Sports Medicine Books

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11. Drugs in Sport

    5th Edition

    By David R. Mottram

    Edited by David R. Mottram

    Drug use and abuse is perhaps the biggest challenge facing sport today. However, in the eye of the storm of public and press opinion and with medals and morals at stake, it can be difficult to gain a clear perspective on this complex issue. Drugs in Sport is the most comprehensive and accurate text...

    Published November 8th 2010 by Routledge
12. Routledge Handbook of Biomechanics and Human Movement Science

    Edited by Youlian Hong, Roger Bartlett

    Series: Routledge International Handbooks

    The Routledge Handbook of Biomechanics and Human Movement Science is a landmark work of reference. Now available in a concise paperback edition, it offers a comprehensive and in-depth survey of current theory, research and practice in sports, exercise and clinical biomechanics, in both established...

    Published June 10th 2010 by Routledge
13. Pharmacology, Doping and Sports

    A Scientific Guide for Athletes, Coaches, Physicians, Scientists and Administrators

    Edited by Jean L. Fourcroy

    The work of dope testers is constantly being obstructed by the development of ever harder-to-trace new forms of banned substances. Organisations such as the World Anti-Doping Association and the United States Anti-Doping Agency are pioneering cutting-edge techniques ...

    Published February 4th 2010 by Routledge
14. The Ethics of Doping and Anti-Doping

    Redeeming the Soul of Sport?

    By Verner Møller

    Series: Ethics and Sport

    With every positive drugs test the credibility and veracity of modern elite sport is diminished. In this radical and provocative critique of current anti-doping policy and practice, Verner Møller argues that the fight against doping – promoted as an initiative to cleanse sport of cheats – is at...

    Published August 16th 2009 by Routledge
15. Kinanthropometry Laboratory Manual

    Anthropometry and Exercise Physiology

    Edited by Roger Eston, Tom Reilly

    Kinanthropometry is the study of human body size, shape and form and how those characteristics relate to human movement and sporting performance. In this fully updated and revised edition of the classic guide to kinathropometric theory and practice, leading international sport and exercise...

    Published September 29th 2008 by Routledge
16. Key Topics in Sports Medicine

    Edited by A.A. Narvani, P. Thomas, B. Lynn

    Students have often commented on the need for a concise textbook on sports medicine that presents the essential information otherwise scattered across several much larger medical textbooks on other topics. Addressing this need, Key Topics in Sports Medicine makes effective use of the successful Key...

    Published September 7th 2006 by Routledge
17. Exercise, Health and Mental Health

    Emerging Relationships

    Edited by Guy E.J. Faulkner, Adrian H. Taylor

    Exercise, Health and Mental Health provides an introduction to this emerging field and a platform for future research and practice. Written by internationally acclaimed exercise, health and medical scientists, it is the first systematic review of the evidence for the potential role of exercise...

    Published December 19th 2005 by Routledge
18. Pain and Injury in Sport

    Social and Ethical Analysis

    Edited by Sigmund Loland, Berit Skirstad, Ivan Waddington

    Series: Ethics and Sport

    For elite athletes, pain and injury are normal. In a challenge to the orthodox medical model, this book makes it clear that pain and injury cannot be understood in terms of physiology alone, and examines the influence of social and cultural processes on how athletes experience pain and injury. It...

    Published December 15th 2005 by Routledge
19. Drugs in Sport

    3rd Edition

    Edited by David Mottram, David Mottram

    Drug use and abuse represents perhaps the most profound and high-profile issue facing sport today. Each major international championship seems to deliver a new drug-related controversy, while drug takers and sports administrators attempt to out-manoeuvre each other with new substances and new...

    Published January 8th 2003 by Routledge
20. Biomechanics and Medicine in Swimming VII

    By A.P. Hollander, D. Strass, J. Troup

    Following on from the successful Biomechanics and Medicine in Swimming VI proceedings which covered the conference held in Liverpool, this book contains all twelve of the keynote addresses and selected, edited and revised papers presented at the Swimming Science VII conference in Atlanta. Leading...

    Published October 30th 1996 by Routledge