topic:"Sex Characteristics" found 4 records - Provincial Hospitals Library Catalogue

The female brain

https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat23106

Brizendine, Louann. --New York, NY: Morgan Road Books , 2006.

Call Number: BF 692.2 B862f 2006

Location: Halifax Infirmary

Call Number: BF 692.2 B862f 2006

Author: Brizendine, Louann

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Morgan Road Books

Date of Publication: 2006

Physical Description: 279 p.

ISBN: 9780767920094

Subjects (MeSH): Mental Processes - female; Psychophysiology; Sex Characteristics; Sex Factors

Format: Book

Location: Halifax Infirmary

Loan Period: 3 weeks

Musculoskeletal health in women

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Elinor Mody, Elizabeth Matzkin, editors. --London: Springer , c2014.

Available Online: View e-Book

Location: Online

Musculoskeletal Health in Women aims to provide fitness advice tailored to women. As women are more prone to specific injuries than men are, due to differences in hip and knee anatomy as well as hormonal differences, this book will provides a fully-illustrated and comprehensive overview of all aspects including energy availability (which is affected by eating disorders), osteoporosis, and menstrual function.

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Other Authors: Matzkin, Elizabeth; Mody, Elinor

Responsibility: Elinor Mody, Elizabeth Matzkin, editors

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Springer

Date of Publication: c2014

Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 144 pages)

ISBN: 9781447147121 (electronic bk.); 9781447147114

Subjects (MeSH): Exercise Therapy - methods; Musculoskeletal Diseases - therapy; Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena; Sex Factors; Women; Women's Health

Subjects (LCSH): Musculoskeletal system - Sex differences; Musculoskeletal system - Wounds and injuries; Physical fitness for women; Musculoskeletal System; Sex Characteristics; Wounds and Injuries; Physical Fitness; Women

Abstract: Musculoskeletal Health in Women aims to provide fitness advice tailored to women. As women are more prone to specific injuries than men are, due to differences in hip and knee anatomy as well as hormonal differences, this book will provides a fully-illustrated and comprehensive overview of all aspects including energy availability (which is affected by eating disorders), osteoporosis, and menstrual function.

Contents: 1. The Female Athlete Triad -- 2. Nutritional Recommendations for the Young and Aging Female -- 3. Womens Bone Health: Breathing Life into the Skeleton -- 4. Upper Limb Nerve Entrapment Syndromes -- 5. Lower Limb Nerve Entrapment Syndromes -- 6. Osteoarthritis and Gender-Specific Joint Replacement -- 7. Nutraceuticals: An Alternative for Osteoarthritis Management -- 8. Alternative Exercise for Women.