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Female Athlete Triad: Rehabilitation and Psychological Implications

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Female athletes struggling with the disabling effects of the Female Athlete Triad are best treated by a multidisciplinary group of clinicians. This chapter focuses on the role of two critical treatment providers who participate in this multidisciplinary team, the physical therapist and sport psychologist. These clinicians often follow the triad athlete through the entire assessment and treatment process and integrate key components of the most current research with their therapeutic interventions.

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, Pediatrics, and PM&R, MGH and MGH fc, 175 Cambridge Street/MGH Sports Medicine/Concussion Clinic, Boston, MA, 02114, USA

    Richard D. Ginsburg PhD

  2. Department of Sports Medicine and Physical Therapy, Massachusetts General Hospital, 175 Cambridge Street Suite 470, Boston, MA, 02114, USA

    Lenore Herget DPT, MEd

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    Catherine M. Gordon

  2. Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Meryl S. LeBoff

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Ginsburg, R.D., Herget, L. (2015). Female Athlete Triad: Rehabilitation and Psychological Implications. In: Gordon, C., LeBoff, M. (eds) The Female Athlete Triad. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-7525-6_9

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