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The Encyclopaedia of Sports Medicine An IOC Medical Commission Publication, Genetic and Molecular Aspects of Sports Performance
Wiley 2010; US$ 174.95This is the latest volume in the IOC Encyclopaedia of Sports Medicine series , summarizing the evidence from all relevant sources on the genetic and molecular basis of sports and other human physical performance. The initial chapters address the basic science of genomics and genetics and the regulation of gene expression. Additional chapters... more...
Escalade
Springer 2011; US$ 54.99Malgré leur petite taille et leur fragilité, les doigts sont les outils essentiels à la progression du grimpeur. La multiplicité des lésions possibles et leur « réparation » nous ont amenés à réaliser cet ouvrage. Réaliser le lien médecine ? terrain est notre objectif. La recherche scientifique et médicale peut apporter un regard différent sur la pratique... more...
Steroids: A New Look at Performance-Enhancing Drugs
ABC-CLIO 2011; US$ 45.00Sports fans or not, readers will be fascinated by this revealing examination of the pressures leading to the widespread use of steroids in sport and the negative, unintended consequences of their ban. more...
Throwaway Players
Behler Publications, LLC 2011; US$ 14.95The underbelly of the National Football League: a rare insider's look into the world of arthritis, dementia, and suicide. more...
Run, Swim, Throw, Cheat
OUP Oxford 2012; US$ 21.99Drugs in sport are big news and the use of performance-enhancing drugs in sport is common. Here, Chris Cooper, a top biochemist at the University of Essex, looks at the science behind drugs in sport. Using the performance of top athletes, Cooper begins by outlining the limits of human performance. Showing the basic problems of human biochemistry, physiology,... more...
The Dirtiest Race in History
Bloomsbury Publishing 2012; US$ 9.99The 1988 Seoul Olympics played host to what has been described by some as the dirtiest race of all time, by others as the greatest. The final of the men's 100 metres at those Olympics is certainly the most infamous in the history of athletics, and more indelibly etched into the consciousness of the sport, the Olympics, and a global audience of... more...
Sports Biomechanics
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 53.95When working with sports men and women, the biomechanist is faced with two apparently incompatible goals: reducing injury risk and improving sports performance. Now in a fully updated and revised edition, Sports Biomechanics introduces the fundamental principles that underpin our understanding of the biomechanics of both sports injury and performance,... more...
The Awakening of a Surgeon
Spry Publishing LLC 2012; US$ 9.95Sports-related injuries have become a public health epidemic. Twelve million student athletes will suffer a sports-related injury this year. Nearly two million injuries will be in recreational softball games and baseball games. The majority of these injuries are preventable. The Awakening of a Surgeon outlines 20 strategies that can be implemented... more...
The Great Run
Jonathan Ball Publishers 2010; US$ 16.04Everyone said it couldn't be done; even internationally renowned sports scientists such as Dr. Tim Noakes. Certainly no-one had done it before, though many had tried: to run the Great Wall of China, end to end, non-stop. The journey would start in the Gobi Desert, cross the jagged Taihang Shan range, and end at the Bo Sea. It would involve blood... more...
Paediatric Exercise Science and Medicine
OUP Oxford 2008; US$ 97.99Now in its second edition, Paediatric Exercise Science and Medicine is the leading reference work designed to support and challenge those involved in developmental exercise science and medicine. Since the publication of the first edition, the paediatric sub-specialty has become firmly established as a major component of sport and exercise medicine... more...









