Sport medicine

S. Willick, Anthony Webborn

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Abstract

This brand new Handbook addresses Paralympic sports and athletes, providing practical information on the medical issues, biological factors in the performance of the sports and physical conditioning. The book begins with a comprehensive introduction of the Paralympic athlete, followed by discipline-specific reviews from leading authorities in disability sport science, each covering the biomechanics, physiology, medicine, philosophy, sociology and psychology of the discipline. The Paralympic Athlete also addresses recent assessment and training tools to enhance the performance of athletes, particularly useful for trainers and coaches, and examples of best practice on athletes' scientific counseling are also presented. This new title sits in a series of specialist reference volumes, ideal for the use of professionals working directly with competitive athletes.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe paralympic athlete: handbook of sports medicine and science
EditorsY. Vanlandewijck, W. Thompson
Place of PublicationChichester
PublisherWiley-Blackwell
Pages76-90
Number of pages15
ISBN (Print)9781444334043
Publication statusPublished - 21 Jan 2011

Publication series

NameHandbook of Sports Medicine and Science

Keywords

  • Paralympics
  • disabled sport
  • disabled athlete
  • sport medicine

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