Musculoskeletal Health in Women

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Mody, Elinor (Editor), Matzkin, Elizabeth (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Orthopedics.; Sports medicine.; Medicine & Public Health.; Sports Medicine.

Musculoskeletal Health in Women aims to provide fitness advice tailored to women. As women are more prone to specific injuries than men are, due to differences in hip and knee anatomy as well as hormonal differences, this book will provides a fully-illustrated and comprehensive overview of all aspec...

Table of Contents:

• 1. The Female Athlete Triad
• 2. Nutritional Recommendations for the Young and Aging Female
• 3. Women’s Bone Health: Breathing Life into the Skeleton
• 4. Upper Limb Nerve Entrapment Syndromes
• 5. Lower Limb Nerve Entrapment Syndromes
• 6. Osteoarthritis and Gender-Specific Joint Replacement
• 7. Nutraceuticals: An Alternative for Osteoarthritis Management
• 8. Alternative Exercixe for Women.