Nutrition Applied to Injury Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine

This timely and exciting new book brings together for the first time the readily available choices of dietary supplements and their relationship to injury rehabilitation. Nutrition Applied to Injury Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine supports the rational use of specific nutrients for specific healing conditions. Guidelines for nutritional programs applied to specific conditions are provided for practical application.

List of contents

1. Introduction and Review of Biological Background 2. Total Calories and Protein Intake 3. Single Amino Acids 4. Fats, Fatty Acids, and Lipids 5. Fat-Soluble Vitamins 6. B Vitamins 7. Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid) 8. Calcium and Magnesium 9. Trace Minerals 10. Ultratrace Minerals 11. Normal Cellular Components: Proteases, Nucleic Acids, and Antioxidant Enzymes 12. Glycosaminoglycans 13. Nonessential Dietary Components: Bioflavonoids and Curcumin 14. Nutrients Applied to Injury Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine 15. Summary and Conclusions

About the author

Bucci\, Luke R.

Summary

This book describes the application of a wide range of nutrients and dietary substances to the enhancement of human healing from injuries and other musculoskeletal conditions. It is helpful for a broad range of health-care providers and individuals who participate in exercise and sport.

Product details

• Authors: Luke R Bucci, Luke R. Bucci, Bucci Luke R.
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.10.1994
• EAN: 9780849379130
• ISBN: 978-0-8493-7913-0
• No. of pages: 304
• Weight: 720 g
• Illustrations: Tabellen, schwarz-weiss
• Series: Nutrition in Exercise & Sport
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > General, dictionaries, handbooks, yearbooks, history; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; Rehabilitation, MEDICAL / Sports Medicine, MEDICAL / Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, MEDICAL / Nutrition, MEDICAL / Physiology, MEDICAL / Emergency Medicine, Dietetics & nutrition, Trauma & shock, Sports injuries & medicine, Trauma and shock, Dietetics and nutrition, Sports injuries and medicine, Biomechanics, Human Kinetics