Musculoskeletal health in women
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat33552
Elinor Mody, Elizabeth Matzkin, editors.
--London:
Springer
, c2014.
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- 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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- View e-Book
- 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.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
