Sports rehabilitation and injury prevention /
edited by Paul Comfort, Earle Abrahamson.
- Chichester, England ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.
- xx, 528 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.