UID:
almahu_9948025990702882
Format:
1 online resource (430 pages)
Edition:
4th ed.
ISBN:
0702049298
Content:
Now in its fourth edition with the revised title - Managing Sports Injuries: a guide for students and clinicians - this highly practical guide maintains its evidence-based approach while introducing new material from both research and clinical sources. It is a comprehensive resource for the management of soft-tissue injuries, focusing on therapy. Well referenced and extensively illustrated, this text continues to be invaluable to physiotherapists, sports and massage therapists, medical practitioners, and all those involved in the treatment of athletes and sports people. Full colour text
Note:
Rev. ed. of: Sports injuries / Christopher M. Norris. 3rd ed. 2004.
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Front cover; Front Matter; Managing Sports Injuries; Copyright page; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; Preface to the 4th edition; Chapter 1: Healing; Injury; Inflammation; Repair; Remodelling; Matching treatment to the healing timescale; Individual tissue response to injury; References; Chapter 2: Sports massage; Massage techniques; Practical application of techniques; Effects of massage; Joint mechanics; References; Chapter 3: Taping in sport; Taping materials; Contraindications; Application; Taping mechanisms; Uses; Taping examples; References; Chapter 4: Physical training and injury.
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Principles of trainingFitness; Psychological effects of exercise; Warm-up; Warm-down; Flexibility training; Strength training; Muscle pain; Muscle fatigue; References; Chapter 5: Exercise therapy; Structure vs function; Muscle imbalance; Changes in muscle length; Posture; Segmental control; Proprioceptive training; References; Chapter 6: First contact management; Injury prevention; First aid; Environment and injury; References; Chapter 7: Lower limb motion during walking, running and jumping; Closed and open motion; Joint movements; The gait cycle; Abnormal gait patterns.
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Abnormal biomechanics of the footBiomechanical examination and treatment; References; Chapter 8: The hip and thigh; The hip joint; Screening examination; Muscle injuries; Neural structures and posterior thigh pain; Hip joint pain; The young athlete; Capsular tightening; Hip pointer; Clicking hip syndrome; References; Chapter 9: The knee; Biomechanics of the extensor mechanism; Patellofemoral pain syndrome; Patellar fracture; Patellar dislocation; ITB friction syndrome; Collateral ligament injuries; Cruciate ligaments; The squat exercise in knee rehabilitation; The menisci; Jumper's knee.
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ArthritisSinding-Larsen-Johansson disease; Osgood-Schlatter's syndrome; Tendinitis; Bursitis; Fat pads; References; Chapter 10: The shin; Anterior compartment syndrome; Lateral compartment and superficial peroneal nerve; Posterior compartment; Stress fractures; Tennis leg; Popliteal artery entrapment; Achilles tendon; Accessory soleus muscle; Retrocalcaneal pain; References; Chapter 11: The ankle; Collateral ligaments; Injury; Management of an ankle sprain; Rehabilitation of the injured ankle; Ankle taping; Impingement syndromes; Tendinopathy in association with the malleoli.
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Tarsal tunnel syndromeSubtaloid joint; Mid-tarsal joint; References; Chapter 12: The foot; The first metatarsophalangeal joint; Hallus valgus; Taylor's bunion; Plantar fasciitis; Heel pad; Morton's neuroma; Freiberg's disease; Metatarsalgia; Cuboid syndrome; Accessory movements of the foot; Skin and nail lesions; The sports shoe; References; Chapter 13: The lumbar spine; Structure; Spinal loading; Movements of the spine; End-range spinal stress in sport; Discal injury; Spinal ligaments; Low back pain; Examination of the back; Mechanical therapy; Manual therapy of the lumbar spine.
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Nags and snags.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-336-25748-2
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-7020-3473-8
Language:
English
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