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Product Identifiers
PublisherABC-Clio, LLC
ISBN-100313387303
ISBN-139780313387302
eBay Product ID (ePID)99619607
Product Key Features
Number of Pages192 Pages
Publication NameKids, Sports, and Concussion : a Guide for Coaches and Parents
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2011
SubjectNeuroscience, Sports Medicine, General, Sports
TypeTextbook
AuthorWilliam Paul Meehan III
Subject AreaHealth & Fitness, Biography & Autobiography, Medical
SeriesThe Praeger Series on Contemporary Health and Living Ser.
FormatHardcover
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2011-004635
Dewey Edition22
Number of Volumes1 vol.
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal617.4/81044083
SynopsisThis comprehensive, reader-friendly book written by a top physician in the field explains to coaches and parents how to understand, cope with, and prevent sport-related concussions among children and teenagers. Written by an expert physician, Kids, Sports, and Concussion: A Guide for Coaches and Parents offers a thorough understanding of concussive brain injury, its symptoms, its potential long-term effects, and the current prevention options. Equally important, it provides insights into how this injury is treated and what parents and athletes can do to facilitate recovery. In addition to explaining in simple, clear, and complete terms what a concussion is and how it can alter the brain function of children and youths, this guide discusses new technologies and equipment that may help prevent concussion. It looks at the incidence of concussion in football, hockey, cheerleading, skiing and snowboarding, soccer, basketball, and equestrian sports, and it explores related issues, such as the movement to have soccer and rugby players wear helmets. A final chapter focuses on emerging research designed to facilitate better treatments and on safety measures, including testing for a genetic predisposition to concussion. * A foreword from Lyle Micheli, MD, past president of the American College of Sports Medicine and author of The Sports Medicine Bible for Young Athletes , commenting on the significance of sport-related concussion in pediatric and adolescent sports * A glossary * A bibliography referencing key investigations in the scientific literature for readers seeking a more in-depth, scientific analysis, Written by an expert physician, Kids, Sports, and Concussion: A Guide for Coaches and Parents offers a thorough understanding of concussive brain injury, its symptoms, its potential long-term effects, and the current prevention options. Equally important, it provides insights into how this injury is treated and what parents and athletes can do to facilitate recovery. In addition to explaining in simple, clear, and complete terms what a concussion is and how it can alter the brain function of children and youths, this guide discusses new technologies and equipment that may help prevent concussion. It looks at the incidence of concussion in football, hockey, cheerleading, skiing and snowboarding, soccer, basketball, and equestrian sports, and it explores related issues, such as the movement to have soccer and rugby players wear helmets. A final chapter focuses on emerging research designed to facilitate better treatments and on safety measures, including testing for a genetic predisposition to concussion., This comprehensive, reader-friendly book written by a top physician in the field explains to coaches and parents how to understand, cope with, and prevent sport-related concussions among children and teenagers.
LC Classification NumberRC1218.C45M44 2011
