Fully revised and updated, with a new section on the older patient and expanded advice on physiotherapy and rehabilitation programmes, this handbook is an indispensable companion for any professional working in sport and exercise medicine.

HIGHLY COMMENDED IN THE 1999 BMA AWARDS. Available in paperback for the first time, the second edition of this well-referenced and unique textbook of sports science and medicine. The book covers the principles of sports physiology and internal medicine as it relates to athletes and theirperformance, orthopaedics and injuries to the soft tissues, and the physiological basis of training and fitness maintenance. With a distinguished and authoritative panel of authors, the multidisciplinary, international approach has a practical emphasis on the treatment of sports injuries.The second edition of this popular textbook has been fully up-dated and restructured for increased ease-of-use and will include new sections on: Body composition (both how to measure it and how to apply the information; Mechanical tests (how to do them and what they show); Immunological aspects ofsport; Overtraining.From reviews of 2nd edition: 'All in all, this is an excellent book. Its strengths lie in the very scientific presentation on exercise physiology, followed by detailed and practical discussions of virtually all acute sports injuries. I believe this is a textbook that should be in the library ofall sports medicine departments in Canadian universities...' Canadian Medical Association. 'A comprehensive and high quality textbook which I feel can justifiably call itself the main reference text in sports medicine now...' Rheumatology in Europe. From reviews of 1st edition: 'This OxfordTextbook is an authoritative and major volume; a landmark in sports medicine, and indeed its gold standard. It is a magnificent text with a wealth of household names among the authors, and an extremely high standard of writing. The four editors and Oxford University Press are to be congratulated.'Journal of Sports Medicine. 'all-star cast of contributors' Official Journal of the American College of Sports Medicine. 'This comprehensive textbook will be a useful resource for any medical practitioner interested in the treatment of patients who participate in amateur or professional sports.The is an excellent reference for specialists, specialists in training , and general practioners.' Annals RCPSC. 'The Oxford Textbook of Sports Medicine is a multi-authored multi-editor volume that embraces many aspects of sports medicine, concentrating mainly on sports injuries, with a definiteNorth American and British flavour. The book is an excellent overview of the advances that have occured in the past half century or so, giving the reader sound grounding in the basic science knowledge necessary to back up clinical practice. The great advantage of the Oxford Textbook of SportsMedicine is that the various topics are all together, and can be used as a useful initial landmark for further more specialised reading.' BMJ

The Oxford Textbook of Sports Medicine is the first major work to cover the whole of this rapidly expanding field. Exceptional contributions from world renowned professionals in sports medicine provide the most comprehensive and authoritative reference work yet compiled, successfully combining sports science with an extraordinary breadth of coverage. The Oxford textbook of Sports Medicine presents a comprehensive analysis of the physiology of exercise in health and disease and relates this to the causes, diagnosis, and treatment of sports related trauma and injuries , with an emphasis on acute and chronic overuse injuries. This major reference brings together contributions from many related disciplines, stressing throughout that optimum athletic performance relies on a combination of a wide variety of factors. One unique feature of this book is the extensive coverage of the influences of environmental factors such as altitude and heat, so often neglected in other texts on sports medicine. The Oxford Textbook of Sports Medicine sets a new standard in sports medicine publishing for specialists in sports medicine, orthopaedic and trauma surgeons, team coaches, physiotherapists, PE students, and athletes themselves. This is a highly readable, yet authoritative and definitive reference which will benefit everyone committed to the care of sports men and women.

The 4th edition of the Oxford Textbook of Children's Sport and Exercise Medicine is the definitive single-volume reference in the field presented in four sections Exercise Science; Exercise Medicine; Sport Science; and Sport Medicine.

The Textbook of Sports Medicine provides comprehensive coverage of both basic science and clinical aspects of sports injury and physical activity. More than one hundred of the World's leading authorities within exercise physiology, clinical internal medicine, sports medicine and traumatology have contributed with evidence-based state-of-the-art chapters to produce the most complete integration ever of sports medicine science into one book. Great attention has been given to providing balanced coverage of all aspects of sports medicine, with respect to the relevance and clinical importance of each area. The book isolates solid principles and knowledge, and the documentation to support these, as well as identifying areas where further scientific investigation is needed. The topics dealt with and the degree of detail in the individual chapters, makes the book ideal for both educational programs at University level within exercise science and sports medicine, as well as for post-graduate courses within all aspects of sports medicine. In addition, the book will be excellent as a reference book in any place where professionals whether doctors, exercise scientists, physiotherapists or coaches are dealing with supervision or treatment of sports-active individuals. Finally, the book is well structured to act as an introduction to research in the field of sports medicine.

The Oxford Dictionary of Sports Science and Medicine provides comprehensive and authoritative definitions of nearly 8000 sports science and sports medicine terms. All major areas are covered, including exercise psychology, sports nutrition, biomechanics, anatomy, sports sociology, training principles and techniques and sports injury and rehabilitation The dictionary will be an invaluable aid to students, coaches, athletes and anyone wanting instant access to the scientific principles, anatomical structures, and physiological, sociological and psychological processes that affect sporting performance. It will also be of interest to the general reader interested in sports science and medicine terminology.

This all-in-one companion to the field of musculoskeletal medicine describes basic concepts and offers practical guidelines for diagnosis and treatment, and contains models of care which assist understanding of basic concepts.