TheABC of Sports and Exercise Medicine provides general practitioners with a comprehensive overview of the field of sports medicine. This highly illustrated and thoroughly revised and updated new edition: Reflects new developments and current practice Includes new chapters on medical care at sporting events, environmental factors of sports and exercise, benefits of exercise in health and disease, nutrition and ergogenic supplements, and the use of drugs in sport Covers the benefits of exercise among special populations such as the disabled, obese, pregnant, children and the elderlyCovering the latest topics and including case studies of common sports and exercise medicine conditions, theABC of Sports and Exercise Medicine is an essential practical guide for general practitioners, family physicians, junior doctors, medical students, physiotherapists, and all health professionals dealing with the treatment and prevention of sports-related injuries.

Greg P. Whyte isProfessor of Applied Sport& Exercise Science, Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Science, Liverpool John Moores University, LiverpoolMike Loosemore is a Physician, The Institute of Sport, University College London, LondonClyde Williams is Professor of Sport Science, School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough

List of Contributors vii

Part I Injury

1 Epidemiology of Sports Injuries and Illnesses 1Debbie Palmer-Green

2 Immediate Care in Sport 5Andy Smith

3 Head Injuries in Sport 10Daniel G. Healy

4 Injury of the Face and Jaw 21Keith R. Postlethwaite

5 Eye Injuries in Sport 26Caroline J. MacEwen

6 Management of Injuries in Children 31Julian Redhead

7 Management of Musculoskeletal Injuries in the Mature Athlete 38Khan Karim and Peter D. Brukner

8 Medical Care at Major Sporting Events, 41Mike Loosemore

Part II System Sport and Exercise Medicine

9 Pulmonary Dysfunction in Athletes 44John Dickinson and James Hull

10 Infections 50Michael J. Martin

11 The Unexplained Underperformance Syndrome (Overtraining Syndrome), 54Richard Budgett and Yorck Olaf Schumacher

12 The Female Athlete Triad 58Noel Pollock

13 The Athletes Heart 62Aneil Malhotra, Greg P. Whyte and Sanjay Sharma

Part III Environmental Sport and Exercise Medicine

14 Extreme Temperature Sport and Exercise Medicine 67Michael J. Tipton

15 Diving Medicine 76Peter T. Wilmshurst

16 Altitude Medicine 81Sundeep Dhillon

Part IV Special Populations

17 Physical Activity and Exercise as Medicine 86John Buckley

18 Sport, Exercise and Disability 89Nick Webborn

19 Sport, Exercise and Obesity 93David Haslam

20 Sport and Children 97Neil Armstrong

21 Physical Activity and Exercise in Later Life 102Dawn A. Skelton and Finbarr C. Martin

Part V Nutrition and Doping

22 Nutrition, Energy Metabolism and Ergogenic Supplements 109Clyde Williams

23 Drugs in Sport 116Roger Palfreeman

24 Psychology of Injury 122Andrew M. Lane

Index 127