Sports Medicine: Just the Facts

The basis of injury risk lies within the balance of intrinsic and extrinsic control. Intrinsic factors rep- resent each specifi ...

CHAPTER 72 • FOOTWEAR AND ORTHOTICS 439 •Foot structure plays a significant role in the quantity of force transmitted to bone an ...

midsole and less proprioceptive feedback for stability (Barnes and Smith, 1994). Shoes with a softer durometer midsole allowed ...

CHAPTER 72 • FOOTWEAR AND ORTHOTICS 441 Eng J, Pierrynowski M: Evaluation of soft foot orthotics in the treatment of patellofemo ...

Razeghi M, Batt M: Biomechanical analysis of the effect of orthotic shoe inserts—A review of the literature. Sports Med 29(6):42 ...

CHAPTER 73 • TAPING AND BRACING 443 Two strips of coverstrip are placed over the AC joint in an anterior to posterior direction ...

One strip is placed around the wrist. A “figure of eight” is placed around the thumb. A strip of elastikon or other stretch tap ...

CHAPTER 73 • TAPING AND BRACING 445 ANKLE TAPING Inversion taping:Used prophylactically to prevent lateral ankle sprains. (Fig. ...

SHOULDER Instability brace: For glenohumeral instability. Brace restricts abduction and external rotation. Figure eight brace: ...

CHAPTER 74 • PSYCHOLOGIC CONSIDERATIONS IN EXERCISE AND SPORT 447 or jogging three times a week) and antidepressant medication ( ...

1.Overtraining can be characterized by fatigue, depression, restlessness, and increased resting heart rate to name a few (Sachtl ...

CHAPTER 74 • PSYCHOLOGIC CONSIDERATIONS IN EXERCISE AND SPORT 449 (e.g., diminished strength, power, and speed) and the increase ...

cases (Jacobson, 2003). For any athlete present- ing with amenorrhea the differential diagnosis should always include anorexia n ...

CHAPTER 74 • PSYCHOLOGIC CONSIDERATIONS IN EXERCISE AND SPORT 451 examined 45 studies that used either relaxation-based, cogniti ...

SPECIALTY CONSULTATION FOR PERFORMANCE ISSUES OR INJURY REHABILITATION CONCERNS It is important that physicians be vigilant of ...

CHAPTER 75 • COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE 453 Sachtleben TR: Overtraining, in Mellion MB, Putakian M, Madden CC (eds.) ...

Common sense and common experience suggest that CAM use should be regarded as the rule, not the exception, in athletes. Athlete ...

CHAPTER 75 • COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE 455 HOW DOI ADVISEMYPATIENTS ABOUTCAM THERAPIES? •Ninety-five percent of pat ...

by Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in near future. Ephedra/caffeine combinations are already banned by FDA. Subsequently sold ...

CHAPTER 75 • COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE 457 however, the potential for severe herb–herb and drug–herb interactions—i ...