List of Contributors vii
PART I INJURY
1 Epidemiology of Sports Injuries and Illnesses 1
Debbie Palmer-Green
2 Immediate Care in Sport 5
Andy Smith
3 Head Injuries in Sport 10
Daniel G. Healy
4 Injury of the Face and Jaw 21
Keith R. Postlethwaite
5 Eye Injuries in Sport 26
Caroline J. MacEwen
6 Management of Injuries in Children 31
Julian Redhead
7 Management of Musculoskeletal Injuries in the Mature Athlete 38
Khan Karim and Peter D. Brukner
8 Medical Care at Major Sporting Events 41
Mike Loosemore
PART II SYSTEM SPORT AND EXERCISE MEDICINE
9 Pulmonary Dysfunction in Athletes 44
John Dickinson and James Hull
10 Infections 50
Michael J. Martin
11 The Unexplained Underperformance Syndrome (Overtraining Syndrome) 54
Richard Budgett and Yorck Olaf Schumacher
12 The Female Athlete Triad 58
Noel Pollock
13 The Athlete’s Heart 62
Aneil Malhotra Greg P. Whyte and Sanjay Sharma
PART III ENVIRONMENTAL SPORT AND EXERCISE MEDICINE
14 Extreme Temperature Sport and Exercise Medicine 67
Michael J. Tipton
15 Diving Medicine 76
Peter T.Wilmshurst
16 Altitude Medicine 81
Sundeep Dhillon
PART IV SPECIAL POPULATIONS
17 Physical Activity and Exercise as Medicine 86
John Buckley
18 Sport Exercise and Disability 89
Nick Webborn
19 Sport Exercise and Obesity 93
David Haslam
20 Sport and Children 97
Neil Armstrong
21 Physical Activity and Exercise in Later Life 102
Dawn A. Skelton and Finbarr C. Martin
PART V NUTRITION AND DOPING
22 Nutrition Energy Metabolism and Ergogenic Supplements 109
Clyde Williams
23 Drugs in Sport 116
Roger Palfreeman
24 Psychology of Injury 122
Andrew M. Lane
Index 127
ABC of Sports and Exercise Medicine. ISBN 9781118777510. Published by Wiley Blackwell in 2015. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.