Sports Injuries

Introduction: Incidence and Severity of Sports Injuries;. Types of Injury Prevention;. Strategies for Prevention of Musculoskeletal Injuries;. Basic Principles: Anatomical, Pathophysiological and Functional Considerations: Bone Injuries;. Cartilage and Ligament Injuries; Muscle-Tendon Unit Injuries;. Endocrinological Deregulation and Musculoskeletal Injuries;. Nerve Compression Syndromes;. Basic and Applied Biomechanics: Excessive Loads and Sports-Injury Mechanisms;. Biomechanical Response of Body Tissue to Impact and Overuse;. Risk Factors in Sports Injuries: Intrinsic Factors in Injury Prevention: Overuse Running Injuries;. Body Composition and Predisposing Diseases in Injury Prevention;. The Growing Athlete;. The Female Athlete;. Sport-Related Factors in Injury Prevention: Training Errors;. Regulations and Officiating in Injury Prevention: General Prevention Activities: Sport-Specific Screening and Testing;. Warming Up and Cooling Down;. Muscle Training in Injury Prevention;. Flexibility in Injury Prevention;. Proprioception and Coordination Training in Injury Prevention;. Prevention of Overtraining;. Nutrition and Diet;. Drugs, Medication and Doping;. Psychological Considerations in Injury Prevention;. General Prevention of Injuries in Sport;. Principles of Health Education;. Specific and Primary Prevention Activities: Protective Equipment: Biomechanical Evaluation;. Prophylactic Knee and Ankle Orthoses;. Prophylactic Athletic Taping;. Sport Shoe Construction: Orthopaedic and Biomechanical Concepts;. Orthotics in Injury Prevention;. Heat in Injury Prevention and Care;. Initial Management of Acute Injuries;. Tendon Overuse Injuries: Diagnosis and Treatment