Optimizing Football Player Performance and Safety: A Comprehensive Guide

Authored by renowned UEFA specialists in the medical care of football players, this three-volume series aims to familiarize clinicians with a structured system of assessment and care in dealing with the wide variety of injuries that can afflict the professional footballer. Volume 3 covers a range of multidisciplinary topics that aim to ensure that players can compete safely and maintain peak fitness and performance, while preventing disabling injuries insofar as possible.

Key Topics of Volume 3:

• Nutritional supplements: Learn how to optimize your players’ diets with the right nutritional supplements for enhanced performance and recovery.
• Doping: Understand the risks and consequences of doping, and how to prevent it in your team.
• Prescreening of players: Discover the importance of prescreening players for potential health risks and how to implement an effective screening program.
• Psychological and other risk factors: Explore the psychological and other risk factors that can affect player performance and safety, and learn strategies for mitigating these risks.
• Head injuries and concussion: Get expert advice on screening, diagnosis, and management of head injuries and concussions, critical for player safety.
• Injury prevention and rehabilitation: Find out how to design and implement effective injury prevention and rehabilitation programs to keep your players on the field.
• Practical help in providing medical service at matches: Learn from experienced professionals how to provide top-notch medical service during matches, ensuring player safety and optimal performance.

The Encyclopedia of Football Medicine will be essential reading for physicians working for football teams, orthopaedists, sports medicine physicians, and specialized physical therapists. With its comprehensive coverage of key topics, this book is a must-have resource for anyone involved in the medical care of football players.

Product Details:

• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 140
• Publisher: TPS; 1 edition (April 11, 2017)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 3132408727
• ISBN-13: 978-3132408722
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 0.6 x 9.7 inches