Jeffrey S. Kutcher (MD, MD, U Michigan), Joanne C. Gerstner (U Michigan )

BACK IN THE GAME C

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Back in the Game: Why Concussion Doesn't Have to End Your Athletic Career is a timely discussion of sports concussions based on science.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
• Seitenzahl: 270
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Oktober 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 432g
• ISBN-13: 9780190226602
• ISBN-10: 0190226609
• Artikelnr.: 47864152

Autorenporträt

Dr. Kutcher is an internationally recognized sports neurologist and pioneering physician researcher. He is a graduate of the Tulane University School of Medicine and the University of Michigan Neurology Residency program. He founded the American Academy of Neurology's Sports Neurology Section and was the neurologist for Team USA at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics. Joanne C. Gerstner is an award-winning multimedia sports journalist, who also focuses on sports and medicine. Her work has appeared on ESPN.com, New York Times, USA Today, Detroit News and other publications. She is a graduate of the Medill School at Northwestern University, and a 2012 University of Michigan Knight-Wallace Fellow and 2015 Jacobs Foundation Neuoscience Fellow.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Foreword
Introduction
Chapter 1: Sports concussion myths and fears
Chapter 2: Athletes, concussions, and the playing field
Chapter 3: So you think you might have a concussion...
Chapter 4: Life after a concussion diagnosis
Chapter 5: Post-concussion syndromes and second-impact
Chapter 6: Concussion = Depression = Suicide?
Chapter 7: Advice for athletes: what you can do for yourself
Chapter 8: Advice parents and coaches: helping youth athletes
Chapter 9: Changing our games, making play safer
Chapter 10: Controlling the messaging of concussion
Questions and Answers
Terms to Know
Acknowledgements