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When all you need is a basic understanding of manual muscle testing. When concise and illustrative examples of manual muscle testing techniques will provide exactly what the rehabilitation professional needs, look to Cram Session in Manual Muscle Testing: A Handbook for Students & Clinicians for quick and “at your fingertips” facts. Cram Session in Manual Muscle Testing: A Handbook for Students & Clinicians by Lynn Van Ost is a succinct and descriptive quick reference that provides the rehabili...

This new volume in the Encyclopaedia of Sports Medicine series, published under the auspices of the International Olympic Committee, delivers an up-to-date, state of the art presentation of the scientific aspects of conditioning, injury prevention, and competition. The book covers the key areas of scientific knowledge in sport and is divided into: physiology and biochemistry; nutrition; anthropometry; immunology; cell biology; biomechanics, engineering and ergonomics; psychology; pharmacology; l...

This volume presents a review of current research on the relationships between dietary intake, growth, physical activity and exercise in different environments throughout the world, and their impact on health and physical fitness. The combined influence of heredity and environment on the potential for growth and functional development has been hotly debated for many years. Amongst the more critical environmental factors commonly considered are nutrition, physical activity and motor stimulation....

A visual and interactive text for measuring and developing human performance, this software package includes a book accompanied by an IBM-compatible disk or an Apple-compatible disk. The text explains the theories and prinicples of measurement, taking the student through computer applications and practical physical education science problems and solutions. Students can use MYSTAT to conduct the tasks assigned in the text, as well as create and analyze their own real and hypothetical data sets. T...

A guide to step aerobics provides advice on how to begin, the proper way to step, and warming up and cooling down, and includes sample workouts.

This practical resource provides lesson plans, worksheets, log and journal pages and much more to help teach all students about lifelong heart fitness using heart rate monitors as tools. Self-directed learning, goal setting and self-motivation are all emphasized in the lessons. Rationales for using heart rate monitors and heart zone training in health and physical education curricula make this title the firt comprehensive heart monitoring text available for young people. Key features include: 17...

Dr. Ruben Acosta has built the International Volleyball Federation from a $100,000 operation to a $200,000,000 organization through his great understanding of sport marketing and management. In his book, Managing Sport Organizations, Dr. Acosta conveys his marketing and management insights and expertise. As a result, you will be able to build a successful sport program on the local, national, or international level.Dr. Acosta offers straightforward advice to improve communication objectives, pu...

Non-Orthopedic Emergency Care in Athletics is a textbook that will help instruct athletic training students, certified athletic trainers, and other health care providers about the emergency medical situations they can potentially face throughout their careers. Francis Feld, Keith M. Gorse, and Robert O. Blanc, along with their contributors, have covered the most crucial types of serious medical emergencies that may be encountered in sports. Also included is material for each of the Domains liste...

Newly updated with the latest professional content standards, Clinical Pathology for Athletic Trainers: Recognizing Systemic Disease, Fourth Edition provides insight on medical conditions frequently encountered in athletic training. Consistent with the profession’s shift toward the medical model, this Fourth Edition is complemented by the addition of a sports medicine physician’s perspective. Drs. Rehal A. Bhojani, Daniel P. O’Connor, and A. Louise Fincher have written this new edition to emphas...

This text presents a teaching approach that uses sport and exercise to help young people take responsibility for themselves and the well-being of others. The author draws on his own experience to provide educators and youth workers with proven strategies on: using the gymnasium, playground and playing field as centres for building student self-esteem; improving the quality of education classes, extended day care programmes, diversion programmes and organized sports programmes; and putting the ch...

This second edition shows non-specialists how to develop a realistic and workable approach to teaching physical education. It aims to make physical education worthwhile, practical and fun for both students and teachers. The text provides the reader with a basic physical education curriculum and concrete, realistic, user-friendly suggestions for how to implement this curriculum. It is written specifically for the non-specialist and explains how to work together with students to plan, instruct and...

This book offers descriptions and illustrations of plyometric exercises for nearly every sport and every part of the body.

This text details how sport can help students learn fair play, leadership and "followship" skills and self-responsibility in addition to becoming competent players. It shows physical educators how to implement effective sport education programmes within their physical education classes to achieve these goals. The author explains his sport education model and provides school-tested plans for applying the model to specific sports and activities. Part 1 describes the sport education model and the c...

This updated, expanded second edition of the popular The Personal Trainer's Handbook, provides practical advice for individuals who want to start their own personal training business and for those who want to improve their existing practices. This second edition is an easy-to-use reference that covers everything from designing fitness programmes to handling clients.

This book combines the sport sciences of biomechanics, motor learning, exercise physiology, and sport psychology into one comprehensive volume. Every tennis coach can benefit from techniques designed to help them increase players' speed and improve reaction time, evaluate players' strengths and weaknesses, correct players' performance problems, maximize the effectiveness of drills and practices, scout opponents to better coach their players during competition, and help their players develop comp...

Now in a fully revised and updated 6th edition, reflecting changes in legislation and cutting-edge research, this is a complete introduction to adapted physical education, from the underpinning science to practical teaching strategies and program design. The book covers a broader range of disabilities, developmental disorders, and health conditions than any other textbook and includes brand new material on developmental coordination disorders and cognitive development. Full of teaching and coa...

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