ACSM's Primary Care Sports Medicine is the most comprehensive sports medicine reference geared to primary care practitioners.

ACSM's Primary Care Sports Medicine is now offered in many disciplines including family practice, internal medicine, emergency medicine, pediatrics, physical medicine and rehabilitation, and osteopathic medicine.

The new, more user-friendly format features numerous illustrations, charts, and tables, including full-color illustrations.

Contents

Basic Science and Sports Medicine

1. Primary Care Perspective
2. Epidemiology of Athletic Injuries
3. Excercise Physiology and Excercise Testing
4. Nutrition

Prevention Sports Medicine

5. Preparticipation Screening
6. Conditioning and Training Programs for Athletes/Nonathletes
7. Excercise as Medicine: The Role of Excercise in Treating Chronic Disease
8. Injury Prevention
9. Covering Athletic Competition

Clinical Sports Medicine

10. Management of On-site Emergencies
11. Respiratory System
12. Gastrointestinal System
13. Cardiovascular System
14. Head Injuries
15. Peripheral Neuropathy
16. Genitourinary System
17. Dermatologic Conditions in Athletes
18. Acute Infections
19. Hematology
20. Endocrine
21. Environment
22. Challenged Athletes
23. Common Sports-Related Injuries and Illnesses: Generic Conditions
24. Head and Neck
25. The Shoulder and Upper Extremity
26. The Elbow
27. Wrist, Hand, and Finger Injuries
28. Chest and Abdominal Wall
29. Thoracic and Lumbar Spine
30. Pelvis, Hip, and Upper Leg
31. Knee Injuries
32. Lower Leg and Ankle
33. Foot and Toes

Diagnostic Studies, Rehabilitation, and Associated Areas

34. Imaging in Sports Medicine
35. Rehabilitation
36. Sport Psychology
37. Drug Use

Sports Medicine and Your Community

38. Building a Sports Medicine Practice and Network
39. Patient and Community Education on Physical Fitness

Index

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