| Description |
1 online resource (x, 282 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color) |
| Contents |
Section I: General considerations and assessment. Incidence, prevalence, and risk factors of running-related injuries: an epidemiologic review -- Training principles for the runner -- Evaluation of the injured runner -- Exercise-associated collapse: on-the-field and in-office assessment -- Mass participation endurance event -- Sport psychology for the runner: injury, rehabilitation, and recovery -- Section II: Biomechanics and rehabilitation. Running gait assessment -- Influence of step rate on running mechanics -- The interaction of foot strike and footwear in runners -- Considerations in the selection of a running shoe -- Rehabilitation principles of the injured runner -- Anti-gravity treadmill training for prevention and rehabilitation of running injuries -- Deep water running for prevention and rehabilitation of running injuries -- Section III: Musculoskeletal injuries. Bone stress injuries -- Bone health of the runner: metabolic workup and impact on fracture risk -- Osteoarthritis and running -- Hip, pelvis, and thigh injuries in runners -- Knee injuries in runners -- Exertional leg pain in runners -- Ankle and foot injuries in runners -- Section IV: Special considerations for specific populations. Caring for and counseling the youth runner -- Caring for and counseling the peripartum runner -- Caring for and counseling the ultramarathoner |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from electronic title page (ClinicalKey, viewed December 13, 2019) |
| Subject |
Runners (Sports) -- Medical care
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Running injuries.
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Sports medicine.
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Running -- injuries
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Sports Medicine
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Sports medicine
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Running injuries
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Harrast, Mark A., editor.
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| ISBN |
9780323679503 |
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0323679501 |
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