Intro -- Handbook of Sports Medicine and Science: The Female Athlete -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Foreword -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Training the female athlete -- Anatomic and physiologic considerations -- Aerobic performance -- Anaerobic performance -- Anatomic differences -- Body composition -- Muscular strength -- Injury considerations -- Non‐contact ACL injury -- Stress fractures -- Concussions -- Medical considerations -- Female athlete triad -- Micronutrients for bone health -- Iron deficiency anemia -- Stress urinary incontinence -- Depression -- Anxiety -- Overtraining -- Equipment considerations -- Summary -- Recommended reading -- Chapter 2: Injury prevention in the female athlete -- Introduction -- Who is affected by injury? -- Participation in sport -- Incidence of injury in female athletes (overall and sport specific) -- Where does injury occur? -- How does injury occur? (Mechanisms) -- What is the impact of injury? -- What are the risk factors for injury in female athletes? -- Nonmodifiable risk factors for injury in the female athlete -- Potentially modifiable risk factors for injury in female athletes -- Injury prevention in female athletes -- Conclusions and future research in injury prevention in pediatric sport -- Recommended reading -- Chapter 3: Psychology of the female athlete -- Introduction -- The importance of mental skills training -- MST and implications for athlete motivation -- The coach‐created environment and athletes' motivation -- Training to change the motivational climate -- The female athlete and mental health issues/disorders -- Primary goals of sport psychiatry -- Common psychiatric disorders in female athletes -- Anxiety disorders -- Common anxiety disorders in the female athlete -- Mood disorders -- Treatment for anxiety and mood disorders.

Female athlete triad/disordered eating and eating disorder -- Attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD) -- Conclusion -- Recommended reading -- Chapter 4: Nutritional guidelines for female athletes -- Introduction -- Specificity and periodization of nutrition goals -- Can research on male athletes be applied to females? -- Low energy availability -- Guidelines for everyday training -- Goals for altering physique -- Guidelines for competition nutrition-fuelling up -- Fuelling and hydrating during competitions -- Recovery between competitive events -- Supplements and sports foods -- Special cultural issues for sports nutrition for females -- Summary -- Recommended reading -- Chapter 5: Disordered eating and eating disorders in female athletes -- Introduction -- Definitions -- Implication of the new DSM‐V criteria -- Prevalence -- Risk factors -- Health and performance consequences -- Health consequences -- Implications for the young athlete -- Performance consequences -- Special considerations -- Identification, diagnosis, and treatment -- Identification -- Special considerations -- Diagnosis -- Special considerations -- Treatment -- Training and competition recommendations during treatment -- Summary and recommendations -- Reference -- Recommended reading -- Chapter 6: Bone health -- Bone health in the female athlete -- Assessment of bone health -- Factors that impact bone health -- Bone health in female athletes -- The female athlete triad -- Management to optimize bone health -- Acknowledgments -- Recommended reading -- Chapter 7: Menstrual health in the female athlete -- Introduction -- What is normal puberty and normal menstrual function? -- Causes of menstrual dysfunction -- Menstrual function in the athlete and its determinants -- What are the consequences of menstrual dysfunction, particularly oligoamenorrhea?.

When should an athlete consult with her care provider regarding her menses? When should her care provider discuss menstrual history? -- Evaluation of menstrual dysfunction -- How is oligoamenorrhea treated? -- Contraception in the female athlete -- Conclusion -- Reference -- Recommended reading -- Chapter 8: Exercise and pelvic floor dysfunction in female elite athletes -- Pelvic floor anatomy, function, and dysfunction -- Symptoms of pelvic floor dysfunction/definitions -- Pelvic floor and strenuous physical activity -- Hypothesis one: female athletes have strong pelvic floor muscles -- Hypothesis two: female athletes may overload, stretch, and weaken the pelvic floor -- Prevalence of pelvic floor dysfunction in female elite athletes -- Urinary incontinence -- Anal incontinence -- Pelvic organ prolapse -- Prevention of pelvic floor dysfunction -- Preventive devices and absorbing products -- Treatment of pelvic floor dysfunction in elite athletes -- Stress urinary incontinence -- Surgery -- Bladder training -- Estrogen -- Pelvic floor muscle training -- Prevention and treatment of anal incontinence -- Prevention and treatment of pelvic organ prolapse -- Conclusion -- Recommendations for effective PFMT for elite athletes -- References -- Recommended reading -- Chapter 9: Female athlete triad -- Introduction -- Components and consequences -- Energy availability -- Menstrual function -- Bone health -- Screening and risk factors -- Diagnosis and further testing -- Return to sport/clearance -- Treatment -- Prevention -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- References -- Recommended reading -- Chapter 10: Hyperandrogenism and gender change -- Introduction -- Why are males stronger and faster than women? -- Hyperandrogenism in women -- Causes of hyperandrogenism in women -- Normal and abnormal sex development -- Definitions of male or female sex.

Short history of gender issues in sport -- The present regulations of hyperandrogenism in women's sport -- Male‐to‐female sex change -- Conclusions -- Recommended reading -- Chapter 11: Sexual harassment and abuse in sport: implications for health care providers -- Introduction -- Understanding sexual harassment and abuse in sport -- The psychological impact of sexual harassment and abuse -- The role of health care professionals in safeguarding -- Understanding sport environment risk factors -- Perpetrator methodology in the sport environment -- The bystander effect -- Risk minimization -- Conclusion -- Recommended reading -- Chapter 12: Exercise and pregnancy -- Particularities of pregnancy and childbirth -- Special features of pregnancy and childbirth -- Modifications in pregnant body systems related to physical exercise -- Circulatory system -- Blood system -- Respiratory system -- Metabolic processes -- Locomotor effects -- Effect of maternal exercise on pregnant body systems -- Cardiovascular and hematological response to exercise -- Uteroplacental blood flow response to exercise -- Respiratory response to exercise -- Hormonal response to exercise -- Effect of maternal exercise on the fetus -- Effect of maternal exercise on pregnancy outcome -- Overall maternal weight gain during pregnancy -- Gestational age -- Type of delivery -- Effects on the fetus/newborn -- Recommendations on exercise during pregnancy and the postpartum -- Exercise type -- Intensity -- Duration -- Frequency -- Special recommendations for the post‐partum period -- Recommended reading -- Chapter 13: The paralympic female athlete -- Introduction and background -- Injury and illness prevention -- Bone health -- Bowel and bladder considerations -- Autonomic dysreflexia and female paralympic athletes -- Public health implications of disability sport and the female athlete.

Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Recommended reading -- Index -- EULA.

This new International Olympic Committee (IOC) handbook covers the science, medicine and psycho-social aspects of females in sports at all levels of competition. Each chapter focuses on the specific issues that female athletes confront both on and off the field, such as bone health, nutritional recommendations, exercise/competition during menstruation and pregnancy, and much more. Fully endorsed by the IOC and drawing upon the experience of an international team of expert contributors, no other publication deals with the topic in such a concise and complete manner.   The Female Athlete is recommended for all health care providers for women and girl athletes internationally for all sports and all levels of competition. It is a valuable resource for medical doctors, physical and occupational therapists, nutritionists, and sports scientists as well as coaches, personal trainers and athletes.

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