A Comprehensive Guide to Sports Physiology and Injury Management

an interdisciplinary approach

Stuart Porter, Johnny Wilson (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

572 Seiten

2020
Elsevier Health Sciences (Verlag)
978-0-7020-7489-9 (ISBN)

Infos

Divided into two parts, physiology and sports injury management, this is an innovative clinical- and evidence-based guide, which engages with the latest developments in athletic performance both long and short term. It also considers lower level exercise combined with the pertinent physiological processes. It focuses on the rationale behind diagnostic work up, treatment bias and rehabilitation philosophy, challenging convention within the literature to what really makes sense when applied to sports settings. Drawing upon experts in the field from across the world and various sports settings, it implements critical appraisal throughout with an emphasis on providing practical solutions within sports medicine pedagogy.



Dovetails foundational sports physiology with clinical skills and procedures to effectively manage sports injuries across a variety of settings
Takes an interdisciplinary approach and draws upon both clinical- and evidence-based practice
Contributed by leading international experts including academics, researchers and in-the-field clinicians from a range of sports teams including the Royal Ballet and Chelsea FC
Pedagogical features include learning objectives, clinical tip boxes, summaries, case studies and Editor's commentary to/critique of concepts and techniques across chapters

Autor

Dr Porter has been teaching since 1996 within Higher Education. His passion is undergraduate education and supporting students. He was winner of the first University award for teaching excellence in 2009. In 2015 and 2016 he was nominated by his students for two University teaching awards - best teacher and best post graduate supervisor. Dr Porter lectures mainly on the full time Physiotherapy undergraduate degree programme. He has written nine books with Elsevier publishers that are now translated into eleven languages. His PhD was in Rheumatology from the University of Central Lancashire. His thesis studied the sero negative rheumatological disease Ankylosing Spondylitis. He is a PhD examiner, expert witness and member of the medico legal association of chartered physiotherapists. He is external examiner for the University of Liverpool's MSC PGDip in Veterinary Physiotherapy and has held external examiner positions at the Universities of East London, Liverpool and Bradford. He is a senior fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Prior to working within education, he was a Chartered Physiotherapist within the NHS for 15 years at hospitals achieving Senior I grade. He was also the Physiotherapist to the England Women's football team for three years. this memorable experience allowed him to represent England working with talented individuals both at home and during tours of countries including France, Denmark, Italy, Iceland, Bulgaria, and the Soviet Union. During the summer months he lectures at Corpus Christi College Cambridge where he is Medical Director of studies to medical students at Corpus Christi College.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheinungsdatum: 15.01.2021
• Zusatzinfo: Approx. 300 illustrations (300 in full color); Illustrations
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 191 x 235 mm
• Gewicht: 1360 g
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Sportmedizin
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Physiotherapie / Ergotherapie
• ISBN-10: 0-7020-7489-6 / 0702074896
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7020-7489-9 / 9780702074899
• Zustand: Neuware