Unique Considerations of the Female Athlete /
- Australia ; United States : Delmar Cengage Learning, 2010.
- xvii, 312 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Women and sport participation -- Gender differences in anatomy -- Performance eating for the female athlete -- The female athlete triad -- Eating disorders and disordered eating -- Amenorrhea and the physiology of the menstrual cycle -- Osteoporosis in the female athlete -- Components of an eating disorder program -- Development of the eating disorder policy -- Development of the eating disorder referral program -- Screening tools for eating disorders -- The role of the certified athletic trainer in managing athletes with disordered eating and eating disorders -- Cardiac complications related to eating disorders -- Exercise and fertility in the female athlete -- Core stabilization for the female athlete -- Anemia and the female athlete -- Anterior cruciate ligamentous issues.
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Women athletes--Health and hygiene. Women athletes--Wounds and injuries. Women athletes--Physiology. Women athletes--Training of. Athletic Injuries. Women. Sports Medicine.