Sports Injury Prevention (Olympic Handbook Of Sports Medicine)

ThisvolumeintheHandbookofSportsMedicineandScienceseriesisapracticalguideonthepreventionofsportsinjuries.ItcoversallOlympicsports,plusadditionalsportactivitieswithinternationalcompetition,suchasrugby.Focusingonreducingthepotentialforinjuries,thebookisorganisedbyregionsofthebody.Therearealsochaptersontheimportanceofinjurypreventionanddevelopinganinjurypreventionprogramwithinateam.Theauthorsidentifytheriskfactorsforspecificinjuriesineachsport,typicalinjurymechanismsandrisksassociatedwithtraining.