The Paralympic Athlete: Handbook of Sports Medicine and Science [Paperback]

Yves Vanlandewijck (Editor), Walter Thompson (Editor)

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Paperback: 312 pages
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell; 1 edition (Jan 21 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1444334042
ISBN-13: 978-1444334043
Product Dimensions: 19 x 1.7 x 24.6 cm
Shipping Weight: 780 g
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #276,788 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #60 in Books > Sports > Miscellaneous > Olympic Games

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This brand new Handbook addresses Paralympic sports and athletes, providing practical information on the medical issues, biological factors in the performance of the sports and physical conditioning.

The book begins with a comprehensive introduction of the Paralympic athlete, followed by discipline-specific reviews from leading authorities in disability sport science, each covering the biomechanics, physiology, medicine, philosophy, sociology and psychology of the discipline. The Paralympic Athlete also addresses recent assessment and training tools to enhance the performance of athletes, particularly useful for trainers and coaches, and examples of best practice on athletes' scientific counseling are also presented.

This new title sits in a series of specialist reference volumes, ideal for the use of professionals working directly with competitive athletes.

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