Table of Contents

An overview of sports injuries - types, causes and prevention; the physiological basis of injuries which occur to muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints and bones; the immediate diagnosis of an injury and appropriate action; the assessment of the sports performer in the context of injury; treatment and rehabilitation programmes; injuries in team sports - rugby, American football, basketball, netball, soccer, hockey, ice hockey, volleyball, cricket, baseball and softball; injuries in individual sports and racquet sports - running, athletic jumping and throwing events, gymnastics, swimming, cycling, rowing, canoeing and kayaking, weightlifting and weight training, combat sports and martial arts, racquet sports; special considerations - children and sports injuries, endocrine and immunological implications, heat injury.