This comprehensive new volume in the Encyclopaedia of Sports Medicine series, published under the auspices of the International Olympic Committee, delivers an up-to-date, state of the art presentation of the medical conditions that athletes may suffer from during training and competition.
Overload, Performance, Incompetence and Regeneration in Sport
This volume covers up-to-date information of applied sports science, sports medicine, and specifically as regards the phenomena of fatigue and performance incompetence. Some of the topics covered include the definition, types, symptoms, underlying mechanisms, and frequency of overtraining syndrome; selected parameters and mechanisms of peripheral and central fatigue and regeneration in overtrained athletes; perspectives on correct approaches to training, warm-up, and performance in athletes; ...
Nutritional Assessment of Athletes, Second Edition (Nutrition in Exercise & Sport)
Practitioners and researchers in the nutrition, exercise, and sport areas perform many types of nutritional assessments on athletes. Nutritional assessment is a key to determining the health and performance efficiency of athletes, professional, collegiate, and recreational. Nutritional Assessment of Athletes, Second Edition is an updated expansion of the first edition. It describes the dietary, nutritional, physical activity needs, biochemical, and clinical assessment of athletes, with emphasis on the adult. A new chapter has been added on hydration as proper hydration and fluid replacement is a topic of utmost importance to physical performance.
For hitting the game-winning run to running a record-breaking race, science is involved in every aspect of playing sports. Sports illustrates the scientific principles involved in sports such as soccer, football, gymnastics, and skateboarding, as well as why it's important for athletes to stay in good physical shape. Twenty-five hands-on activities explore such topics as finding the "sweet spot" of a bat and why hitting a ball there gives you the best chance of hitting a home run, in addition to how Newton's Laws of Motion can explain the way a skateboard works.
Cornell Univ., New York, NY. Text for sports medicine practitioners, providing information on the biomechanics and anatomy of the elbow, as well as guidelines for the evaluation and treatment of injury to the joint. Based on the work of leading authorities on elbow injuries in athletes. Features numerous diagrams and halftone illustrations. DNLM: Elbow--Injury.
