Sport Injuries: Diagnosis and Management

by Christopher M Norris M Sc C Ac M C S P S R P (Author)

• Used

  Hardcover
  1998

  $6.55

  A complete revision of this highly successful practical handbook, Sports Injuries: Diagnosis and Management now includes: new chapters on exercise therapy, muscle imbalance, sports massage and taping; extensive appendices on manual muscle testing; and, expanded chapters on sport and exercise, sport psychology and specific injuries. Many new diagrams provide an extensively illustrated manual. The existing text has been updated and expanded. It includes new tables and appendices.

• Used

  Hardcover
  2004

  $8.64

  This completely updated and extended edition of the highly successful and practical handbook, Sports Injuries: Diagnosis and Management provides the most comprehensive single source for the management of soft-tissue injuries. Designed and written for clarity, the book provides an equal balance of scientific information and clinical guidance, emphasizing an evidenced-based approach. Divided into 20 chapters, the book covers biomechanics of injury, tissue healing, sports massage, taping, exercise therapy and training, first contact management, gait and detailed coverage of sports injuries to the upper limb, lower limb and trunk. Well referenced and extensively illustrated, this greatly expanded and revised text will continue to be invaluable to physiotherapists, chiropractors, osteopaths, sports and massage therapists, medical practitioners, coaches, trainers and all those involved in the treatment of athletes and sports people.