TY - BOOK AU - Mountjoy,Margo L. ED - International Olympic Committee, TI - Handbook of sports medicine and science: the female athlete T2 - Handbook of sports medicine and science SN - 9781118862209 AV - RD97 U1 - 617.1/027 23 PY - 2014///] CY - Hoboken, New Jersey PB - Wiley Blackwell KW - Women athletes KW - Health and hygiene KW - Physiology KW - Psychology KW - Sports medicine KW - Athletic Injuries KW - Women's Health KW - Athletes KW - psychology KW - Sports Medicine KW - methods KW - Women KW - Athletic injuries KW - Methods KW - Women's health KW - MEDICAL KW - Surgery KW - General KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Training the female athlete / Suzanne Hecht and Liza Arendt -- Injury prevention in the female athlete / Carolyn A. Emery and Constance M. Lebrun -- Psychology of the female athlete / Joan L. Duda and Saul Marks -- Nutritional guidelines for female athletes / Louise M. Burke -- Disordered eating and eating disorders in female athletes / Monica Klungland Torstveit and Jorunn Sundgot-Borgen -- Bone health / Naama W. Constantini and Constance M. Lebrun -- Menstrual health in the female athlete / Madhusmita Misra -- Exercise and pelvic floor dysfunction in female elite athletes / Kari Fasting -- Female athlete triad / Marci Goolsby -- Hyperandrogenism and gender change / Martin Ritzin -- Sexual harassment and abuse in sport : implications for health care providers / Trisha Leahy and Kari Fasting -- Exercise and pregnancy / Alejandro Lucia, Jonatan Ruiz, and Ruben Barakat -- The paralympic female athlete / Cheri Blauwet N2 - This new International Olympic Committee (IOC) handbook covers the science, medicine and psycho-social aspects of females in sports at all levels of competition. Each chapter focuses on the specific issues that female athletes confront both on and off the field, such as bone health, nutritional recommendations, exercise/competition during menstruation and pregnancy, and much more. Fully endorsed by the IOC and drawing upon the experience of an international team of expert contributors, no other publication deals with the topic in such a concise and complete manner UR - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118862254 ER -