Oxford Handbook of Sport and Exercise Medicine / Edition 2

by Domhnall MacAuley

Overview

Fully revised and updated for the second edition, with a new section on the older patient and expanded advice on physiotherapy and rehabilitation programmes, the Oxford Handbook of Sport and Exercise Medicine is an indispensable companion for any professional working in sport and exercise medicine.

Sport medicine is an evolving discipline. This handbook brings together the common problems and diagnoses with a focused summary of the latest strategies, management plans, and evidence-based protocols. Authored by leading figures in sport and exercise medicine, this handbook is specially designed to cover the curriculum for postgraduate sport and exercise medicine exams. It presents the core knowledge in a concentrated and concise format. Arranged by system, it focuses on the needs of the patient and offers an immediate guide to all aspects of diagnosis and treatment, exercise benefits, and epidemiology. Practical, accessible, and clinically based, this is the single global handbook for the undergraduate, postgraduate or experienced specialist.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199660155
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	12/29/2012
Series:	Oxford Medical Handbooks
Edition description:	2nd Revised ed.
Pages:	784
Product dimensions:	4.00(w) x 7.00(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Domhnall MacAuley is a specialist in sport and exercise medicine and a senior editor at the BMJ. He was senior research fellow at the Queen's University of Belfast and Professor of Primary Health Care (Research) at the University of Ulster. He has published more than 250 scholarly articles, including 7 books and 75+ original research papers and is a former editor of the British Journal of Sports Medicine. He was one of the first to be awarded specialist accreditation in sport and exercise medicine in the UK and was on the advisory board for the formation of the Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, the first such Faculty in the British Isles.

He was awarded the Duke of Edinburgh Prize by the Institute of Sport and Exercise Medicine in 2010 and, in 2011, received the Robert Campbell Memorial Medal from the Ulster Medical Society. He has a wide interest in many sports and has competed at the Commonwealth Games and World Championships.

Table of Contents

1. Immediate care2. Sports injury3. Physiotherapy and rehabilitation4. Benefits of exercise5. Exercise physiology6. Metabolic7. Aids to performance8. Disability9. Arthritis10. Cardiorespiratory11. Infectious diseases12. Dermatology13. Women14. Older people15. Head injury and concussion16. Spine17. Shoulder18. Elbow and forearm19. Wrist and hand20. Abdomen21. Hip and pelvis22. Knee23. Lower leg and ankle24. Foot25. The team physician