This book published in cooperation with ESSKA is a comprehensive evidence-based manual on
the prevention of injuries and overuse in sports that will assist physicians physiotherapists
and trainers in providing excellent mental and physical guidance to athletes. The causes of
overuse and sports injuries are carefully analyzed explaining the medical basis for
prevention. In addition detailed attention is paid to the relationship between sport
motivation risk willingness tendency to overload and tendency to increased risk of injury.
The reader is effectively trained in mental and physical analysis of the athlete and will gain
an appreciation of the influence of the athlete's environment on susceptibility to injury.
Gender-specific differences and the specific risks faced by children and adolescents are
identified and very popular sports such as soccer alpine skiing and throwing sports are
discussed in individual chapters. Training schedules of value in the context of particular
physiotherapeutic and medical interventions are described with the help of illustrations and
charts. The authors are team physicians coaches sports scientists training scientists and
physiotherapists involved in high-performance sports and recreational sports.
