Full Description
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. The Female Athlete is recommended for all health care providers for women and girl athletes internationally for all sports and all levels of competition. It is a valuable resource for medical doctors, physical and occupational therapists, nutritionists, and sports scientists as well as coaches, personal trainers and athletes.
Contents
List of Contributors vi Foreword viii Preface ix 1 Training the female athlete 1 Suzanne S. Hecht and Elizabeth Arendt 2 Injury prevention in the female athlete 9 Carolyn A. Emery and Constance M. Lebrun 3 Psychology of the female athlete 20 Joan L. Duda and Saul Marks 4 Nutritional guidelines for female athletes 30 Louise M. Burke 5 Disordered eating and eating disorders in female athletes 42 Monica K. Torstveit and Jorunn Sundgot Borgen 6 Bone health 56 Naama W. Constantini and Constance M. Lebrun 7 Menstrual health in the female athlete 67 Madhusmita Misra 8 Exercise and pelvic fl oor dysfunction in female elite athletes 76 Kari Bo 9 Female athlete triad 86 Marci Goolsby 10 Hyperandrogenism and gender change 96 Martin Ritzen 11 Sexual harassment and abuse in sport: implications for health care providers 103 Trisha Leahy and Kari Fasting 12 Exercise and pregnancy 110 Ruben Barakat Alejandro Lucia and Jonatan Ruiz 13 The paralympic female athlete 120 Cheri A. Blauwet Index 129
