Injuries in Athletics: Causes and Consequences

INJURIES IN ATHLETICS: CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES Despite dramatic advances in the physical education of coaches, as well as in the fields of medicine, athletic training and physical therapy, sport-related traumatic injuries are our major concern. It is a matter of fact that athletic injuries, both sin...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Slobounov, Semyon (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2008.
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Table of Contents:
  • Foundations of Injury in Athletics
  • Classification of Injuries in Athletics
  • Science of Training and Injury in Athletics
  • Balance as a Risk Factor for Athletic Injuries
  • Fatigue-Related Injuries in Athletes
  • Nutrition as a Risk Factor for Injury in Elite Athletes
  • Coaches and Athletes' Perspectives of Injury
  • Injury in Athletics: Coaches' Point of View
  • Injury from Athletes' Perspectives
  • Interviews with Injured Athletes
  • Overuse Injuries: Students' Points of View
  • Fitness Assessment in Athletes
  • Psychological Traumas in Athletes
  • Psychological Trauma: Unfortunate Experience in Athletics
  • Fear as Adaptive or Maladaptive Form of Emotional Response
  • Fear of Injury, Kinesiophobia & Perceived Risk
  • Multiple Facets of Pain due to Injury
  • Psychological Trauma: Case Studies
  • Psychological Trauma: Age & Gender Factors
  • Concussion in Athletes
  • Concussion: Why Bother?
  • Concussion Classification: Historical Perspectives and Current Trends
  • Evaluation of Concussion: Signs and Symptoms
  • Traumatic Brain Injuries in Children
  • Injury Rehabilitation
  • Integrated Injury Rehabilitation
  • EEG & Neurofeedback in Rehabilitation
  • Virtual Reality in Injury Rehabilitation.