Sports Medicine and Therapy Books

New and Published Books

1. Towards a Social Science of Drugs in Sport

   Edited by Jason Mazanov

   Series: Sport in the Global Society – Contemporary Perspectives

   The debate around the role of drugs in sport is vibrant. There is a wealth of evidence from the hard end of science, telling us how drugs work, how drug testing works, and how many athletes have fallen foul of the system. The evidence from social science is still building momentum. For example,...

   Published May 9th 2013 by Routledge
2. Routledge Handbook of Physical Activity and Mental Health

   Edited by Panteleimon Ekkekakis

   Series: Routledge International Handbooks

   A growing body of evidence shows that physical activity can be a cost-effective and safe intervention for the prevention and treatment of a wide range of mental health problems. As researchers and clinicians around the world look for evidence-supported alternatives and complements to established...

   Published April 22nd 2013 by Routledge
3. Science and Football VII

   The Proceedings of the Seventh World Congress on Science and Football

   Edited by Hiroyuki Nunome, Barry Drust, Brian Dawson

   Science and Football VII showcases the very latest scientific research into the variety of sports known as ‘football’. These include soccer, the national codes (American football, Australian rules football and Gaelic football), and the rugby codes (union and league). Bridging the gap between theory...

   Published April 15th 2013 by Routledge
4. Children and Exercise XXVII

   The Proceedings of the XXVIIth International Symposium of the European Group of Pediatric Work Physiology, September, 2011

   Edited by Craig Williams, Neil Armstrong

   Children and Exercise XXVII presents the latest scientific research into paediatric sport and exercise science and medicine, including contributions from a wide range of leading international experts and early career researchers. The book begins with chapters devoted to the five invited...

   Published April 11th 2013 by Routledge
5. Attachment in Sport, Exercise and Wellness

   By Sam Carr

   Series: Routledge Research in Sport and Exercise Science

   Attachment theory is a concept well known to ‘mainstream’ psychologists, informing the literature in areas as diverse as psychodynamics, developmental psychology, social psychology and counselling. This important new book is the first to demonstrate the relevance of attachment theory to the...

   Published April 11th 2013 by Routledge
6. The Psychology of Sport Injury and Rehabilitation

   Edited by Monna Arvinen-Barrow, Natalie Walker

   Athletes routinely use psychological skills and interventions for performance enhancement but, perhaps surprisingly, not always to assist in recovery from injury. This book demonstrates the ways in which athletes and practitioners can transfer psychological skills to an injury and rehabilitation...

   Published April 3rd 2013 by Routledge
7. Routledge Handbook of Sports Performance Analysis

   Edited by Tim McGarry, Peter O'Donoghue, Jaime Sampaio

   Series: Routledge International Handbooks

   Sport performance analysis techniques help coaches, athletes and sport scientists develop an objective understanding of actual sport performance, as opposed to self-report, fitness tests or laboratory based experiments. For example, contemporary performance analysis enables elite sports people and...

   Published February 13th 2013 by Routledge
8. Routledge Handbook of Motor Control and Motor Learning

   Edited by Albert Gollhofer, Wolfgang Taube, Jens Bo Nielsen

   Series: Routledge International Handbooks

   The Routledge Handbook of Motor Control and Motor Learning is the first book to offer a comprehensive survey of neurophysiological, behavioural and biomechanical aspects of motor function. Adopting an integrative approach, it examines the full range of key topics in contemporary human movement...

   Published December 17th 2012 by Routledge
9. Children and Exercise XXV

   The proceedings of the 25th Pediatric Work Physiology Meeting

   Edited by Georges Baquet, Serge Berthoin

   Children and Exercise XXV presents the latest research in the field of paediatric exercise sciences, focusing on the interaction between physical activity, exercise or sport on the one hand, and nutrition, metabolism regulation, cardio-respiratory function or muscle function on the other....

   Published November 14th 2012 by Routledge
10. Team Physician Manual

    International Federation of Sports Medicine (FIMS)

    Edited by Lyle Micheli, Fabio Pigozzi, Kai-Ming Chan, Walter Frontera, Norbert Bachl, Angela Smith, S. Talia Alenabi

    The FIMS Team Physician Manual is the official sports medicine handbook of the International Federation of Sports Medicine (FIMS), the world’s oldest sports medicine organization. Now in a fully revised and updated third edition, the book offers a complete guide to the background knowledge,...

    Published October 21st 2012 by Routledge