Sports Medicine for Specific Ages and Abilities

Description

An authoritative text by the international experts in the field which presents a comprehensive review of the medical aspects of sports in relationto the following specific groups of clients: children and adolescents/ women/ veterans (the over 30s!)/ and special groups (those with specific medical conditions and the disabled). This approach by client group rather than by sport of type of injury is unique.

Key Features

Scholarly and comprehensive but also informative and easy to use

Gives a multidisciplinary approach to problems in 4 specific groups of sports participants: children and adolescents, women, veterans (the over 30's!), those with specific disorders or disabilities.

International editorial team

International line up of contributors.

Written by the leading clinicians in the field in the world

Readership

Sports physiotherapists and sport therapists, coaches and trainers. Orthopedic surgeons and physicians with a special interest in sports medicine. Podiatrists. Massage therapists, chiropractors and osteopaths.

Table of Contents

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Author Information

By Nicola Maffulli, MD, MS, PhD, FRCS(Orth); K.M. Chan, OBE, MCh(Orth), FRCS(Orth); Rose Macdonald BA, MCSP, MCPA, SRP; Robert M. Malina, PhD; and Tony Parker PhD, FASMF