Available in both hardback and paperback, this book provides full-colour, international coverage of the whole of sports medicine. With a preface by the president of the International Olympic Committee, and contributions from world authorities in sports medicine, it provides invaluable guidance for doctors and other health personnel who serve athletes. Basic issues are addressed, as well as practical considerations such as injury prevention and treatment, assessment of fitness, methods of conditioning, environmental factors, nutrition, psychology, exercise and disease, and exercise in rehabilitation. Emphasis is placed on the athlete in competitive sport, but the recreational sportsman and fitness enthusiast are not forgotten. The exercising child, the older person and women in sport are given special consideration.
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"The Olympic Book of Sports Medicine is a monument. Amid a welter of confusing publications, it stands out as a clear yet detailed examination of the subject by more than 50 distinguished international figures. Despite its cost, the book is a valuable investment for anyone involved with sports medicine or the training of serious competitors. The authors write on their particular field of specialization so that the reader obtains uniform insight over the whole field." The Times;
"For the health professional or sports scientist wanting a comprehensive textbook on the whole of sports medicine, this is a good book to have. The Olympic Book of Sports Medicine should certainly be standard reading for anyone taking a Diploma in Sports Medicine." British Journal of Sports Medicine';
"There may never be another book quite like it. The Olympic Committee, together with the International Federation of Sports Medicine - which was set up, believe it or not, 60 years ago - have collaborated with Blackwell Scientific to produce a grand, commemorative first volume of an encyclopaedia of sports medicine. It contains much science and a dash of history and is to be formally published as the flame leaps into life at the stadium in Seoul. It is a mark, in some senses, of human advance, not of times or achievements but of knowledge and techniques. This first volume is a general compendium, noting the way science is reaching into all aspects of sports training and medicine." The Guardian
"This is a most enjoyable book to read as well as to study, and is very strongly recommended to any Team Doctor looking after a team in residence, as well as his supporting staff of physiotherapists, chiropodists and nurses. Much is also of relevance to team managers and games organisers... I consider it good value." British Journal of Sports Medicine.
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Now available in paperback, this book provides full-colour international coverage of the whole of sports medicine. With a preface by the president of the International Olympic Committee, and contributions from world authorities in sports medicine, it provides invaluable guidance for all doctors and other health personnel who serve athletes. Basic issues are dealt with as well as practical considerations such as injury prevention and treatment, assessment of fitness, methods of conditioning, environmental factors, exercise and disease, and exercise in rehabilitation. Emphasis is placed on the athlete in competitive sport, but the recreational sportsman and fitness enthusiast are not forgotten. The exercising child, the older person and women in sport are given special consideration.
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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Medical Commission was created in 1966 when measures to counter doping were still practically non-existent. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
body height growth, oar ergometer, coordinative capabilities, human leg extensor muscles, specific functional evaluation, performance potentiation, dope agents, dope analysis, amenorrhoeic athletes, banned classes, sports efficiency, intermuscular coordination, bodyweight increase, osseous stability, doping classes, ligamentous apparatus, medial tibial stress syndrome, voluntary muscle activation, percentile areas, maximum oxygen intake, tibial syndrome, muscle glycogen use, banned substance list, heat retainers, bicondylar breadth Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Sports Med, Olympic Games, Human Kinetics, New York, Sports Exerc, Dal Monte, Acta Physiol, University Park Press, Biochemistry of Exercise, Physician Sportsmed, International Olympic Committee, Sport Sci, Bone Joint Surg, Van Wieringen, Charles Slack, New Engl, Sports Sci, Stan Smith, Olympic Charter, Olympic Village, The Collamore Press, Academic Press, Die Belastungstoleranz des Bewegungsapparates, National Institute, National Photo Pool New!
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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Medical Commission was created in 1966 when measures to counter doping were still practically non-existent. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
body height growth, oar ergometer, coordinative capabilities, human leg extensor muscles, specific functional evaluation, performance potentiation, dope agents, dope analysis, amenorrhoeic athletes, banned classes, sports efficiency, intermuscular coordination, bodyweight increase, osseous stability, doping classes, ligamentous apparatus, medial tibial stress syndrome, voluntary muscle activation, percentile areas, maximum oxygen intake, tibial syndrome, muscle glycogen use, banned substance list, heat retainers, bicondylar breadth Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Sports Med, Olympic Games, Human Kinetics, New York, Sports Exerc, Dal Monte, Acta Physiol, University Park Press, Biochemistry of Exercise, Physician Sportsmed, International Olympic Committee, Sport Sci, Bone Joint Surg, Van Wieringen, Charles Slack, New Engl, Sports Sci, Stan Smith, Olympic Charter, Olympic Village, The Collamore Press, Academic Press, Die Belastungstoleranz des Bewegungsapparates, National Institute, National Photo Pool New!
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- Sports Medicine, 2e by Richard H. Strauss MD on 5 pages
- Biochemistry of Exercise (International Series on Sport Sciences) by Mass.) International Symposium on Biochemistry of Exercise (5th : 1982 : Boston on page 77 (1), page 77 (2), and page 634
- Exercise and Sport Biology (International Series on Sport Sciences) by International Symposium on Sport Biology (1979 Suomen Urheiluopisto) on page 11, and page 193
- Sports Injuries:Their Prevention & Treatment-3rd Graphics Package by Lars Peterson on page 427, and page 465
- SPORTS INJURIES (Lillywhites) by J.P.R. Williams on page 359, and page 427
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- Science and Medicine in Sport by John Bloomfield on 5 pages
- Adaptation in Sports Training by Atko Viru on 4 pages
- An Introduction to Drugs in Sport: Addicted to Winning? by Ivan Waddington on page 150, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Kinanthropometry IV (Vol 4) by J.A.P. Day on page 123, and page 155
- An Introduction to Drugs in Sport: Addicted to Winning? by Ivan Waddington in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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