Allied Health Books

New and Published Books

1. The Psychology of Sport Injury and Rehabilitation

   Edited by Monna Arvinen-Barrow, Natalie Walker

   Athletes routinely use psychological skills and interventions for performance enhancement but, perhaps surprisingly, not always to assist in recovery from injury. This book demonstrates the ways in which athletes and practitioners can transfer psychological skills to an injury and rehabilitation...

   Published April 3rd 2013 by Routledge
2. Team Physician Manual

   International Federation of Sports Medicine (FIMS)

   Edited by Lyle Micheli, Fabio Pigozzi, Kai-Ming Chan, Walter Frontera, Norbert Bachl, Angela Smith, S. Talia Alenabi

   The FIMS Team Physician Manual is the official sports medicine handbook of the International Federation of Sports Medicine (FIMS), the world’s oldest sports medicine organization. Now in a fully revised and updated third edition, the book offers a complete guide to the background knowledge,...

   Published October 21st 2012 by Routledge
3. Occupational Health Services

   A Practical Approach, 2nd Edition

   By Tee L. Guidotti, M. Suzanne Arnold, David G. Lukcso, Judith Green-McKenzie, Joel Bender, Mark A. Rothstein, Frank H. Leone, Karen O'Hara, Marion Stecklow

   Workers and their families, employers, and society as a whole benefit when providers deliver the best quality of care to injured workers and when they know how to provide effective services for both prevention and fitness for duty and understand why, instead of just following regulations. Designed...

   Published September 10th 2012 by Routledge
4. Body Composition in Sport, Exercise and Health

   Edited by Arthur Stewart, Laura Sutton

   The analysis of body composition (fat, bone and muscle) is an important process throughout the biomedical sciences. This is the first book to offer a clear and detailed introduction to the key methods and techniques in body composition analysis and to explain the importance of body composition data...

   Published June 6th 2012 by Routledge
5. Nutrition and Metabolism in Sports, Exercise and Health

   By Jie Kang

   A key determinant of successful athletic performance is the high-level energy transformation which begins with combustion of the food that we eat. By developing a sound understanding of good nutrition we can improve athletic performance, help maintain good health and prevent disease. This clear and...

   Published February 23rd 2012 by Routledge
6. Sports Biomechanics

   Reducing Injury Risk and Improving Sports Performance, 2nd Edition

   By Roger Bartlett, Melanie Bussey

   When working with sports men and women, the biomechanist is faced with two apparently incompatible goals: reducing injury risk and improving sports performance. Now in a fully updated and revised edition, Sports Biomechanics introduces the fundamental principles that underpin our understanding of...

   Published November 2nd 2011 by Routledge