Prevention of injuries and overuse in sports : directory for physicians, physiotherapists, sport scientists, and coaches

This book, published in cooperation with ESSKA, is a comprehensive, evidence-based manual on the prevention of injuries and overuse in sports that will assist physicians, physiotherapists, and trainers in providing excellent mental and physical guidance to athletes. The causes of overuse and sports injuries are carefully analyzed, explaining the medical basis for prevention. In addition, detailed attention is paid to the relationship between sport motivation, risk willingness, tendency to overload, and tendency to increased risk of injury. The reader is effectively trained in mental and physical analysis of the athlete and will gain an appreciation of the influence of the athlete’s environment on susceptibility to injury. Gender-specific differences and the specific risks faced by children and adolescents are identified, and very popular sports such as soccer, alpine skiing, and throwing sports are discussed in individual chapters. Training schedules of value in the context of particular physiotherapeutic and medical interventions are described with the help of illustrations and charts. The authors are team physicians, coaches, sports scientists, training scientists, and physiotherapists involved in high-performance sports and recreational sports. This book, published in cooperation with ESSKA, is a comprehensive, evidence-based manual on the prevention of injuries and overuse in sports that will assist physicians, physiotherapists, and trainers in providing excellent mental and physical guidance to athletes. The causes of overuse and sports injuries are carefully analyzed, explaining the medical basis for prevention. In addition, detailed attention is paid to the relationship between sport motivation, risk willingness, tendency to overload, and tendency to increased risk of injury. The reader is effectively trained in mental and physical analysis of the athlete and will gain an appreciation of the influence of the athleteĺls environment on susceptibility to injury. Gender-specific differences and the specific risks faced by children and adolescents are identified, and very popular sports such as soccer, alpine skiing, and throwing sports are discussed in individual chapters. Training schedules of value in the context of particular physiotherapeutic and medical interventions are described with the help of illustrations and charts. The authors are team physicians, coaches, sports scientists, training scientists, and physiotherapists involved in high-performance sports and recreational sports Front Matter....Pages i-xii General Considerations on Sports-Related Injuries....Pages 1-13 Major Causes of Sports Injuries....Pages 15-25 Causes of Overuse in Sports....Pages 27-38 General Prevention Principles of Injuries....Pages 39-55 General Prevention Principles of Overload Damage in Sports....Pages 57-70 Special Aspects of Prevention in Children and Adolescents....Pages 71-85 General Training Aspects in Consideration of Prevention in Sports....Pages 87-99 Specific Aspects of Throwing Sports in Recreational and Competitive Sport....Pages 101-115 Specific Aspects of Football in Recreational and Competitive Sport....Pages 117-136 Specific Aspects of Alpine Skiing in Recreational and Competitive Sport (FIS)....Pages 137-155 Implementation of Prevention in Sports....Pages 157-166 Back Matter....Pages 167-172