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Record Nr.

UNINA9910830691803321

Titolo

Epidemiology of injury in Olympic sports [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Dennis J. Caine, Peter Harmer and Melissa Schiff

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009

ISBN

1-282-30697-9

9786612306976

1-4443-1687-7

1-4443-1688-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (534 p.)

Collana

Encyclopaedia of sports medicine ; ; 16

Altri autori (Persone)

CaineDennis John <1949->

HarmerPeter

SchiffMelissa

Disciplina

614.599

Soggetti

Sports injuries - Epidemiology

Olympics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"An IOC Medical Commission publication."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Part 1: Summer Sports; 1 Aquatics; 2 Archery; 3 Athletics; 4 Badminton; 5 Baseball; 6 Basketball; 7 Boxing; 8 Cycling; 9 Equestrian; 10 Fencing; 11 Field Hockey; 12 Gymnastics; 13 Judo; 14 Modern Pentathlon; 15 Rowing; 16 Sailing; 17 Soccer (Football); 18 Softball; 19 Taekwondo; 20 Team Handball (Handball); 21 Tennis; 22 Triathlon; 23 Volleyball; 24 Weightlifting; 25 Wrestling; Part 2: Winter Sports; 26 Alpine Skiing; 27 Figure Skating; 28 Ice Hockey; 29 Snowboarding; Part 3: Paralympic Sports; 30 Paralympic Sports

Part 4: Injury Prevention and Further Research31 Injury Prevention in Sports; 32 Conclusions and Further Research; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Sommario/riassunto

This new volume in the Encyclopaedia of Sports Medicine series, published under the auspices of the International Olympic Committee, provides a state-of-the- art account of the epidemiology of injury across a broad spectrum of Olympic sports. The book uses the public health model in describing the scope of the injury problem, the



associated risk factors, and in evaluating the current research on injury prevention strategies described in the literature. Epidemiology of Injury in Olympic Sports comprehensively covers what is known about the distribution and determinants of injury and in