CLINICAL SPORTS MEDICINE, 2E - Tapa dura

Sports is an activity that consumes the lives of professional and amateur athletes, but also touches the lives of many others who play for leisure. Preventing, diagnosing and managing sports injuries and maintaining body health for sports is not limited to the sporting elite, but affects a wide cross-section of the population. "Clinical Sports Medicine" is a complete practical guide to sports medicine, covering all aspects of diagnosis and management of sports-related injuries.

Sports is an activity that consumes the lives of professional and amateur athletes, but also touches the lives of many others who play for leisure. Preventing, diagnosing and managing sports injuries and maintaining boy health for sports is not limited to the sporting elite, but affects a wide cross-section of the population. Clinical Sports Medicine is a complete practical guide to sports medicine, covering all aspects of diagnosis and management of sports-related injuries. It adopts an easy-to-use, symptom-oriented approach and uses multidisciplinary methods of treatment and is therefore a vital reference for practitioners in a variety of disciplines - physiotherapists, masseurs, podiatrists, orthopaedic surgeons, chiropractors and general practitioners, as well as sports medicine practitioners. It is also important reading for sports trainers and coaches and students of sports-related subjects. In addition to diagnosis and treatment of sports injuries, the book explores many other important aspects of sports medicine: *fundamental principles of sports medicine *enhancement of sports performance *dealing with special groups of participants, including disabled and older athletes *management of medical problems *practical aspects of sports medicine Second Edition Clinical Sports Medicine is established as a leading text on sports medicine, selling more than 20,000 copies worldwide. this second edition is thoroughly updated with seven new chapters, including a topical chapter on sports medicine, ethics and the law, plus new material on recent developments and approaches to the subject. More than 580 illustrations and photos show presentations and demonstrate treatment techniques.