Provides readers with an introduction to the medical, scientific, legal, and cultural issues surrounding sports medicine and its import in today's world of healthcare.
Whether it's innovations like Tommy John surgery for battered pitching arms or a Cheetah prosthesis that lets an amputee run as fast as two-legged sprinters, athletes depend on sports medicine research. This title examines the science behind sports medicine research.
Explores the history of doping in professional sports examining the effects of performance enhancing drugs, major sports personalities who have taken them, and the laws against their use.
Provides a history and evolution of competitive swimming and explores the scientific principles and concepts related to the sport, the relevant biomechanics and physiology, and the elements of sports medicine associated with swimmers.
