ABC OF SPORTS AND EXERCISE MEDICINE, 4TH EDITION

The ABC of Sports and Exercise Medicine provides general practitioners with a comprehensive overview of the field of sports medicine. This highly illustrated and thoroughly revised and updated new edition:

- Reflects new developments and current practice
- Includes new chapters on medical care at sporting events, environmental factors of sports and exercise, benefits of exercise in health and disease, nutrition and ergogenic supplements, and the use of drugs in sport
- Covers the benefits of exercise among special populations such as the disabled, obese, pregnant, children and the elderly

Covering the latest topics and including case studies of common sports and exercise medicine conditions, the ABC of Sports and Exercise Medicine is an essential practical guide for general practitioners, family physicians, junior doctors, medical students, physiotherapists, and all health professionals dealing with the treatment and prevention of sports-related injuries.

Author Information
Greg P. Whyte isProfessor of Applied Sport & Exercise Science, Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Science, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool

Mike Loosemore is a Physician, The Institute of Sport, University College London, London

Clyde Williams is Professor of Sport Science, School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough

Table of Contents
List of Contributors vii
PART I INJURY
1 Epidemiology of Sports Injuries and Illnesses 1
2 Immediate Care in Sport 5
3 Head Injuries in Sport 10
4 Injury of the Face and Jaw 21
5 Eye Injuries in Sport 26
6 Management of Injuries in Children 31
7 Management of Musculoskeletal Injuries in the Mature Athlete 38
8 Medical Care at Major Sporting Events 41
PART II SYSTEM SPORT AND EXERCISE MEDICINE
9 Pulmonary Dysfunction in Athletes 44
10 Infections 50
11 The Unexplained Underperformance Syndrome (Overtraining Syndrome) 54
12 The Female Athlete Triad 58
13 The Athlete’s Heart 62
PART III ENVIRONMENTAL SPORT AND EXERCISE MEDICINE
14 Extreme Temperature Sport and Exercise Medicine 67
15 Diving Medicine 76
16 Altitude Medicine 81
PART IV SPECIAL POPULATIONS
17 Physical Activity and Exercise as Medicine 86
18 Sport Exercise and Disability 89
19 Sport Exercise and Obesity 93
20 Sport and Children 97
21 Physical Activity and Exercise in Later Life 102
PART V NUTRITION AND DOPING
22 Nutrition Energy Metabolism and Ergogenic Supplements 109
23 Drugs in Sport 116
24 Psychology of Injury 122
Index 127