Overview
This comprehensive set covers every aspect of sports medicine, from how to play healthy to how to pursue a career in this varied field. The groundbreaking, three-volume Praeger Handbook of Sports Medicine and Athlete Health introduces readers to sports medicine and explains what we can do to prevent or recover from sports injuries—of body or mind. The astoundingly comprehensive set is chock full of everything anyone would want to know about the subject, from how to pursue a career in sports medicine to how to understand, treat, and avoid various injuries and psychological problems that may arise from participation. Volume 1, Sports Medicine History, Careers offers personal descriptions of the career path of professionals in sports medicine, covering virtually all of the numerous specialties. Volume 2, Athlete Health, Injuries, and Prevention is focused around specific injury locations with accessibly written descriptions of the anatomical location, how injuries happen, and how the injury is treated. Volume 3, Athlete Mental Health serves as a broad survey and discussion of everything from teamwork to performance anxiety, body-image distortion, family pressures, and issues associated with aging. Includes a glossary of sports medicine terms and abbreviations Provides appendices on choosing a college, graduate program, or professional school, sports medicine programs, and sports medicine associations
Full Product Details
Author: Claude T. Moorman ,
Donald T. Kirkendall ,
Ruben J. Echemendia
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint: Praeger Publishers Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 8.10cm
, Length: 23.50cm
Weight: 1.860kg
ISBN: 9780313356407
ISBN 10: 0313356408
Pages: 915
Publication Date: 02 November 2010
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print
Availability: In Print
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.
Reviews
<p> This comprehensive three-volume reference set features 50 chapters contributed by 80 expert and experienced faculty researchers and practitioners who offer overviews of the fields of kinesiology and exercise physiology, athletic training, coaching, biomechanics, fitness training, sports journalism, worksite health promotion, sports psychology, medicine and the law, sports nutrition, orthopedic surgery, and physical therapy. ...Summing Up: Highly recommended. - <p>Choice
""This comprehensive three-volume reference set features 50 chapters contributed by 80 expert and experienced faculty researchers and practitioners who offer overviews of the fields of kinesiology and exercise physiology, athletic training, coaching, biomechanics, fitness training, sports journalism, worksite health promotion, sports psychology, medicine and the law, sports nutrition, orthopedic surgery, and physical therapy. . . . Summing up: Highly recommended."" - Choice
Author Information
Claude T. Moorman, III, MD, is the director of sports medicine at Duke University, Durham, NC, where he played football as a college student. Donald T. Kirkendall, PhD, is an exercise physiologist who has held academic and clinical appointments throughout his career. Ruben J. Echemendia, PhD, is a clinical psychologist in the private practice of clinical neuropsychology in State College, PA.
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