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    • Bewegung, Sport und Mind-Body-Intervention

      Psychische Gesundheit und psychische Krankheit
      • 1st Edition
      • Andreas Ströhle + 1 more
      • German
      Die Bedeutung von Sport und Bewegung für die psychische Gesundheit ist weithin anerkannt. Neben primär körperlichen Aktivitätsformen werden vermehrt Interventionen der Mind-Body-Medizin eingesetzt, um gezielter der Verknüpfung von Körper und Geist gerecht zu werden.Kompakt und praxisnah werden für die wichtigsten psychiatrischen Symptombereiche und Erkrankungen – u.a. affektive Störungen, Angst- und Zwangsstörungen, PTBS, ADHS, Substanzgebrauchsstö... – klinische Informationen und Anwendungsmöglichkei... körperlicher Aktivität dargestellt:Symptoma... Diagnosekriterien (nach ICD-10 und ICD-11) und Maßnahmen der Pharmako- und PsychotherapieVersch... Anwendungsbereiche körperlicher Aktivität – u.a. in Kombination mit Primärbehandlungen sowie als eigenständige InterventionStellenw... körperlicher Aktivität bei der Entstehung, Aufrechterhaltung und Behandlung der jeweiligen Erkrankung inklusive störungsspezifischer BesonderheitenKonkre... Handlungsempfehlunge... und AnwendungsbeispieleE... für alle Fachkräfte aus den Bereichen Psychiatrie, Psychotherapie, Psychosomatik, Sport- und Bewegungstherapie, Physiotherapie, Allgemeinmedizin und Pflege – sowie für alle anderen am Thema interessierten Menschen.

    • Bewegungstherapie bei Adipositas und metabolischem Syndrom

      • 1st Edition
      • Till Hasenberg + 1 more
      • German
      Das Buch liefert Ihnen umfassendes theoretisches und praktisches Wissen. Im theoretischen Teil erfahren Sie:alles über Pathologie, Klassifikation und FolgeerkrankungenBeh... bei AdipositasWirkmechan... von körperlicher BewegungAufbau und Inhalt zielgruppenspezifisc... TrainingsprogrammeHe... red flags und RisikomanagementDer praktische Teil stellt Ihnen die verschiedenen Übungen eindrucksvoll in Wort und Bild vor.Sie erfahren, worauf Sie achten müssen und was häufige Fehler in der unterstützenden Adipositastherapie sind.Das Buch eignet sich für:Ärzte und Ärztinnen mit Zusatzbezeichnung SportmedizinSportwis... in Vorsorge- u. RehaeinrichtungenFac... Allgemeinmedizin, Innere Medizin

    • ESSA’s Student Manual for Health, Exercise and Sport Assessment

      • 2nd Edition
      • Jeff S. Coombes + 1 more
      • English
      ESSA’s Student Manual for Health, Exercise and Sport assessment is an essential text for students and exercise clinicians wishing to accredit with ESSA as exercise scientists. Written by former ESSA President Jeff Coombes and clinical exercise physiologist Tina Skinner, this book provides everything students need to achieve competency in ESSA Standard 7, Health Exercise and Sport Assessment. It contains in-depth and well-articulated methodology for all tests, data recording tables and normative values, and case study analyses. Each of the 21 chapters addresses key health and fitness assessments used to evaluate health, fitness and performance. With easy-to-follow practicals throughout, this book has been updated to reflect current best practice and recent advances such as wearable devices and smartphone apps.

    • ESSA’s Student Manual for Exercise Prescription, Delivery and Adherence

      • 1st Edition
      • Jeff S. Coombes + 2 more
      • English
      Endorsed by Exercise & Sports Science Australia (ESSA) ESSA is a professional organisation which is committed to establishing, promoting and defending the career paths of tertiary trained exercise and sports science practitioners. s ESSA’s Student Manual for Exercise Prescription, Delivery and Adherence is a unique text that covers not only how to write and deliver exercise programs, but also how to support and enable people to stick to them for better health and wellbeing. Expert academic authors Jeff Coombes, Nicola Burton and Emma Beckman have precisely mapped the contents to Australian essential professional standards, making this text suitable for students of all ESSA-accredited degree and postgraduate courses wanting to gain accreditation in exercise science and exercise physiology. The text combines theory and practical exercises to boost competency and confidence. It covers everything students need to know, from required foundational knowledge of biomechanics, functional anatomy, physiology and associated psychology and how to apply that to create, deliver, and support safe and effective exercise.

    • The Comprehensive Textbook of Clinical Biomechanics

      with access to e-learning course [formerly Biomechanics in Clinic and Research]
      • 2nd Edition
      • Jim Richards
      • English
      ALL-ENCOMPASSING and EXPANDED, now covering the WHOLE BODY (lower quadrant PLUS upper quadrant and spine) – The Comprehensive Textbook of Clinical Biomechanics (formerly Biomechanics in Clinic and Research) presents the latest research in a form which is accessible, practical, thorough and up-to-the minute.

