This book is a non-orthopedic approach to sports medicine that will help athletic trainers, sports therapists, physicians, and health practitioners focus on athletes' general health issues. Readers will be able to understand the primary care concerns of athletes, earn their trust, and work more effectively with them
Following the quick-reference format of Blackwell's Primary Care Essentials Series, Sports Medicine focuses on invesigative medthods and action strategies to help organize essential clinical information to best serve your patients.
Written and edited by internationally known experts in primary care sports medicine, this book is the most comprehensive sports medicine reference geared to primary care practitioners.
13.6 Normal electrocardiogram. (Adapted from “ECG Interpretation from pathophysiology to clinical application” by F. Kusumoto (2009), New York: Springer. Springer Publications Copyright) TwaveQRS P wave Purkinje network, terminating in ...
The athlete who has suspected coxsackie virus or influenza virus infection or who has a viral infection with myalgias and fever can safely ... The best way for an athlete to ensure that no training is missed is to prevent illness .
Provides a clinically relevant reference presented in a question-and-answer format designed to be a primary resource for all paediatric providers and health care professionals who work closely with children or young adults with sports ...
... AND RATES These are three main measures of incidence: • Injury risk (incidence proportion or cumulative incidence)—the proportion of athletes who are injured at least once over a defined interval of time (such as a season) • Injury ...
The unique format of this cutting-edge book provides a rapid reference and "quick look-up" for today's busy practitioner.
... on muscle testing • Poor proprioception • Need for frequent manual medicine or manipulation • “Weak” phasic muscles on ... Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship; Virginia Tech and US Ski Team, The Edward Via College of Osteopathic ...
Lancet 2:995–997, 1975 Harris JB (1983) Neurological injuries in winter sports. Phys Sports Med 11:110–122 Hugenholtz H, Richard MT (1982) Return to athletic competition following concussion. Can Med Assoc J 127:827–829 Jordan BD, ...
Sports Medicine for the Primary Care Physician