ABC of Sports and Exercise Medicine

Greg P. Whyte isProfessor of Applied Sport & Exercise Science, Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Science, Liverpool John Moores University, LiverpoolMike Loosemore is a Physician, The Institute of Sport, University College London, LondonClyde Williams is Professor of Sport Science, School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough

• List of Contributors viiPart I Injury1 Epidemiology of Sports Injuries and Illnesses 1Debbie Palmer-Green2 Immediate Care in Sport 5Andy Smith3 Head Injuries in Sport 10Daniel G. Healy4 Injury of the Face and Jaw 21Keith R. Postlethwaite5 Eye Injuries in Sport 26Caroline J. MacEwen6 Management of Injuries in Children 31Julian Redhead7 Management of Musculoskeletal Injuries in the Mature Athlete 38Khan Karim and Peter D. Brukner8 Medical Care at Major Sporting Events, 41Mike LoosemorePart II System Sport and Exercise Medicine9 Pulmonary Dysfunction in Athletes 44John Dickinson and James Hull10 Infections 50Michael J. Martin11 The Unexplained Underperformance Syndrome (Overtraining Syndrome), 54Richard Budgett and Yorck Olaf Schumacher12 The Female Athlete Triad 58Noel Pollock13 The Athlete’s Heart 62Aneil Malhotra, Greg P. Whyte and Sanjay SharmaPart III Environmental Sport and Exercise Medicine14 Extreme Temperature Sport and Exercise Medicine 67Michael J. Tipton15 Diving Medicine 76Peter T. Wilmshurst16 Altitude Medicine 81Sundeep DhillonPart IV Special Populations17 Physical Activity and Exercise as Medicine 86John Buckley18 Sport, Exercise and Disability 89Nick Webborn19 Sport, Exercise and Obesity 93David Haslam20 Sport and Children 97Neil Armstrong21 Physical Activity and Exercise in Later Life 102Dawn A. Skelton and Finbarr C. MartinPart V Nutrition and Doping22 Nutrition, Energy Metabolism and Ergogenic Supplements 109Clyde Williams23 Drugs in Sport 116Roger Palfreeman24 Psychology of Injury 122Andrew M. LaneIndex 127