Sports injury prevention [electronic resource] : edited by Roald Bahr, Lars Engebretsen.

Contributor(s): Series: Handbook of sports medicine and sciencePublisher: Oxford : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009Description: x, 238 p. : ill., plansContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781444303629 (e-book)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 22
LOC classification:
  • RD97 .S745 2009
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Also available in printed form ISBN 9781405162449
Summary: This practical handbook on the prevention of sports injuries covers all the Olympic sports, plus additional sport activities such as rugby. Focusing on reducing the potential for injuries and the resulting pain, the book addresses specific joints and regions of the body. This volume in the Handbook of Sports Medicine and Science series is a practical guide on the prevention of sports injuries. It covers all Olympic sports, plus additional sport activities with international competition, such as rugby. Focusing on reducing the potential for injuries, the book is organised by regions of the body. There are also chapters on the importance of injury prevention and developing an injury prevention program within a team. The authors identify the risk factors for specific injuries in each sport, typical injury mechanisms and risks associated with training.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

This practical handbook on the prevention of sports injuries covers all the Olympic sports, plus additional sport activities such as rugby. Focusing on reducing the potential for injuries and the resulting pain, the book addresses specific joints and regions of the body. This volume in the Handbook of Sports Medicine and Science series is a practical guide on the prevention of sports injuries. It covers all Olympic sports, plus additional sport activities with international competition, such as rugby. Focusing on reducing the potential for injuries, the book is organised by regions of the body. There are also chapters on the importance of injury prevention and developing an injury prevention program within a team. The authors identify the risk factors for specific injuries in each sport, typical injury mechanisms and risks associated with training.

Also available in printed form ISBN 9781405162449

Electronic reproduction. Askews and Holts. Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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