The female athlete / edited by Margo L. Mountjoy.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

International Olympic Committee, issuing body.

Mountjoy, Margo L., editor.

Series:

Handbook of sports medicine and science.

Handbook of Sports Medicine and Science

Standardized Title:

Female athlete (Mountjoy)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sports injuries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (146 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley-Blackwell, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This new International Olympic Committee (IOC) handbook covers the science, medicine and psycho-social aspects of females in sports at all levels of competition. Each chapter focuses on the specific issues that female athletes confront both on and off the field, such as bone health, nutritional recommendations, exercise/competition during menstruation and pregnancy, and much more. Fully endorsed by the IOC and drawing upon the experience of an international team of expert contributors, no other publication deals with the topic in such a concise and complete manner. The Female Athlete is reco

Contents:

Training the female athlete / Suzanne Hecht and Liza Arendt

Injury prevention in the female athlete / Carolyn A. Emery and Constance M. Lebrun

Psychology of the female athlete / Joan L. Duda and Saul Marks

Nutritional guidelines for female athletes / Louise M. Burke

Disordered eating and eating disorders in female athletes / Monica Klungland Torstveit and Jorunn Sundgot-Borgen

Bone health / Naama W. Constantini and Constance M. Lebrun

Menstrual health in the female athlete / Madhusmita Misra

Exercise and pelvic floor dysfunction in female elite athletes / Kari Fasting

Female athlete triad / Marci Goolsby

Hyperandrogenism and gender change / Martin Ritzin

Sexual harassment and abuse in sport : implications for health care providers / Trisha Leahy and Kari Fasting

Exercise and pregnancy / Alejandro Lucia, Jonatan Ruiz, and Ruben Barakat

The paralympic female athlete / Cheri Blauwet.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-118-86220-1

1-118-86225-2

1-118-86201-5

OCLC:

883391808