    • ESSA’s Student Manual for Health, Exercise and Sport Assessment

      • 1st Edition
      • Jeff S. Coombes + 1 more
      • English
      Perfect For: Exercise and Sports Science Students Exercise and Fitness Professionals Benefits: First Australian text written with Exercise and Sports Science Australia’s (ESSA) accreditation framework in mind. Evolve eBook included! A code inside this text enables a full text download, so you can browse and search electronically, make notes and bookmarks in the electronic files, and highlight material. ESSA’s Student Manual for Health, Exercise and Sport Assessment is an essential text for any student undertaking an exercise and sports science degree and professionals working in the exercise and fitness industries. This practical manual contains fundamental theory and detailed step-by-step protocols designed to assist students and practitioners to develop competency for conducting tests in exercise, health and sports science. Written by leading Australian and New Zealand Academics and published in collaboration with Exercise and Sports Science Australia (ESSA), ESSA’s Student Manual for Health, Exercise and Sport Assessment is the first Australian text written with ESSA’s accreditation framework in mind. "Best for any student or graduate of an exercise and sport science degree or for professionals working in the exercise and fitness industries".Reviewed by: Ufuk Sekir, Medical School of Uludag University on behalf of the Journal of Sports Science & Medicine Date: July 2015

    • Sports-Related Injuries of the Meniscus, An Issue of Clinics in Sports Medicine

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 31-1
      • Peter R Kurzweil
      • English
      This issue of Clinics in Sports Medicine, Guest Edited by Peter R. Kurzweil, MD, focuses on Sports-Related Injuries of the Meniscus. Articles in this issue will include: Indications for meniscus repair: traumatic tears do better; Biologic enhancement of meniscal repair; Repairing the Unrepairable Meniscus; Posterior Horn Tears – all-inside suture repair; Meniscal Repair – Inside-out sutures; Meniscal Root tears – Recognizing and Repairing; Meniscal Repair – outside-in suture; Meniscal Repair with the Newest Fixators – which are best?; Treating post-meniscectomy pain with Meniscal implants; Meniscus Repair in Children; and Getting Athletes Back to Sports after Meniscus Repair.

    • Performance Psychology

      A Practitioner's Guide
      • 1st Edition
      • David John Collins + 2 more
      • English
      Performance Psychology: A Practitioner's Guide is a comprehensive, evidence-based text covering the key aspects of performance culture: performer development, preparation, training and execution. Written by a team of international contributors, including national coaches, training specialists, applied sports psychologists, clinicians and researchers, and building on strong links between theory and practice, the book shows how applied psychological methods and principles can be used to enhance performance Contributing authors offer clear implications for applied practice and each section is summarized by contributions from a 'Performers Panel'of experts who provide real-life practical examples. Performance psychology is applied to a wide variety of physical performance domains which enables practitioners to see how they can combine ideas and tailor interventions, to people and contexts, to produce effective applications of psychology. Dave Collins is Professor of Performance and Coaching/Director for the Institute of Coaching and Performance at the University of Central Lancashire. As a practitioner, he has worked with over 50 World and Olympic medalists, and in professional performance domains spanning sport, business, motor sport, music, dance and adventure. He was formerly Performance Director of UK Athletics, a rugby player, martial artist and OE instructor. Dave currently works with the Chelsea FC Football Academy, amongst other consultancies. Angela Button is a researcher at the University of Otago and is widely acknowledged as a world expert on talent. Angela has led funded research projects in talent development in the UK and New Zealand. Her sporting interests include squash, running and triathlon. Hugh Richards lectures and is Director of post-graduate programmes in Performance Psychology at the University of Edinburgh. He has published in the areas of coping, talent, individual differences and professional development related to sport, the military and music. Hugh has applied psychology to professional performers from international level sport to business. He currently works with the UK Motor Sport Association, international performer development schemes and has been advisor to the BBC on learning and performance.

    • Sports Coaching

      Professionalisation and Practice
      • 1st Edition
      • John Lyle + 1 more
      • English
      Sports Coaching: Professionalisation and Practice is a comprehensive evidence-based textbook of sports coaching theory and practice. The book is edited by leading academics in sports coaching studies and authored by a world-renowned team of experts in sports coaching research. It deals with all aspects of coaching behaviour and practice, including coaches’ decision making, coaching pedagogy, and the development of expertise. Each of the chapters provides an up-to-date position statement on coaching themes, and makes explicit reference to the professionalisation of coaching. Written in an accessible style, and identifying critical ideas and issues, the book will complement and challenge both undergraduate and postgraduate teaching programmes, and will be an invaluable source of ideas for researchers and academics.

    • Sports Emergencies

      Management Scenarios
      • 1st Edition
      • John M. O'Byrne + 1 more
      • English
      The big concern for all Physicians, even in lower profile sporting events, is that they will encounter sport emergencies. The two primary concerns is that there will be mis-management of: a life-threatening situation a limb-threatening situation In order to allay these anxieties and fears, people attend courses from time to time. However, there is no easily accessible manual or guide that can be scanned before the game, or even during the emergency.What is special about this book is that it is a manual with clear instructions on what to do in a given sports emergency. There are clear instructions on what to do, and, just as importantly, what not to do. Each chapter has a diagrammatic or photographic series of steps that must be taken, accompanied by clear instructions.