ABC of Sports and Exercise Medicine (ABC Series)

This third edition provides a concise and thorough overview of the expanding and fast moving field of sports medicine. Each chapter has been thoroughly revised and updated and several new chapters have been added. From the treatment at pitch side, exercise induced asthma, and overtraining syndrome to performance in a polluted environment, this book covers the latest topics. This highly illustrated, practical guide will be invaluable to general practitioners, physiotherapists, and all health professionals who deal with the treatment and prevention of sports related injuries. Epidemiological studies of sports injuries / Colin W. Fuller Immediate care / Mark Fillett Head injuries in sport / Paul McCrory Injury to face and jaw / K.R. Postlethwaite Eye injuries in sport / Caroline J. MacEwen Groin pain / O.J.A. Gilmore Management of injuries in children / John Aldridge Exercise induced asthma Mark Harries, John Dickinson Infections / Geoffrey Pasvol Unexplained underperformance syndrome (overtraining syndrome) / Richard Budgett Female athlete triad / Karen Birch The athlete's heart and sudden cardiac death / Gregory P. Whyte ... [et al.] Environmental factors / Mike Tipton Sports performance in a polluted environment / Geraint Florida-James, K. Donaldson, Vicki Stone Diving medicine / Peter Wilmshurst Sport and disability / J. Webborn Nutrition, energy metabolism, and ergogenic supplements / Clyde Williams Diet, obesity, diabetes, and exercise / Patrick Sharp Benefits of exercise in health and disease: challenges to implementing the evidence / John Buckley Active in later life / Archie Young, Susie Dinan Physiotherapy, sports injuries, and reacquisition of fitness / Caryl Becker, Lynn Booth Providing a "one stop shop" for sports medicine / Richard Godfrey Drugs in sport / Roger Palfreeman. ABC OF SPORTS AND EXERCISE MEDICINE 1 Contents 5 Contributors 7 Foreword 8 1 Epidemiological studies of sports injuries 9 2 Immediate care 12 3 Head injuries in sport 16 4 Injury to face and jaw 24 5 Eye injuries in sport 28 6 Groin pain 32 7 Management of injuries in children 37 8 Exercise induced asthma 44 9 Infections 48 10 Unexplained underperformance syndrome (overtraining syndrome) 54 11 Female athlete triad 58 12 The athlete’s heart and sudden cardiac death 62 13 Environmental factors 66 14 Sports performance in a polluted environment 75 15 Diving medicine 79 16 Sport and disability 84 17 Nutrition, energy metabolism, and ergogenic supplements 88 18 Diet, obesity, diabetes, and exercise 95 19 Benefits of exercise in health and disease: challenges to implementing the evidence 100 20 Active in later life 105 21 Physiotherapy, sports injuries, and reacquisition of fitness 110 22 Providing a “one stop shop” for sports medicine 115 23 Drugs in sport 119 Index 123 "This third edition of the ABC of Sports and Exercise Medicine provides a concise and thorough overview of the expanding and fast moving field of sports medicine. Each chapter has been thoroughly revised and updated and several new chapters have been added. From the treatment at pitch side, exercise induced asthma, and overtraining syndrome to performance in a polluted environment, this book covers the latest topics." "This highly illustrated, practical guide will be invaluable to general practitioners, physiotherapists, and all health professionals who deal with the treatment and prevention of sports related injuries."--Jacket