Overview
- Presents the interrelated considerations and conditions pertaining to the active female across the lifespan
- Discusses unique gender and sex-related differences, eating disorders, management of injury, and more
- Essential for all clinicians and health care professionals concerned with women’s health and related issues
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Table of contents (32 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Unique Gender and Sex Related Physical, Psychological and Physiological Characteristics of Females
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Inequities in Women’s Health Care and Alternative Management Strategies for Women’s Health
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Screening, Prevention, and Management of Health-Related Issues/Injuries in Active Females
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About this book
Part I of the book offers a foundation for understanding the interrelationships between female physiology, body image and other psychological issues, the female reproductive cycle, and the musculoskeletal anatomy and physiology of females that makes their health risks and concerns unique. In Part II, the concepts of eating disorders from a global perspective and the health disparities and inequities in women’s health are discussed in detail. Part III describes the prevention and management of common musculoskeletal injuries in active females across the lifespan, including the management of osteoporosis. Appropriate exercise and nutritional guidelines and recommendations for active females are discussed in detail in Parts IV and V. Part VI is a new addition to the book and highlights the obesity epidemic and co-morbid diseases associated with obesity even for normal weight obese individuals. Each chapter is bookended by clear learning objectives and review questions for additional pedagogical appeal.
An invaluable addition to the literature, The Active Female: Health Issues throughout the Lifespan, 3e will be of great interest to all clinicians and allied health care professionals concerned with women’s health and related issues, from sports medicine and family practitioners to endocrinologists, gynecologists and orthopedic surgeons.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Mimi Zumwalt, MD, Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, USA
Maria Fernandez del Valle, PhD, Department of Functional Biology, University of Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Active Female
Book Subtitle: Health Issues throughout the Lifespan
Editors: Jacalyn J. Robert-McComb, Mimi Zumwalt, Maria Fernandez-del-Valle
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-15485-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-15484-3Published: 28 February 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-15487-4Published: 01 March 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-15485-0Published: 27 February 2023
Edition Number: 3
Number of Pages: XXVIII, 613
Number of Illustrations: 48 b/w illustrations, 59 illustrations in colour
Topics: Sports Medicine, Sport Science , Endocrinology, Orthopedics