Women's Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation: Distributed by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins [Hardcover]

Nadya Swedan (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0834217317 | ISBN-13: 978-0834217317 | Publication Date: January 15, 2001 | Edition: 1

This book is a comprehensive interdisciplinary reference for women's sports medicine. It avoids a medical bias and instead focuses on prevention, rehabilitation, and wellness. It provides an introduction to women's sport participation, discusses athletic women across the life span, details injury management issues by anatomical region, and emphasizes the importance of health and wellness.

Women's Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation is full of original research, epidemiological and physiological information, differential diagnoses, treatment algorithms, practical and effective rehabilitation techniques, and case studies. This resource is a must-have for all health care professionals involved in the assessment and treatment of athletic injuries in women.

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About the Author

Nadya Swedan, MD, FAAPMR, ABPMR, is a physiatrist. She is the Medical Director for La Palestra Center for Preventative Medicine, New York, New York. She is also Medical Director for The Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Center. She is a Consulting Medical Staff member for North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, New York, and Courtesy Medical Staff member for North Shore University Hospital in Glen Cove, New York.Dr. Swedan was the first to speak on the female athlete at the 1998 conference of the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AAPM&R). She is a physiatrist and is a long-time advocate for and practitioner of women's sports medicine. She has appeared as a fitness expert on the television program, "Living Better." She is the author of "Knee Pain in the Female Athlete" and "Exercise in Pregnancy" for Advance for Directors in Rehabilitation (1999).

Product Details

• Hardcover: 398 pages
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 1 edition (January 15, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0834217317
• ISBN-13: 978-0834217317
• Product Dimensions: 12 x 8.5 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,790,504 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)