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Managing Sports Injuries

a guide for students and clinicians

  • 4 Edición - 28 de junio de 2011
  • Última edición
  • Autor: Christopher M Norris
  • Idioma: Inglés

Now in its fourth edition with the revised title – Managing Sports Injuries: a guide for students and clinicians – this highly practical guide maintains its evidence-based a… Leer más

Descripción

Now in its fourth edition with the revised title – Managing Sports Injuries: a guide for students and clinicians – this highly practical guide maintains its evidence-based approach while introducing new material from both research and clinical sources. It is a comprehensive resource for the management of soft-tissue injuries, focusing on therapy.

Well referenced and extensively illustrated, this text continues to be invaluable to physiotherapists, sports and massage therapists, medical practitioners, and all those involved in the treatment of athletes and sports people.

Puntos claves

  • Comprehensive single source for the management of soft tissue injuries by physiotherapists
  • Covers all major areas of the body as well as biomechanics, massage and exercise therapy
  • Accessible approach enables readers to ‘dip into’ the text alongside their patient notes and apply techniques immediately
  • Helpful treatment notes for the clinician makes this book a great resource for brushing up on your skills when out in the field
  • Multidisciplinary approach appeals to physical therapists, athletic trainers and exercise teachers

De interès para

Physiotherapists (undergraduates, postgraduates, practitioners). Sports physicians; team coaches.

Índice

Section I Diagnosis

1. Healing

2. Sports massage

3. Taping in sport

4. Physical training and injury

5. Exercise therapy

6. First contact management

7. Lower limb motion during walking, running and jumping

Section II Management

8. The hip and thigh

9. The knee

10. The shin

11. The ankle

12. The foot

13. The lumbar spine

14. The thorax and thoracic spine

15. The cervical spine

16. Facial injury

17. The shoulder

18. The elbow

19. The wrist and hand

Detalles del producto

  • Edición: 4
  • Última edición
  • Publicado: 28 de junio de 2011
  • Idioma: Inglés

Sobre el autor

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Christopher M Norris

Visiting lecturer to Salford University and Manchester Metropolitan University; Director of Norris Associates, Physiotherapists
Afiliaciones y experiencia
Director of Norris Associates, Physiotherapists, Sale, Manchester; Visiting lecturer to Salford University and Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK

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