Sports-Specific Rehabilitation - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 1st Edition

by Robert A. Donatelli, PhD, PT, OCS

Elsevier eBook on VitalSource

ISBN: 9781455757015

Publication Date: 10-11-2006

Page Count: 368

Imprint: Churchill Livingstone

List Price: $70.99

Was $70.99

Now $62.47

Or $0.00 with a valid access code

A comprehensive resource for focusing on returning injured athletes to their optimal performance! This book discusses exercise principles; muscle fatigue, muscle damage, and overtraining concepts; pathophysiology of overuse injuries; core evaluation in sports-specific testing; physiological basis of exercise specific to sport; and special considerations for the athlete. Secial features such as evidence-based clinical application boxes provide the reader with a solid body of research upon which to base their practice.

Key Features
- Aligned to the Guide to Physical Therapy Practice to help learn how to work with athletes' injuries and help them make a physical comeback while following best practices.
- Incorporation of muscle physiology demonstrates it as the basis for athlete's exercise prescription.
- Coverage of pathophysiology of overuse injuries illustrates the damage to the musculoskeletal system.
- Inclusion of treatment and training approaches for athletic rehabilitation shows how to restore the musculoskeletal system back to full flexibility, strength, power, and endurance.
- Evidence-based clinical application boxes found throughout the book cite key studies and provide real-world application to a clinical setting.
- Extensive photographs show hands-on demonstrations of important rehabilitation techniques, helping the cinician to accurately apply them during treatment.
Contents

Section 1: Basic Science of Soft Tissues

Chapter 1: Basic Science of Ligaments and Tendons Related to Rehabilitation

Section 2: Muscle Physiology: The Foundation for Exercise Prescription

Chapter 2: Understanding Muscle Contraction

Chapter 3: Anaerobic Metabolism During Exercise

Chapter 4: Aerobic Metabolism During Exercise

Section 3: Muscle Fatigue, Muscle Damage, and Overtraining Concepts

Chapter 5: Muscle Fatigue

Chapter 6: Muscle Damage

Chapter 7: Physiological Effects of Overtraining and Detraining

Section 4: Pathophysiology of Overuse Injury in the Athlete

Chapter 8: Pathophysiology of Injury to the Overhead Throwing Athlete

Chapter 9: The Anatomy of the Core—Muscle Imbalance Pathophysiology

Chapter 10: From the Core to the Floor—Overuse Injury

Section 5: Core Evaluation: Sports-Specific Testing

Chapter 11: Evaluation of Glenohumeral Joint in Overhead Throwing Athlete

Chapter 12: How to Evaluate the Core

Section 6: Physiological Basis of Exercise Specific to Sport

Chapter 13: Strength Training Concepts in the Athlete

Chapter 14: Plyometrics

Chapter 15: Neuromuscular Training

Chapter 16: Manual Therapy: Mobilization, Manipulation of the Spine and Extremeties

Section 7: Special Considerations for the Athlete

Chapter 17: Nutrition for the Athlete

Appendix A: Pathophysiology of the Shoulder, Hip, Knee, and Foot and Ankle Overuse Injuries

Appendix B: Surgical Considerations for the Athlete

Glossary
Authors

Robert A. Donatelli, PhD, PT, OCS, National Director, Sports Specific Rehabilitation; Developer, Strengthen Your Game Rehabilitation and Performance Enhancement Programs for Athletes, Las Vegas, NV
Accessibility
- Ways of Reading
  - No information about appearance modifiability is available
  - All content can be read as read aloud speech or dynamic braille
  - Has alternative text descriptions for images
- Conformance
  - The publication contains a conformance statement that it meets the EPUB Accessibility 1.1, WCAG 2.1, Level AA standard. Please see https://bornaccessible.benetech.org/certified-publishers/ for further details of our compatibility testing.
  - The certifier's credential is https://bornaccessible.benetech.org/certified-publishers/
  - The publication was certified on 10-02-2026
- Navigation
  - Index with links to referenced entries
  - Elements such as headings, tables, etc. for structured navigation
  - Page list to go to pages from the print source version
- Rich Content
  - Math formulas in accessible format (MathML)
  - Chemical formulas in accessible format (MathML)
  - Information-rich images are described by extended descriptions
- Hazards
  - The publication contains no hazards
- Product Content
  - Content includes any type of illustrations.
  - The primary content is text.
  - Content includes a significant number of actionable (clickable) web links to external content, downloadable resources, supplementary material, etc.
  - Content includes a significant number of actionable (clickable) cross-references, hyperlinked notes and annotations, or with other actionable links between largely textual elements (e.g., quiz/test questions, 'choose your own ending', etc.).
  - Content includes additional textual content such as an interview, feature article, essay, bibliography, quiz/test, other background material, or text that is not included in a primary or 'unenhanced' version.
  - Content includes photographs, whether in a plate section / insert or not.
  - Content includes figures, diagrams, charts and/or graphs, including other 'mechanical' (i.e. non-photographic) illustrations.
  - Content includes images displayed in a specific order for the purpose of graphic storytelling or giving information (e.g. graphic novels, comics and manga). May include text integrated into the image (as speech and thought bubbles, textual 'sound' effects, captions etc.).
  - Content includes text within images, including text-as-text embedded in diagrams, charts, or within images containing speech balloons, thought bubbles, captions, etc.
  - Content includes chemical notations, formulae.
  - Content includes mathematical notations, formulae.
  - At least some text - including text within other images - is 'text as an image' (i.e., a picture of text).
- Legal Considerations
  - No information is available
- Additional Accessibility Information
  - Content is enhanced with ARIA roles to optimize organization and facilitate navigation
  - Page breaks included from the original print source
  - The body text is presented with a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1 (or 3:1 for large/heading text)
  - Ultra-high contrast between text and background
  - Content provides explanations for unusual words, abbreviations, acronyms, idioms, jargon in an accessible form, such as glossaries, scripted pop-ups.
  - Where interactive content is included in the product, controls are provided (e.g., for speed, pause and resume, reset) and labelled to make their use clear.