Sports Medicine and Exercise Science

Sports medicine is a new and exciting medical discipline charged with the care of the injured and sick athletes. It is a multidisciplinary field involving many facets of the health care community. Exercise is one of the major component of sports medicine. The benefits of regular exercise are now well established for all groups in the community including the young, old, disabled and the unwell. The present volume provides authentic information of sports medicine and exercise practices which each sportsperson should be aware of. It gives essential guidelines for physicians and trainers of sportperson to provide appropriate care and treatment. Sports personalities, sports medicine specialists, team physicians, coaches, trainers and budding studentathletes will find this work highly informative and useful. It will equip the reader with a state of the art knowledge of sports medicine and exercise science.