High Intensity Functional Training
Clinical Applications in Training, Rehabilitation, and Sport
- 1st Edition - August 20, 2025
- Latest edition
- Editor: Amy M. West
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 0 0 1 4 - 1
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 0 0 1 5 - 8
High Intensity Functional Training: Clinical Applications in Training, Rehabilitation, and Sport presents a clear definition of high intensity functional training (HIFT) in medica… Read more
High Intensity Functional Training: Clinical Applications in Training, Rehabilitation, and Sport presents a clear definition of high intensity functional training (HIFT) in medical literature while also examining how HIFT can be used as an exercise/training modality, a rehabilitation protocol, and as a competitive sport unto itself. Topics covered move from the data in the research, the implications to specific patients, and rehabilitation outcomes. Chapter authors are all subject matter experts, some of whom have designed and implemented studies regarding this training modality.
This comprehensive book provides a solution on training and the sport, and how to best care for these athletes.
This comprehensive book provides a solution on training and the sport, and how to best care for these athletes.
- Presents how high intensity functional training (HIFT) is different than traditional strength and conditioning
- Shows how HIFT can be used in special populations and not only in elite athletes
- Written by experts in the sports medicine field
Sports Medicine Physicians, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physicians, Physical Therapists, Strength and Conditioning Coaches, and Exercise Physiologists/Scientists
1. Introduction
Amy West
2. High-intensity functional training and injury: data and prevention
Mirwais Mehrab
3. High-intensity functional training: functional movement, fitness, and physiatry
Amy M. West, Christopher Gilbert and Dana Kotler
4. High-intensity functional training and metabolic health
Robert Oh
5. Intensity, nutrition, and exercise metabolism
Kristi Storoschuk
6. High-intensity functional training and low-carbohydrate diets
David Johnson
7. Clinical high-intensity functional training for the treatment of low back pain
David Johnson
8. High-intensity functional training in older adults
Dustin Jones
9. Cardiac impact of high-intensity functional training
Vincent Chen, Samuel Kelly and Michael Emery
10. High-intensity functional training: Implications for pregnancy and postpartum athletes
Christina Prevett and Margie Davenport
11. High-intensity functional training and breast cancer rehabilitation
Christine Asonglefac
12. High-intensity functional training, fitness communities, and mental health
Christina Migliara
Amy West
2. High-intensity functional training and injury: data and prevention
Mirwais Mehrab
3. High-intensity functional training: functional movement, fitness, and physiatry
Amy M. West, Christopher Gilbert and Dana Kotler
4. High-intensity functional training and metabolic health
Robert Oh
5. Intensity, nutrition, and exercise metabolism
Kristi Storoschuk
6. High-intensity functional training and low-carbohydrate diets
David Johnson
7. Clinical high-intensity functional training for the treatment of low back pain
David Johnson
8. High-intensity functional training in older adults
Dustin Jones
9. Cardiac impact of high-intensity functional training
Vincent Chen, Samuel Kelly and Michael Emery
10. High-intensity functional training: Implications for pregnancy and postpartum athletes
Christina Prevett and Margie Davenport
11. High-intensity functional training and breast cancer rehabilitation
Christine Asonglefac
12. High-intensity functional training, fitness communities, and mental health
Christina Migliara
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: August 20, 2025
- Language: English
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Amy M. West
A specialist in sports medicine and physical medicine and rehabilitation, Amy West, MD, EdM, FAAPMR is a graduate of Harvard Medical School, completed her residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Harvard-Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and her fellowship in Sports Medicine at Maine Medical Center.
Dr. West focuses include non-operative sports medicine, musculoskeletal ultrasound, peripheral joint injections, electromyography (EMG), and concussion management. Her clinical and research interests include the female athlete, adaptive sports, lifestyle medicine, transgender athletes and nutrition. She is active in the CrossFit community, serving on the CrossFit Games Medical Team and participating in various Crossfit functions and outreach events. Dr. West has been featured on multiple podcasts and has authored peer-reviewed video and written publications.
Affiliations and expertise
Department of Physical Medicine and Orthopedic Surgery, Zucker School of Medicine, Hofstra University-Northwell, New York, NY, United StatesRead High Intensity Functional Training on ScienceDirect