The paralympic athlete: handbook of sports medicine and science

INDICE: List of Contributors. Foreword (Dr Jacques Rogge). Foreword (Sir Philip Craven). Preface. Part 1 Introduction. 1 Introduction to the Paralympic Movement (Sean Tweedy and P. David Howe). Part 2 Paralympic Sport Science. 2 Biomechanics (Ian Rice, Florentina J. Hettinga, Justin Laferrier, Michelle L. Sporner, Christine M. Heiner, Brendan Burkett and Rory A. Cooper). 3 Physiology (Yagesh Bhambhani). 4 Medicine (Stuart Willick and Nick Webborn). 5 Philosophy(Steven D. Edwards and Mike J. McNamee). 6 Sociology (P. David Howe). 7 Psychology (Jeffrey J. Martin and Garry Wheeler). Part 3 Exercise Testing and Prescription. 8 Aerobic and anaerobic power (Yeshayahu 'Shayke' Hutzler, Yoav Meckel and Judith Berzen). 9 Strength training (Marco Cardinale and Lee Romer. 10 Nutrition, body composition and pharmacology (Peter Van de Vliet, Elizabeth Broad and Matthias Strupler). 11 Mental preparation (Dietmar Martin Samulski, Franco Noce and Varley Teoldo da Costa). Part 4 Best Practices. 12 Preparation for the Paralympic Summer Games: heat, humidity, pollution (Marco Túlio de Mello, Sílvio de Araújo Fernandes Jr, Andressa da Silva, Luiz Oswaldo Carneiro Rodrigues, Emilson Colantonio, Marcos Gonçalves de Santana and Sergio Tufik). 13 Preparation for the Paralympic Winter Games: cold, altitude (Marco Bernardi andFederico Schena). 14 Contribution of sport science to performancewheelchair rugby (Laurie A. Malone, Natalia Morgulec-Adamowicz and Kevin Orr). 15 Contribution of sport science to performanceswimming (Brendan Burkett). Index.%;

• ISBN: 978-1-4443-3404-3
• Editorial: Wiley-Blackwell
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 312
• Fecha Publicación: 07/01/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés