Dance Injuries
This text is designed for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in exercise physiology and sports nutrition who lack a basic understanding of the science behind exercise biochemistry. Presents essential concepts of biochemistry in a simple and easy to understand format.
The Psychology Of Sport Injury And Rehabilitation
Athletes routinely use psychological skills and interventions for performance enhancement but, perhaps surprisingly, not always to assist in recovery from injury. This book demonstrates the ways in which athletes and practitioners can transfer psychological skills to an injury and rehabilitation setting, to enhance recovery and the well-being of the athlete. Drawing on the very latest research in sport and exercise psychology, this book explores key psychological concepts relating to injury, ex...
Designed for the athletic trainer and sports therapist, this is the definitive guide to the management of sports injuries. Experts from the field of sports medicine have contributed to this comprehensive, updated edition, which addresses all aspects of rehabilitation, including protocols for rehabi
Dieses Lehrbuch bietet einen reichhaltig illustrierten und kompakten UEberblick uber die kausalen Zusammenhange, die bei Bewegungsablaufen im Sport auftreten. Sie erlernen damit die Grundkenntnisse im Fach Biomechanik wie auch die wesentlichen biomechanischen Messverfahren und Methoden zur Datenerhebung und Datenauswertung. Dazu erhalten Sie einen umfassenden Einblick in die Strukturen sportlicher Bewegungen. Dabei steht ersten Bandes die Anwendung biomechanischer Analysen in der Leichtathlet...
ACSM's Certification Review for Health Fitness Instructor and Exercise Leader
by Jeff Roitman and Khalid W. Bibi
ACSM's Health & Fitness Certification Review is a review manual for candidates seeking ACSM's certification in the Health & Fitness Track. The book deals with health related fitness goals for those seeking to pass the ACSM certification. Features include: outline format review for each chapter followed by certification-type review questions; content based on the KSAs (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities) for Exercise Leader and Health Fitness Instructor Certification found in the ACSM Guidelines ;...
Chronische Achillessehnenbeschwerden in der Sportorthopadie. Diagnostik und Therapie
by Marcel Basler
Fitness In-line Skating (Fitness Spectrum S.)
by Suzanne Nottingham and Frank Fedel
Soaring in popularity as a major participant sport worldwide, in-line skating offers everything from fun and fitness to highly competitive training and racing. Fitness In-Line Skating is the first book to provide expert training advice to in-line skaters of all abilities.The perfect training guide to help skaters reach their fitness goals, this easy-to-use reference features 48 different workouts grouped across six different training zones of increasing difficulty. Each color-coded zone is desi...
The Scientific and Clinical Application of Elastic Resistance
by Phillip Page and Todd S Ellenbecker
Gain a solid base in the science behind elastic resistance exercise and learn the latest clinical applications for rehabilitation and fitness. The Scientific and Clinical Application of Elastic Resistance is the most comprehensive guide to elastic resistance exercise.With this expansive reference, students and clinicians will learn how to deliver the most effective clinical and home exercise programs for patients and clients as well as tailor individual programs to improve physical conditioning...
Fitness Cross-country Skiing (Fitness Spectrum S.)
by Steven E. Gaskill
This text features 58 colour-coded workouts challenging skiers according to their fitness and skiing ability, and three sample training programmes show how to put it all together for high-level conditioning, cross-training, or racing. Ski expert Steve Gaskill guides readers through the best skiing workouts, drawing on over 25 years of ski coaching experience, including ten with the US ski team.
Youth Development and Physical Activity
by Don Hellison, Nicholas Cutforth, James Kallusky, Thomas Martinek, Melissa Parker, and Jim Stiehl
Professionals in educational and recreational settings work hard to understand and address the problems faced by underserved youth. Yet the dedicated people in these institutions are often limited in what they can achieve because they tend to remain within the confines of their own work environment rather than sharing their expertise and resources.Instead of accepting this as an unfortunate fact of life, the coauthors of this book see the situation as an opportunity to develop an approach in whi...
You don't need to be a gymnastics expert to teach introductory tumbling. With dozens of skills, drills, and lesson plans for children, ages 5 through 13, Teaching Tumbling makes it easy to incorporate these fundamental skills into your classes. The most complete resource of its kind, Teaching Tumbling outlines 86 basic tumbling skills designed to introduce children to gymnastics safely and correctly, develop their strength and flexibility skills in preparation for physical activities, and enhanc...
Student Learning in Physical Education
by Stephen J. Silverman and Catherine D. Ennis
This volume provides up-to-date research on the physical education curriculum, teaching and teacher-training, and shows physical educators how to apply this knowledge to their day-to-day practices.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The story of how the NFL, over a period of nearly two decades, denied and sought to cover up mounting evidence of the connection between football and brain damage “League of Denial may turn out to be the most influential sports-related book of our time.”—The Boston Globe “Professional football players do not sustain frequent repetitive blows to the brain on a regular basis.” So concluded the National Football League in a December 2005 scientific paper on c...
Physical Activity, Fitness and Health
Can health-care costs be reduced by increasing the overall level of physical activity? What part does heredity play in physical fitness? How does exercise affect the immune system? What is the relationship between physical activity and hypertension? The search for answers to these and other questions brought exercise scientists and health-policy-makers together in Toronto, Canada, in May 1992 for the Second International Consensus Symposium on Physical Activity, Fitness and Health. The findings...
VEGAN DIET for ATHLETES and BODYBUILDERS (Vegan Diet for Athletes and Bodybuilders, #1)
by Antony Day
From casual joggers to competitive triathletes, high school footballers to aging weekend warriors, tens of millions of people enjoy - and get injured enjoying - sports and fitness activities. (High school athletics alone result in more than 2 million injuries a year!) Now, the hobbled masses have an authoritative guide to healing themselves: "The Athletes Book of Home Remedies". This comprehensive guidebook for fitness buffs and sports enthusiasts empowers readers to self diagnose and self-treat...
Athletic Training Case Scenarios
by Keith Gorse, Francis Feld, and Robert Blanc
Every case that athletic trainers respond to is unique, but by exposing themselves to a variety of scenarios, they can be prepared for almost any situation. Case studies are the easiest way to find this information, but oftentimes, they come in the form of informal anecdotes or only relate to very specific subjects. Athletic Training Case Scenarios: Domain-Based Situations and Solutions is designed to fill this gap by providing a large number of studies from all five of the domains of athletic t...
True Stories From the Athletic Training Room
by Keith Gorse, Francis Feld, and Robert Blanc
Are you a student who has made the exciting decision to become an athletic trainer? Are you a faculty member looking to share with your students lessons, tips, and examples of what they can expect from this challenging and rewarding profession? Are you a new clinician just beginning your career and looking ahead to many fulfilling years of working with athletes? Then True Stories from the Athletic Training Room is the perfect text for you.True Stories from the Athletic Training Room is a collect...