Unique considerations of the female athlete /

Brunet, Michael,

Unique considerations of the female athlete / Michael Brunet. - xvii, 312 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to the Female Athlete -- Women and Sport Participation -- Gender Differences in Anatomy -- Performance Eating for the Female Athlete -- Understanding the Female Athlete Triad -- The Female Athlete Triad -- Eating Disorders and Disordered Eating -- Amenorrhea and the Physiology of the Menstrual Cycle -- Osteoporosis in the Female Athlete -- Managing the Athlete with an Eating Disorder -- Components of an Eating Disorder Program -- Development of the Eating Disorder Policy -- Development of the Eating Disorder Referral Program -- Screening Tools for Eating Disorders -- The Role of the Certified Athletic Trainer in Managing Athletes with Disordered Eating and Eating Disorders -- Anatomical and Physiological Characteristics Unique to the Female Athlete -- Cardiac Complications Related to Eating Disorders -- Exercise and Fertility in the Female Athlete -- Core Stabilization for the Female Athlete -- Anemia and the Female Athlete -- Anterior Cruciate Ligamentous Issues. Section 1. 1. 2. 3. Section 2. 4. 5. 6. 7. Section 3. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. Section 4. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17.

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Women athletes--Health and hygiene
Women athletes--Wounds and injuries
Women athletes--Physiology
Women athletes--Training of
Sports injuries
Women.
Sports medicine.

RC1218.W65 / B78 2010

613.7045

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