Sports Medicine and Therapy Books

New and Published Books

1. Routledge Handbook of Motor Control and Motor Learning

   Edited by Albert Gollhofer, Wolfgang Taube, Jens Bo Nielsen

   Series: Routledge International Handbooks

   The Routledge Handbook of Motor Control and Motor Learning is the first book to offer a comprehensive survey of neurophysiological, behavioural and biomechanical aspects of motor function. Adopting an integrative approach, it examines the full range of key topics in contemporary human movement...

   Published December 17th 2012 by Routledge
2. Children and Exercise XXV

   The proceedings of the 25th Pediatric Work Physiology Meeting

   Edited by Georges Baquet, Serge Berthoin

   Children and Exercise XXV presents the latest research in the field of paediatric exercise sciences, focusing on the interaction between physical activity, exercise or sport on the one hand, and nutrition, metabolism regulation, cardio-respiratory function or muscle function on the other....

   Published November 14th 2012 by Routledge
3. 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
4. The Social Organization of Sports Medicine

   Critical Socio-Cultural Perspectives

   Edited by Dominic Malcolm, Parissa Safai

   Series: Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society

   The Social Organization of Sports Medicine is the first book-length overview of the social scientific study of sports medicine, drawing together work from an international cadre of scholars who examine and provide interdisciplinary analysis of the dynamic and multi-faceted relationships between...

   Published August 16th 2012 by Routledge
5. 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
6. The Ethics of Sports Medicine

   Edited by Claudio Tamburrini, Torbjörn Tännsjö

   Series: Ethics and Sport

   The book aims to establish a critical dialogue between sports ethicists and bioethicists across the range of sporting disciplines at elite level. It will address questions such as: are the increasingly intrusive testing methods of elite sports compatible with the right to autonomy and privacy...

   Published January 14th 2012 by Routledge
7. 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
8. Attachment in Sport, Exercise and Wellness

   By Sam Carr

   Series: Routledge Research in Sport and Exercise Science

   Attachment theory is a concept well known to ‘mainstream’ psychologists, informing the literature in areas as diverse as psychodynamics, developmental psychology, social psychology and counselling. This important new book is the first to demonstrate the relevance of attachment theory to the...

   Published October 9th 2011 by Routledge
9. Children and Exercise XXIV

   The Proceedings of the 24th Pediatric Work Physiology Meeting

   Edited by Toivo Jurimae, Neil Armstrong, Jaak Jurimae

   Children and Exercise XXIV presents the latest scientific research into paediatric exercise physiology, endocrinology, kinanthropometry, growth and maturation, and youth sport. Including contributions from a wide-range of leading international experts, the book is arranged into six thematic...

   Published September 29th 2011 by Routledge
10. Strength and Conditioning

    A concise introduction

    By John Cissik

    Strength and Conditioning offers a concise but comprehensive overview of training for athletic performance. Introducing essential theory and practical techniques in all of the core areas of athletic training, the book clearly demonstrates how to apply fundamental principles in putting together...

    Published September 27th 2011 by Routledge