardi, Federico Schena; title: Contribution of sport science to performance : wheelchair rugby / Laurie Malone, Natalia Morgulec-Adamowicz, Kevin Orr; title: Contribution of sport science to performance : swimming / Brendan Burkett.