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The female athlete /

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Female athlete (Mountjoy)
Other Authors: Mountjoy, Margo L. (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley and Sons, Inc., [2015]
Series:Handbook of sports medicine and science.
Subjects:
Athletic Injuries.
Women's Health.
Athletes > psychology.
Sports Medicine > methods.
Women > psychology.
Women athletes > Health and hygiene.
Sports medicine.
Sports injuries.
Women athletes > Physiology.
Women athletes > Psychology.
Table of Contents:
  • Training the female athlete
  • Injury prevention in the female athlete
  • Psychology of the female athlete
  • Nutritional guidelines for female athletes
  • Disordered eating and eating disorders in female athletes
  • Bone health
  • Menstrual health in the female athlete
  • Exercise and pelvic floor dysfunction in female elite athletes
  • Female athlete triad
  • Hyperandrogenism and gender change
  • Sexual harassment and abuse in sport : implications for health care providers
  • Exercise and pregnancy
  • The paralympic female athlete.