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Sports Physiotherapy
Introduction
This guide is intended as a general introduction to the subject of Sports Physiotherapy. This is an area that is increasing in popularity as a specialism within physiotherapy. Sports Physiotherapy includes first aid, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of injuries, massage and aromatherapy from the casual player to sports persons who need a higher level of mobility and performance. This guide in not intended to be a comprehensive list on the subject of Sport Physiotherapy, but an introduction to resources and sources of information on this subject. It is aimed at undergraduate students and researches although others will also find it useful.
Encyclopaedias and Dictionaries
Encyclopaedia of Sports Medicine Oxford: Blackwell Scientific
is a multi-volume IOC Medical Commission publication, in collaboration
with the International Federation of Sports Medicine.
Titles - The Olympic Book of Sports Medicine (1991), Sports
Injuries (1993), Clinical Practice of Sports Injury Prevention
and Care (1994), The Child and Adolescent Athlete (1995), Nutrition
in Sport (2000), Women in Sport (2000), Endurance in Sport
(2000), Biomechanics in Sport: Performance Enhancement and Injury Prevention
(2000), Strength and Power in Sport (2002), Rehabilitation of
Sports Injuries: Scientific Basis (2002).
Books
Bird, S. R., Black, N. Sports Injuries: Causes, Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention Cheltenham: Stanley Thomes, 1997 ISBN: 0748731814
Brownstein, B. Functional movement in Orthopaedic and Sports Physical
Therapy: Evaluation, Treatment and Outcomes
New York; London: Churchill Livingstone, 1997 ISBN: 0443075301
Cash, M. Sport and Remedial Massage Therapy
London: Edbury, 1996 ISBN: 0091809568
Johnson, R. J. and Lombardo, J (eds.) Current Review of Sports Medicine Philadelphia: Butterworth-Heinemann, 1998 (2nd edition) ISBN: 0750699655
Hollis, M. Massage for Therapists
Oxford: Blackwell Science, 1998 (2nd edition) ISBN: 0632047887
This new edition has chapters on Sports Injuries, Scientific Effects of
Massage and Aromatherapy.
Hutson, M.A. Sports Injuries, Recognition and Management
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001 (3nd edition) ISBN: 0192632728
Kuprian, W. Physical Therapy for Sports
Philadelphia; London: Saunders, 1995 (2nd edition) ISBN: 0721637582
Macdonald, R (ed.) Taping Techniques: Principles and Practice
Oxford: Butterworth- Heinemann, 1994 ISBN: 0750605774
McLatchie, G. R. Lennox, C. M. E. (eds) Soft Tissues: Trauma and
Sports Injuries Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann, 1996 ISBN: 0750603655
Malone, T.R., McPoil, 1., and Nitz, A. J. Orthopedic and Sports Physical Therapy St Louis: Mosby, 1997 (3rd edition) ISBN: 0815158866
Norris, C.M. Sports Injuries: Diagnosis and Management
Oxford: Butterworth/Heinemann, 1998 (2nd edition) ISBN: 0750628731
Prentice, W.E. (ed.) Rehabilitation Techniques in Sports Medicine
Boston, Mass.: WCB/McGraw- Hill, 2003 (4rd edition) ISBN: 0071217134
Prentice, W.E. Therapeutic Modalities in Sports Medicine
Boston, Mass: WCB/McGraw-HiII, 2002 (5th edition) ISBN: 0072560479
Rosser, M. Sports Therapy: an Introduction to Theory and Practice London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1997 ISBN: 0340673206
Salvo, S.G. Massage Therapy: Principles & Practice
London: Saunders, 2003 (2nd edition) ISBN: 072160028X
Torg, J. S. and Shephard, R. I. Current Therapy in Sports Medicine
St. Louis: Mosby, 1995 (3rd edition) ISBN: 1556643845
Journals
The SPRIG Directory of Periodicals in Sport and Recreation contains
a
comprehensive list of Sport journals and the libraries that hold them.
Below are a selection of those concerned with Sports Physiotherapy.
British Journal of Sports Medicine (UK)
Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy (USA)
Journal of Sport Rehabilitation (USA)
Journal of Sports Chiropractic and Rehabilitation (USA)
Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise (USA)
Physical Therapy in Perspective (USA)
Physical Therapy in Sport (UK)
Physical Therapy Reviews (UK)
Physician and Sportsmedicine (USA)
Physiotherapy (UK)
Physiotherapy in Sport (UK)
Physiotherapy Theory and Practice: an International Journal (UK)
Conferences, Theses and Dissertations
Index to Conference Proceedings
Wetherby: British Library
Available on subscription. Monthly with annual cumulations of conference
proceedings received by the British Library. It has a subject index which
includes Sport and Sports related subjects.
