23.04.2007 at 19:25
- Category:
Sport Medicine
Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc. is pleased to announce the publication of Conservative Management of Sports Injuries, Second Edition by Thomas E. Hyde and Marianne Gengenbach. This comprehensive text embraces the philosophy of “active” conservative care and encourages a multidisciplinary team approach to the treatment and rehabilitation of athletic injuries. In addition to site specific sports injuries, including ankle, spine, knee, and shoulder injuries, the book’s chapters address the sports medicine aspects of medicolegal issues, the physiology of exercise, diagnostic imaging, strength and conditioning, nutrition, and anabolic steroid use in sports. The second edition also includes specific information on women, young athletes, senior athletes, and the extreme athlete.
Conservative Management of Sports Injuries, Second Edition, is an essential text for all sports medicine students, as well as chiropractors, athletic trainers, physical therapists, physiatrists, orthopaedic surgeons, and other sports medicine professionals.
Key features of the new Second Edition:
- Includes updated information based on suggestions from a survey of over
200 first edition users in both institutional and professional settings - Contains new chapters on:
- Soft Tissue Techniques for Athletic Injuries
- Active Release Technique
- Tendinosis
- Nimmo Technique
- The Graston Technique of Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization
- Nerve Injuries in Competitive Sports
- The Spine in Sports
- Heart Disease and the Athlete
- The Extreme Athlete
- Sports Nutrition
- Conservative Rehabilitation of Athletic Injuries
- Rehabilitation of Sports Injuries of the Spine
- General Principles and Research Findings on Taping and Bracing
- Uses a very thorough, body region approach to sports injuries, including the head, spine, upper and lower extremities
- Many of the original tables, diagrams, and photos have been revised
- Includes 50 new illustrations and more than 1,000 new references
- Offers comprehensive, important information in a single volume
To learn more about this title, please visit http://www.jbpub.com/catalog/0763732524/
