Sports rehabilitation and injury prevention
By: edited by Paul Comfort, Earle Abrahamson.
Contributors: Comfort, Paul.; Abrahamson, Earle.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons; Wiley
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Chichester, West Sussex, UK
Language: eng
Number of pages: 548
ISBN-13: 9780470985625
Subjects: Sports injuries; Athletic Injuries -- prevention & control; Athletic Injuries -- rehabilitation
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to sport injury management; title: Injury prevention and screening; title: Assessment and needs analysis; title: Pathophysiology of skeletal muscle injuries; title: Tendons [AQ]; title: Pathophysiology of ligament injuries; title: Pathophysiology of skeletal injuries; title: Peripheral nerve injuries; title: An introduction to periodisation; title: Management of acute sport injury; title: Musculoskeletal assessment; title: Progressive systematic functional rehabilitation; title: Strength and conditioning; title: Nutritional considerations for performance and rehabilitation; title: Psychology and sports rehabilitation; title: Clinical reasoning; title: Shoulder injuries in sport; title: The elbow; title: Wrist and hand injuries in sport; title: The groin in sport; title: The knee; title: Ankle injury rehabilitation; title: The foot in sport.