Please note that, from 2004 onwards, the monthly Index to
Conference Proceedings will no longer be produced. The annual cumulation
will continue to be offered in 2004. All records included in the index
are now available free of charge via the Web as part of the DSC Conference
File on the British Library Public Catalogue
(BLPC).
Index to Theses accepted for Higher Degrees in the Universities of
Great Britain and Ireland
London: ASLIB
A bi-annual publication with abstracts. Also available via the Web in
some libraries.
Sport and Leisure Research on Disc
Sheffield: University of Sheffield.
This indexes MAs, MScs, MEds, MPhils and PhDs from UK universities.
Abstracts and Indexes
Physiotherapy Index
Wetherby: British library
This resource is available in printed and CD-rom formats It abstracts
and indexes the current literature of physical therapy including sports.
It also includes lists of research projects collected by the Chartered
Society of Physiotherapy. It has a detailed author and subject index.
Physiotherapy Research International
London: Whurr Publications
The Journal for Researchers and Clinicians in Physical Therapy
SCAN: selected new publications and articles
London: Sport England
Abstracts of materials held in Sport England Information Unit. Includes
monographs, articles, yearbooks, bibliographies and conferences.
Year Book of Sports Medicine
St Louis: American College of Sports Medicine
Annual. Abstracts with commentary by experts in field.
ELECTRONIC INFORMATION RESOURCES
Some institutions and organisations offer literature searches for a fee. Many sports organisations have information available via the World Wide Web. Some require membership or subscription for services they provide. Here are a selection of electronic information resources that will include Sports Physiotherapy and allied materials.
AMED
(Allied and Alternative Medicine)
Provided by the British Library Health Care information Services, Boston
Spa. This resource is of interest to anyone who needs information on alternatives
to conventional medicine. Approximately 350 biomedical journals are indexed
regularly, and relevant articles are taken from other journals. AMED holds
over 100,000 records. The database includes English-language and European
sources; newspapers and books are also indexed.
SPORTDiscus
Available via the internet and CD-rom.
Developed by the Sport Information Resource Centre (SIRC) in Canada, SPORTDiscus
covers both the practical and research literature on sport, physical fitness
and physical education. It indexes periodical articles, books, conference
proceedings, dissertations and theses, research papers and other publishing
forms. The database has over 400,000 records. It also includes HERACLES,
a French-language bibliographic database covering sport, physical education
and fitness.
Web Resources
American Orthopaedic Society for
Sports Medicine
Healthworks Online
A commercial website. Includes links to complimentary/supplementary
medicine websites.
SMART from the National Sports Medicine Institute
Sport Quest: the Virtual Resources Centre for Sport Information
Subject Gateways
Gateways organise subjects in to groupings that make it easier to access. These gateways are regularly updated. Some services are only available to the Academic Community.
ALTIS
The guide to Internet resources in hospitality, leisure, sport and tourism.
BUBL Information Service
A national information service for the Higher Education community.
NISS National Information
and Services Systems: information for education provides online information
services primarily for the Higher Education sector within the UK. However
those in other education sectors such as further education and schools
may find it a valuable tool.
OMNI: health and biomedicine
Organising Medical Networked Information is the UK's gateway to biomedical
Internet resources. Coverage is in medicine, biomedicine, allied health,
health management and related topics.
SOSIG Social Science Information
Gateway
SOSIG is an online catalogue of Internet resources each one selected
by a librarian or academic.
Email Discussion Lists on the Web
Email discussion groups allow individuals to communicate with other who share the same interests. In the UK, for example, JISCmail provides a home to over 2,000 discussion lists for the UK Higher Education Community. Sport-med and Physio mailing lists provide a forum for people interested in Sports Physiotherapy.
Organisations and Libraries
Association of Chartered Physiotherapists
in Sports Medicine (ACPSM)
A group within the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy for Sports Medicine
practitioners.
See CSP details below.
British Association of Sport and
Exercise Medicine (BASEM)
BASEM Office
PO Box 148,
Chelsea Close,
Amberley Road,
Armley,
Leeds
LS12 4WW
Tel: 0113 263 5014
e-mail basemoffice@compuserve.com
Publication: British Journal of
Sports Medicine
Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
(CSP)
14 Bedford Row
London WC1R 4ED
Tel: 020 7306 6666
Fax: 020 7306 6611
Publications: Physiotherapy, and, Frontline.
The professional body and union for UK's chartered physiotherapists.
The National Sports Medicine Institute
of the United Kingdom (NSMI)
32 Devonshire Street
London W1G 6PX
Tel: 020 7908 3636
Fax: 020 7908 3635
Publications: Select - a monthly e-newsletter.
The NSMI library is now closed. All library services are now provided
electronically via e-library online, in partnership with Sport Discus.
This guide was written by Denise Amalemba for SPRIG. Updated by Rod Aiken.
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February 2004