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Title Sports rehabilitation and injury prevention / edited by Paul Comfort, Earle Abrahamson
Published Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010

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 MELB  617.1027 Com/Sra  AVAILABLE
Description xx, 528 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Contents Introduction to sport injury management -- Injury prevention and screening -- Assessment and needs analysis -- Pathophysiology of skeletal muscle injuries -- Tendons -- Pathophysiology of ligament injuries -- Pathophysiology of skeletal injuries -- Peripheral nerve injuries -- An introduction to periodisation -- Management of acute sport injury -- Musculoskeletal assessment -- Progressive systematic functional rehabilitation -- Strength and conditioning -- Nutritional considerations for performance and rehabilitation -- Psychology and sports rehabilitation -- Clinical reasoning -- Shoulder injuries in sport -- The elbow -- Wrist and hand injuries in sport -- The groin in sport -- The knee -- Ankle complex injuries in sport -- The foot in sport
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Sports injuries.
Author Abrahamson, Earle.
Comfort, Paul.
LC no. 2010005619
ISBN 0470985623 (cloth)
0470985631 (paperback)
9780470985625 (cloth)
9780470985632 (paperback)