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Adventure and Extreme Sports Injuries - Epidemiology, Treatment, Rehabilitation and Prevention (Hardcover, 2013 ed.)
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Adventure and Extreme Sports Injuries - Epidemiology, Treatment, Rehabilitation and Prevention (Hardcover, 2013 ed.)
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Adventure and extreme sports are increasing in popularity and it is
not surprising that commercial adventure tourism and the
accompanying life style and fashion, have become increasingly
important to world economy. These unique sports involve not only
major physical endurance and mental challenges but interaction and
bonding with nature. They also tend to attract and excite
audiences, both at the event and in the media. They are exciting to
watch and redraw the boundaries of human achievement with the
accompanying risks of injury and death. Adventure sports are
usually performed in beautiful, exciting and remote locations or in
extreme environments far away from medical assistance. Extreme
sports usually involve an element of increased risk. These risks
are highlighted by the media, usually after a reported accident or
fatality but may vary according to the involvement of the
participant; the weekend recreational adventure sports athlete or
the experienced professional. A wide variety of sports fall into
the category of adventure and extreme sports and with an increasing
number of disciplines, this field is ever expanding. Sports are
performed in contact with the "ground"; mountain running and
biking, rock climbing, ice climbing and mountaineering. In the air:
skydiving and base jumping. On water: surfing, white water kayaking
and rafting, board sailing and diving. And also involve mechanical
vehicles and animals! Some sports may be performed as a combination
of few disciplines, such as water and air, e.g. kite surfing, and
as so involve very unique mechanisms of injury. Sports events can
also be merged to form a multi-sport race comprising many
disciplines lastly from single to multi day races. Sports may
involve competition with others, against the environment or with
oneself, frequently the most ferocious adversary. Adventure sports
are becoming increasingly popular in the general public and a few
take these sports to an extreme level with the accompanying risks.
Those that do, bring such time and dedication that they become
professional in terms of training, preparation and finance. More
and more people are enjoying adventure sports and unfortunately
increased numbers are becoming injured as a result. Future research
is progressing alongside the sport development, to allow the sport
mechanisms, injury patterns and predisposing factors to be better
understood. It is the hope of all researchers to make the sports
safer without detracting from their adventurous nature. The aim and
scope of our book would be to bring the sports medicine involved
ineach of these sports into one volume. We would explain each sport
including subtle similarities and differences, the common injury
mechanisms, patterns of injury and treatment options. Additional
chapters would include the mental characteristics of adventure
racers and extreme sports athletes, together with the complexities
of competing in hot and cold extreme environments. The book will
present chapters focussing on the sports listed below,
concentrating on published literature and newly formed studies by
experts in the fields of injury epidemiology, prevention,
management and rehabilitation.
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