Sports injuries information for teens
Subtitle: health tips about sports injuries and injury prevention : including facts about specific injuries, emergency treatment, rehabilitation, sports, safety, competition stress, fitness, sports nutrition, steroid risks, and more
By: edited by Joyce Brennfleck Shannon.
Contributors: Shannon, Joyce Brennfleck.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Teen health series
Publisher: Omnigraphics
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Detroit, MI
Language: eng
Number of pages: 405
ISBN-13: 9780780804470
Subjects: Sports injuries.; Teenagers -- Wounds and injuries -- Prevention.; Wounds and injuries.
Notes: AUDIENCE: Adults who work with teens

Includes bibliographical references (p. [385]-388) and index.
Table of contents: value: Basic information about sports injuries in teens; value: Adolescent athletes have special needs; value: Injuries are not accidents; value: Dealing with sports injuries: an overview; value: Am Ii playable?; value: Three-year study of injuries to high school athletes; value: Practice injury rate across 16 sports; value: Game injury rate across 16 sports; value: Emergency treatment of sports injuries in teens: On-field examination of the conscious athlete; value: Meet the lifesavers: an introduction to emergency medical services; value: Emergency department: What to expect; value: Common diagnostic procedures for injuries; value: Teen athletes experience.