Sports and Soft Tissue Injuries

A Guide for Students and Therapists

Christopher Norris (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

658 Seiten

2018 | 5th edition
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-10658-1 (ISBN)

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Sports and Soft Tissue Injuries is a focused, visual reference guide, featuring brand new full colour photographs,the book offers in-depth, evidence-based, practical guidance on the therapeutic treatment of injuries for students, practising athletic trainers, sport therapists and physiotherapists.

The fifth edition of the retitled Sports and Soft Tissue Injuries sharpens its focus on the treatment of sports injuries, providing the most complete evidence-based guide for physiotherapists, sports therapists and medical practitioners working with athletes.

Opening with chapters that examine the underlying science of tissue healing and principles of rehabilitation, the book employs a systematic approach, with chapters covering each area of the body, from facial through to ankle and foot injuries. Every chapter includes in-depth discussion and guidance on the treatment of common sports injuries through physiotherapeutic modalities, drawing on the author’s wealth of personal experience and the latest peer-reviewed research.

A complete pedagogical resource, Sports and Soft Tissue Injuries is highly illustrated in full colour, and is an important text for students of sports therapy, physiotherapy, sport medicine and athletic training, interesting further reading for sport and exercise science or kinesiology students with an interest in sports injury, and a crucial reference for practicing physiotherapists and athletic trainers and the related disciplines.

Christopher M. Norris is a Chartered Physiotherapist (MCSP) and runs his own physiotherapy practice, Norris Health, in Cheshire, UK. He gained an MSc in Exercise Science from the University of Liverpool, UK, and a PhD on spinal rehabilitation from Staffordshire University, UK. He also holds postgraduate certification in Occupational Health, Orthopaedic Medicine and Medical Education.

1. Healing, 2. Rehabilitation Science, 3. The Hip Joint, 4. The Knee, 5. The Shin, 6. The Ankle, 7. The Foot, 8. The Lumbar Spine, 9. The Thorax and Thoracic Spine, 10. The Cervical Spine, 11. The Face and Head, 12. The Shoulder, 13. The Elbow, 14. The Wrist and Hand

Erscheinungsdatum	19.09.2018
Zusatzinfo	300 Line drawings, color; 250 Halftones, color
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	189 x 246 mm
Gewicht	453 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Sportmedizin
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Physiotherapie / Ergotherapie ► Rehabilitation
ISBN-10	1-138-10658-5 / 1138106585
ISBN-13	978-1-138-10658-1 / 9781138106581
Zustand	Neuware