Includes bibliographical references and index.

Overview of sports injuries management / Rick Ames, Stephen M. Perle -- Medicolegal issues in sports medicine (with special considerations for the chiropractor) / Thomas R. Daly, Dante M. Filetti -- The physiology of exercise, physical fitness, and cardiovascular endurance training / Arlette Perry -- Conservative rehabilitation of athletic injuries / Gary F. Ierna ... [et al.] -- Principles of soft tissue manipulation in sports medicine / Thomas F. Bergmann ... [et al.] -- Head trauma in sports / Bart N. Green, Claire D. Johnson, Jody C. Cormack -- Nerve injuries in competitive sports / Jerome M. True -- The cervical spine / Rick S. Saluga ... [et al.] -- The thoracic spine / Ed Feinberg, Mehdi Moossavi -- The lumbar spine in sports / Donald D. Aspergren, Venu Akuthota -- Heart disease and the athlete / Frank J. Pearl -- The trunk and viscera / Joanne J. Fava, Valli M. Gambina, Donald D. Aspergren -- The shoulder / Jason Pajaczkowski, Andreo A. Spina -- The elbow, wrist, and hand / Gregory H. Doerr ... [et al.] -- The pelvis, hip, and thigh / Stephen M. Perle, Rick Ames -- The knee / Thomas A. Souza, Thomas E. Hyde -- Biomechanics of the foot and ankle / Thomas C. Michaud -- Injuries to the leg, ankle, and foot / Ted L. Forcum -- The female athlete / Abigail A. Irwin ... [et al.] -- The young athlete : special considerations / Robin A. Hunter, Jeffrey L. Hunter -- Physical activity and the older person / Brian J. Gleberzon, Marianne S. Gengenbach, Patrick Montgomery -- Extreme sports and the extreme athlete / Michael A. Rintala ... [et al.] -- Diagnostic imaging of athletic injury / Michael S. Barry, Norman W. Kettner -- Sports nutrition: a biochemical view of injury care and prevention / David R. Seaman -- Performance-enhancing drugs in sport / Mauro G. Di Pasquale.